Module Descriptors
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: CREATIVITY AND BUSINESS REPUTATION
LAWS70879
Key Facts
Faculty of Business, Education and Law
Level 7
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Dennis Crighton
Email: D.Crighton@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 15
Independent Study Hours: 135
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
One piece of formative assessment consisting of a literature search on a given theme.
One summative assessment of 3,000 words counting for 100% (learning outcomes 1-6)
One summative assessment of 3,000 words counting for 100% (learning outcomes 1-6)
Module Texts
Either: Cornish W & Llewelyn D (2007): Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks and Allied Rights, 6th ed., Sweet & Maxwell,
Or: Bainbridge, D (2009): Intellectual Property, 7th ed., Longman,
Or: Bently, L & Sherman, B (2008): Intellectual Property, 3rd ed., Oxford
And: Cornish, W (2006): Cases and Materials on Intellectual Property, 6th ed., Sweet & Maxwell
Or: Bainbridge, D (2009): Intellectual Property, 7th ed., Longman,
Or: Bently, L & Sherman, B (2008): Intellectual Property, 3rd ed., Oxford
And: Cornish, W (2006): Cases and Materials on Intellectual Property, 6th ed., Sweet & Maxwell
Module Resources
Well stocked library
Computer facilities with internet access
Computer facilities with internet access
Module Learning Strategies
This module will be strongly student centred. It will be delivered through a series of 5x 2 hour seminars supported by student research and personal study and there will be an additional five hours of student guidance, supervision and support.. Students will follow a set pattern contained in the module handbook. A formative assessment will be used to encourage research on the subject area.
Module Indicative Content
Intellectual Property Law is so called because it provides protection for the results of intellectual activity - from the manufacture of penicillin to combat infection to the creation of a new opera. These remedies have also proved useful in relation to such activities as counterfeiting, piracy of computer software and even internet trading.
The owner of a piece of creative work is entitled to protection from copying. An extensive range of work is protected in this way - literary (including computer software!), musical, artistic, dramatic, film, and even sound recordings. The author will often transfer ownership of his work to a third party but will still retain certain moral rights. The relevant legal rules in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 are examined and their effectiveness is evaluated.
Business reputation, as represented by the trade mark, also needs protecting. The relevant legal rules will be compared with the common-law action of passing off.
This area of Law is governed by a range of international and EC measures that have, largely, been incorporated into English Law. However there will be some discussion of these other sources of Intellectual property law.
The owner of a piece of creative work is entitled to protection from copying. An extensive range of work is protected in this way - literary (including computer software!), musical, artistic, dramatic, film, and even sound recordings. The author will often transfer ownership of his work to a third party but will still retain certain moral rights. The relevant legal rules in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 are examined and their effectiveness is evaluated.
Business reputation, as represented by the trade mark, also needs protecting. The relevant legal rules will be compared with the common-law action of passing off.
This area of Law is governed by a range of international and EC measures that have, largely, been incorporated into English Law. However there will be some discussion of these other sources of Intellectual property law.