Course

Intellectual Property Law - LAWS8017

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:

Academic Program must be 9231 or 5231 or 9220 or 5750 or 9200 or 5740 or 9210 or 9230 or 9214 or 5214.

Equivalent: JURD7617

Excluded: JURD7617, TABL3781, TABL5517

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course is designed to give postgraduates a comprehensive overview and working understanding of intellectual property law. Assuming no prior knowledge of intellectual property, the course is suitable for students who wish to study intellectual property law for the first time, those who have studied intellectual property abroad and want to learn how it operates in Australia, and those who studied it some time ago and are seeking to update their knowledge of this fast changing area of law.

Intellectual property is an important area of commercial legal practice and is vital to many industries. This course introduces students to the statutory provisions and common law relating to Australian intellectual property. For each area the course gives consideration to the subject matter that is protected, the preconditions for protection, and the nature of infringement. Other matters (such as remedies, competition law and international protection) may be dealt with briefly but are not examined in detail.

As far as possible in an intensive overview, this course focuses on the commercial and business aspects of intellectual property. By the end of the course, students should be able to identify copyright, trademark and passing off, designs and patent law issues, and make an informed decision about how to proceed in advising a client.

Main Topics
  • Copyright (including Moral Rights)
  • Protection of Confidential Information
  • Passing Off
  • s.18 Australian Consumer Law (formerly s.52 Trade Practices Act 1974).
  • Trade Marks
  • Designs
  • Patents.
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
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