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Course Outline For Intellectual Property Rights

This document outlines the course details for an Intellectual Property Rights course, including course code, credits, topics, and learning outcomes. The course covers various types of intellectual property including copyrights, trademarks, patents, and traditional knowledge. It aims to equip students with an understanding of intellectual property concepts and laws.

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UNIVERSITY OF LIVINGSTONIA

LAWS CAMPUS
FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

Course Outline

Intellectual Property Rights

1. Programme : Bachelor of information and


Knowledge management

2. Subject : Intellectual property rights


3. Course Title : Intellectual property rights
4. Course Code :
5. Year of Study :1
6. Prerequisite :
7. Duration : 16
8. Lecture Hours Per Week :2
9. Tutorial/Seminar Hours Per Week :2
10. Practical Hours Per Week : None
11. Student Independent Learning Hours Per Week :4
12. Total Course Credits : 4.5
13. Assessment Weighting : Continuous Assessment 40%
: Final Examination 60%

14. Course description


The course also focuses on copyrights, provides a brief look at trademarks and trade
secrets, presents comparisons of what can and cannot be protected, and what rights the
owner does and does not obtain. Issues relating to information technology, biogenetic
materials, and business methods are highlighted.

Aims of the course


The main aim of the course :
o To equip students the concepts of intellectual property rights that provide rights of
these creators towards their creations.

Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students must be able to:
a. Explain the concept of Intellectual Property and trace its development;
b. Identify the categories of Intellectual Property Rights;
c. Describe the international IP system and its impact on national law;
d. Distinguish between the principles and laws governing the different forms of
intellectual property rights
e. Analyze the potential impact of intellectual property rights protection to economic
development.
15. Topics of the course
a. Introduction to Intellectual Property Law
i. The History of Intellectual Property
 The territorial period
 The international period
 The global period
 Post trips era

b. Copyright
i. Copyright Protection
 Elements
 Rights comprised in copyright
 Neighboring rights
 Limitation of copyright protection
ii. Copyright Infringement
 Infringement the copyright in a literary or musical work
 Copyright infringement as a criminal offence
 Piracy
iii. Computer Programs and Intellectual Property
 International protection of CP
 Copy rights and neighboring rights protection act
iv. File Sharing and Digital Right Management
 Indirect (secondary) copyright liability
 File sharing in Malawi
 Digital rights management (DRM)
v. Exceptions to Copyright Infringement

c. Trademarks
i. Definition personality
ii. Definition of A Trademark
 Elements of a trademark
 Trademark functions
iii. Registrable trademarks
iv. Registrable marks
v. Limitation to trademark rights
vi. Trademark infringement
 Statutory infringement
 Common law infringement
vii. Remedies for Trademark Infringement
viii. Unlawful competition
ix. Industrial Designs

d. Patents
i. Introduction
ii. Justification for Granting Patent Rights
iii. Regulatory Overview and Historical Context
 International Instruments
 National Instruments
iv. Industrial Property Act
 Priority Date (“PD”)
 Prior Art (“PA”)
v. Patentability Requirements
 novelty
 Inventiveness
 Utility
vi. Patent monopoly
 Who can apply for a patent?
 Ownership
 Exclusive rights of the patentee
 Licensing
 Compulsory licensing
vii. Patent application procedure
 Patentable Inventions
viii. Patent Right Infringement
 Types of infringement
 Elements of infringement
e. Traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions and genetic resources
i. Traditional knowledge
 How to provide legal protection to traditional knowledge?
ii. IPRs In Agriculture
iii. IPRs And Medicine

f. Protection of geographical indication rights


i. Geographical indication rights protection
16. Mode of delivery, teaching and learning methods and materials

a. Mode of delivery: Blended (face to face, and online).


b. Teaching and Learning Methods: Lecture, class discussion, presentations
and group work. Materials will include computers, projectors,
whiteboards, and textbooks

17. Prescribed Texts


Ian, F. J. (2017) Intellectual Property Law in New Zealand (3rd edition) Westlaw:
Thomson Reuters

Sumpter, P. (2017). Intellectual Property Law: Principles in Practice (3rd ed) New York:
sage

18. Recommended Texts


Dean, O and Dyer A (Eds) (2014) Introduction to Intellectual Property Law. Oxford
University Press: Cape Town

Du Plessis E. et al (Eds) (2012) Practical guide to Intellectual Property in Africa.


Pretoria University Press: University of

Pretoria

Klopper et al (2011) Law of Intellectual Property in South Africa. LexisNexis: Cape


Town

Ramsden, P (2011). A Guide to Intellectual Property Law. Juta & Co: Claremont

WIPO (2015). Intellectual Property Handbook 2nd ed. London: WIPO Publication

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