Commercial Transactions Involving IP - LAWS8042
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200 or 5740 or 9231 or 5231 or 9210.
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
LLM Specialisations
Recommended Prior Knowledge
Graduate Diploma of Applied Intellectual Property students are expected to have a working knowledge of intellectual property based on study of the postgraduate course LAWS8046 Intellectual Property Law and Innovation.
Course Objectives
- Have a good understanding of the intellectual property issues raised in a variety of commercial transactions and settings
- Be able to apply this knowledge to develop a range of options to address the intellectual property issues that arise in a variety of commercial transactions and settings
- Be able to analyse and draft some key provisions relating to IP agreements involving these commercial transaction and settings
Main Topics
- Introduction and fundamentals
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Public offerings
- Due diligence
- Stamp Duty
- Taxation
- Security interests
- Open source
- Securitisation and other forms of structured finance
- Contracts for services
- Directors duties
- Insolvency
- Franchises
Assessment
Research Essay - 30%
Exam - 50%