Intellectual Property: Copyright,Trademark and Patent (LAW384H1S)

At a Glance

Second Term
Credits
4
Hours
4

Enrolment

Maximum
76
71 JD
5 LLM/SJD/MSL/NDEGS/SJD U

Schedule

M: 10:30 - 12:20
W: 10:30 - 12:20
Instructor(s): Ariel Katz

Students taking this course cannot take COPYRIGHT (LAW385H1F) Abraham Drassinower

Note: The Blackboard program will be used for this course. Students must self-enrol in Blackboard as soon as confirmed in the course in order to obtain course information.

Information is as basic to the knowledge economy as natural resources were to the industrial economy and human resources to the service economy. The greater the dependence of the economy on new information, the more critical are the institutions that manage its creation, use and exchange. Yet the law creates rights over information (known as intellectual property (IP) rights) much differently than it does over goods or services. The rationale and means for IP rights constitute the subjects of this course. The course will focus on the three principal areas of IP law: copyright, patents and trademarks, it will discuss their theoretical foundations and key concepts and doctrines.

Evaluation
The course grade will be based on: 3-hour open book final examination (80%), contribution to a course Wiki and online discussion (20%). The latter component might also involve constructive class participation and other like forms of contribution and engagement.