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Transfer rules
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Postgraduate study in Laws:

Master of Laws (LLM), Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate

Course outline (date of availability to be confirmed)

Transfer of technology law
Section A: Technology transactions
· 'Turn-key' arrangements, joint ventures, licenses, collaboration agreements, technical consultancies, know-how agreements
· History, economics and politics of technology transfers
· Legal protection for technology, including intellectual property rights and contact
Section B: The technology agreement
· Parties
· Subject matter
· Activities and field of use
· Implied terms
· Remuneration
· Duration
· Breach
· Termination and post-termination rights and duties
· Due diligence searches
Section C: Specialised technology licences
· Biotechnology licences
· Software licences
· Trade mark licences
· Know-how and show-how licences
· Licensing by public research institutes (e.g. universities)
· Compulsory licensing
Section D: Public regulation of technology transfers
· Technology transfer and competition law
· European Community Block Exemption
· Regulation of restrictive licensing agreements (TRIPs Agreement Article 40)
· Technology transfer codes in developing countries (e.g. Andean Pact countries, China, Philippines, Vietnam)
· Protection of genetic resources (e.g. Convention on Biological Diversity, International Treaty on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture)
· Regulation of transfers of dual-use technology to belligerent nations
Sequence:
Section A, followed by section B.
Textbook:
Noel Byrne and Amanda McBratney, Licensing Technology 3rd ed, (Jordan: London, 2005), ISBN: 085308 8926.