Course 2018-2019 a.y.

This course focuses on international intellectual property rights and competition applied to echnologies and technological innovation. After a general introduction on intellectual property rights and the methodology followed in the course, the specific topics addressed in the course are:

• Patents.
• Distinctive signs.
• Exploitation and circulation of intellectual property.
• Copyright, the Internet and digital technologies.
• Enforcement of intellectual property rights.

The Course aims at providing students with the necessary skills to identify, analyse, elaborate on and resolve international legal problems relating to the application of intellectual property to technology and the Internet, giving due regard to the connected economic and management issues in Europe and in the World.

• Identify relevant technological problems of businesses at international level.
• Identify relevant competition issues related to technological innovation for businesses in globalized markets.
• Solve relevant technological problems of businesses through the most appropriate intellectual property rights.
• Exploit technological inventions and innovation in globalized markets for businesses through intellectual property.
• Create a management plan of intellectual property rights internationally as applied to technology.
• Clearly illustrate technological problems and legal solutions in the world orally and written form.

• Face-to-face lectures
• Online lectures
• Guest speaker's talks (in class or in distance)
• Exercises (exercises, database, software etc.)
• Case studies /Incidents (traditional, online)
• Individual assignments
• Group assignments
• Interactive class activities (role playing, business game, simulation, online forum, instant polls)
• Participation in external competitions

• Hands-on case studies.
• Class debates using Socratic Learning Methods.
• Group exercices in Class.
• Senior Guest Speakers from all over the world illustrating the importance of IP Rights.
• E-learning courses (optional) to complement knowledge).

1. For the students who regularly attend lessons, active participation during classes are taken into consideration (for a maximum of 1, 5 point) for the final mark.
2. A limited number of research debates are assigned to students who regularly attend lessons and their outcome are taken into consideration (for a maximum of 1, 5 point) for their final mark.
3. In addition, an assignment is offered for the A. Y. 2018-2019: attending students may also opt for an additional special EU qualifying assignment on trademarks. Participating students, upon successful completion of this assignment, receive an Official EU “Certificate of Competence” (that may also be of use for their cv) and is granted 2 additional points valid for their 2017-2018 Exam for this course.
4. The final exam, graded on 30 (+Honours as appropriate), is written and consists of an open question corresponding to the compulsory program (there is no partial exam).

To pass the exam, a final mark grade above 18 is necessary. The final mark includes, as appropriate, 1+2+3+4.

The final exam, graded on 30 (+Honours as appropriate),is written and consists of an open question corresponding to the compulsory program (there is no partial exam).

• To pass the exam, a final mark grade above 18 is necessary. 

The materials used to support teaching activities are the same for attending and non-attending students. These materials consist in documents (of a different nature: doctrinal articles, papers, documents from institutions, etc.) that students have access in digital format (on the e-learning/Bboard of the course) or paper format. Materials are clearly divided into those required for preparing for the exams and those that are not. However, attending students may also get thematic handouts on a regular basis, which may help guiding them in their studies.

The materials used to support teaching activities are the same for attending and non-attending students. These materials consist in documents (of a different nature: doctrinal articles, papers, documents from institutions, etc.) that students have access in digital format (on the e-learning/blackboard of the course) or paper format. Materials are clearly divided into those required for preparing for the exams and those that are not.