2023/2024
Международное интеллектуальное право
Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для расширения кругозора и разностороннего развития»
Статус:
Маго-лего
Кто читает:
Департамент правового регулирования бизнеса
Когда читается:
3 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
40
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Academic course “International Intellectual Property Law” is devoted to advanced studies of contemporary matters of theory and practice of Law and Regulation in intellectual property sphere. Intellectual property (IP) plays a significant role in the modern economy, in particular in the digital field. Each country has its own system of intellectual property protection, which includes such basic types of intellectual property rights as utility models and patents (for inventions), trademarks, industrial designs, trade secrets, copyright and related rights. However, a feature of intangible assets is the ease of their distribution, including at the same time the distribution at the international and regional levels, where there are actively developing tools for harmonizing legislation. This process began in the XIX century with the adoption of the first international conventions in this area, and was continued with the creation of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The main goal of studying this course by students should be the formation of basic concepts of intellectual property as it is perceived in foreign legislation, as well as an understanding of the main mechanisms of international regulation and knowledge of key aspects. The students will acquire the following skills and abilities: to use specific terms and sources of the global IP Law and Regulation; practical abilities to research and analyze WIPO, WTO, EU and EEU legal documentation and scientific works; skills to analyze and solve cases, building up of the legal position and composition of procedural documents on cases in the sphere of International IP Law and Regulation students must gain knowledge on general standards of IP protection under WIPO, WTO, EU and EEU Law; enforcement of IP rights in the global prospective; drafting international commercial transactions with IP component. Students should gain the following competencies: ability to work with information (search, evaluate, use information, necessary for fulfillment of academic and professional tasks, from various sources, including application of the systematic approach); ability to carry out professional activities in the international environment. The course provides for the active participation of students in seminars and an oral exam. There are no blocking elements of control. The course requires the students to have basic knowledge of law, sufficient level of English (to read legal sources, write essays and participate in class discussions), as well as other skills acquired during their studies at the university. Additional background in civil law, private international law and international procedure is welcome, although not mandatory for the course.
Learning Objectives
- The aim of the course is to provide students with a theoretical and practical understanding of the main categories, institutes and sources of International Intellectual Property (IP) Law, including copyright law and related rights, industrial property and trademarks.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students must gain knowledge on: subject and sources of International Intellectual Property (IP) Law; main principles of national law applicable to cross-border commercial transactions with intellectual property rights; international market practice for structuring and documenting cross-border commercial transactions with intellectual property rights
- Students must gain knowledge on: main provisions, scope of application and content of the market standard legal documentation applicable to commercial transactions with intellectual property rights and the relevant legal concepts and vocabulary; jurisdiction of national courts to resolve disputes arising out of commercial transactions with intellectual property rights
- Skills and abilities: ability to use specific terms customary in the context of International Intellectual Property (IP) Law; understanding main legal concepts and areas of law applicable to commercial transactions with intellectual property rights; understanding the structure of commercial transactions with intellectual property rights and the main legal documentation (contracts) documenting such transactions
- Skills and abilities: practical abilities to undertake a research and analysis of judgments, decisions and academic writings; skills to analyze and solve cases, putting together a legal position and compose transactional documents documenting commercial transactions with intellectual property rights
- Students should gain the following competences: ability to work with information (search, evaluate, use information, necessary for fulfilment of academic and professional tasks, from various sources, including application of the systematic approach); ability to carry out professional activities in the international market environment
- Students should gain the following competences: ability to search, analyze and work with legally relevant information by using of juridical, comparative and other specific methods; ability to describe legal problems and situations in the area of cross-border commercial transactions with intellectual property rights
Course Contents
- Topic № 1. Subject-matter, basic principles and sources of International IP Law and Regulation
- Topic № 2. International regulation, sources
- Topic № 3. International copyright law
- Topic № 4. International regulation of related (associated) rights
- Topic № 5. International regulation of industrial property
- Topic № 6. International commercial transactions with intellectual property rights. Litigation and protection (civil and criminal)
- Topic № 7. Regulation of intellectual property protection in the Internet
- Topic № 8. Enforcement of Intellectual Property in global perspective
Assessment Elements
- Oral exam
- Attendance, active participation and in-class discussionNot subject to a retake. An increase in grade (by no more than 1 point) is possible in the case of working off missed classes for a good reason in an agreed format. Examples of tasks (for working out missed classes): - Essay on the topic proposed by the teacher (ex: “The importance of patenting for the development of science”, “The validity of the early termination of trademark protection”, “Neural network software as an atypical IP object”, etc.); - Written work (ex: checking the license agreement for errors, drawing up terms of reference, preparing an application for registration of a trademark according to the rules of the Madrid system, preparing a decision on a court case, etc.).
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 3rd module0.3 * Attendance, active participation and in-class discussion + 0.7 * Oral exam
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Pila, J. (2017). The Subject Matter of Intellectual Property. Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2015210
- Право интеллектуальной собственности. Международно-правовое регулирование : учебное пособие для вузов / И. А. Близнец [и др.] ; под редакцией И. А. Близнеца, В. А. Зимина ; ответственный редактор Г. И. Тыцкая. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2023. — 252 с. — (Высшее образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-05063-9. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/515150 (дата обращения: 27.08.2024).
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Carlos Correa, & Jorge E. Viñuales. (2016). Intellectual Property Rights as Protected Investments: How Open are the Gates? Journal of International Economic Law, (1), 91. https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgw005
- Ворожевич, А. С. Современные информационные технологии и право : монография / А. С. Ворожевич, Е. В. Зайченко, Е. Е. Кирсанова , под редакцией Е. Б. Лаутс. — Москва : СТАТУТ, 2019. — 288 с. — ISBN 978-5-8354-1578-6. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/130674 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
- Европейское право интеллектуальной собственности: основные акты Европейского Союза : сборник / составители В. О. Калятин, Е. А. Павлова , под общей редакцией Е. А. Павловой. — Москва : СТАТУТ, 2016. — 864 с. — ISBN 978-5-8354-1264-8. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/92543 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
- Новоселова Л.А., Рожкова М.А. - Интеллектуальная собственность: некоторые аспекты правового регулирования - Юридическое издательство Норма - 2016 - ISBN: 978-5-91768-468-0 - Текст электронный // ЭБС ZNANIUM - URL: https://znanium.com/catalog/document?id=372734
- Под ред. Близнеца И.А. - Интеллектуальная собственность в современном мире. Монография - 978-5-392-23502-5 - Проспект - 2017 - http://ebs.prospekt.org/book/33677 - 33677 - PROSPECT
- Право интеллектуальной собственности : учебник для вузов / Л. А. Новоселова [и др.] ; под редакцией Л. А. Новоселовой. — 2-е изд., перераб. и доп. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2023. — 300 с. — (Высшее образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-15281-4. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/511284 (дата обращения: 27.08.2024).
- Рожкова М.А. - Интеллектуальная собственность: основные аспекты охраны и защиты. Учебное пособие - 978-5-392-15446-3 - Проспект - 2015 - http://ebs.prospekt.org/book/27633 - 27633 - PROSPECT