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Intellectual Property: Regulation and Policy - LAWS4017
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Faculty: Faculty of Law
 
 
School:  Faculty of Law
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 8
 
 
EFTSL: 0.16667 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210, 9220, 5740, 5750 and 9230
 
 
Fee Band: 3 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This course is designed to give prostgraduate students an overview of the law of intellectual property (IP). IP has become one of the most important areas of commercial legal practice, and is vital to the marketing, advertising, entertainment and communications industries.


LLM Specialisation

Media, Communications and Information Technology Law.

Recommended Prior Knowledge

None

Course Objectives

This course aims to introduce students to each of the general law and statutory protections outlined below. For each of the heads of protection, the course gives detailed consideration to the subject matter which is protected, the pre-conditions for protection, and the nature of infringement. Other matters such as remedies, licensing and international protection are dealt with briefly but cannot be examined in detail in a one semester course. Various justifications for these forms of property are also considered, particularly in the context of new or developing forms of intellectual property.

Main Topics

  • Copyright and Designs: Protection of Creative Expression;
  • Patents: Protection of Inventions;
  • Protection of Confidential Information;
  • Protection of Business Reputation: Registered Trade Marks, Passing Off and the Trade Practices Act

Assessment

Mid-session problem question Copyright 50%
End-of-session problem question Patents, Trade Marks, Passing Off, Confidential Information  50%
 

Course Texts

Recommended


J. McKeough, A. Stewart and P. Griffith, Intellectual Property in Australia, (Butterworths, 3rd ed, 2004)

J. McKeough, K. Bowrey & P. Griffith, Intellectual Property Commentary and Materials (Lawbook Co, 4th ed, 2007)
Butterworths Intellectual Property Collection 2007 (Butterworths, 2007) OR online access to relevant IP legislation

M. Davison, K. Johnston and P. Kennedy, Shanahan’s Australian Law of Trade Marks and Passing Off (3rd ed) (Sydney: Law Book Co, 2003)

M. Davison, A. Monotti and L. Wiseman, Australian Intellectual Property Law (Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2008)

J. McKeough, K. Bowrey & P. Griffith, Intellectual Property: Commentary and Materials (4th ed) (Sydney: Thomson Lawbook Co, 2007)

J. McKeough, A. Stewart and P. Griffith, Intellectual Property in Australia (3rd ed) (Sydney: Butterworths, 2004)

R. Reynolds & N. Stoianoff, Intellectual Property: Text and Essential Cases (3rd ed) (Federation Press, 2008).

S. Ricketson and C. Creswell, The Law of Intellectual Property: Copyright, Designs and Confidential Information (Sydney: Law Book Co, looseleaf)

S. Ricketson and M. Richardson, Intellectual Property: Cases, Materials and Commentary (3rd ed) (Sydney: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2005)

W. van Caenegem, Intellectual Property (2nd ed) (Sydney: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2006).

Resources

Refer to the Course Outline for a list of resources.

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