20632 - EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED IP LAW
Department of Law
Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 19
Course Director:
MARIA LILLA' MONTAGNANI
MARIA LILLA' MONTAGNANI
Mission & Content Summary
MISSION
The course aims to address selected legal issues that enterprises operating in the cultural industries face in managing their intellectual property rights. The course provides students with an intellectual toolkit of the main IPRs (copyright, trade marks and design law). It then turns to the creative (music, film, fashion, press, photography) and the cultural (public art, street art, heritage, conceptual art) sector and in turn examines the operation of different IP rights in the following sectors. There is also a focus on emerging technologies like videogames and esports, artificial intelligence, augmented reality and virtual reality and blockchain.
CONTENT SUMMARY
- Intellectual toolkit
- The creative sector
- The cultural sector
- Emerging technologies
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course student will be able to...
- Identify the legal issues related to the exploitation of IP rights in the cultural and creative industries.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course student will be able to...
- Apply IP knowledge to the legal issues that are encountered in the cultural and creative industries.
Teaching methods
- Face-to-face lectures
- Guest speaker's talks (in class or in distance)
- Interactive class activities (role playing, business game, simulation, online forum, instant polls)
DETAILS
For each sections guest speakers are invited.
Assessment methods
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ATTENDING AND NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
The grades are made up as follows:
- Individual Essay (50%) - the individual essay consists in a written essay in which students demonstrate the ability to deal with their own understanding of important/controversial topics, trends or rules related to IP law. Detailed guidelines on the individual essay and on its evaluation are provided at the beginning of the course. If students fail the essay, they have to re-write it. All the essays must be handed by email 5 days before the written exam.
- Final (written) exam (50%) - students are required to answer one question out of two, in 60 minutes, based on the instructors’ slides and the reading list. The exam questions put students into a fictitious management scenario, requiring them to identify relevant IP issues treated in the course, specify their consequences at strategy level, and to properly define and argument the relevance of those legal issues within the strategic decision-making process. If students fail the written exam, they have to re-sit. No oral integration is allowed.
All above parts must be sufficient (grade ≥ 18).
Teaching materials
ATTENDING AND NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
Slides and study materials are made available through the University platform selected at the beginning of the course.
Last change 02/09/2020 14:18