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Intellectual property
on the internet |
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Section A: Digital
copyright |
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Introduction to digital copyright |
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Copyright Directive and Digital Millennium Copyright
Act |
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Emerging copyright issues |
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Licensing and rights management in the digital arena |
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Section B: Trade marks
and other rights in distinctive signs online |
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Introduction to trade marks |
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Developments in use of trade marks online |
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Principle of territoriality and use of trade marks
online |
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Unfair competition |
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Section C: Domain
names |
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Introduction to the mechanics of the domain name
system |
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Cybersquatting |
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Recent developments concerning domain names and
intellectual property |
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Dispute resolution |
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Section D:
Computer-related patents |
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Business methods patents |
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Software patents |
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Prior art effect |
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Enforcement of rights |
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Sequence:
The sections can be attempted in any order.
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Textbooks:
David I. Bainbridge, Intellectual Property
6th ed (London: Longman, 2007), ISBN: 9781405801591
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Andrew Christie and
Stephen Gare (eds), Blackstone’s Statutes on
Intellectual Property 8th ed (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2006), ISBN: 0199288267 |
