Intellectual Property law
7.5 ECTS creditsThe course covers the following areas of intellectual property law: copyright, design registration, trade mark and company registration, and patent rights. The protection of intellectual property is related in different ways to the public sector wishing to promote for instance technological and economic development through granting different actors exclusive rights. In addition, the course introduces the relation of intellectual property law to marketing and competition law.
All areas of study are introduced by an in-depth look at the emergence of exclusive rights, that is the possibility to receive legal protection through registration or other legal measures. The import of intellectual property rights is also treated, as well as their termination. Extensive European harmonisation in the legal field explains why the course has a focus on strong connections to EU law. Interpretations of directives and ordinances by the European Court of Justice are treated throughout the course, and some further international perspectives are included. The course also covers the development and adaptation of immaterial rights law in relation to the modern market, for instance in relation to changes to the function of various rights. Developments are analysed in relation to Swedish and European legislation, legal practice, and legal opinion.
The course also treats intellectual property rights in relation to marketing law and competition law. These legal areas are closely related and sometimes overlapping, and the course aims to clarify the relations between them.
Instruction is in the form of lectures. exercises, and seminars.
All areas of study are introduced by an in-depth look at the emergence of exclusive rights, that is the possibility to receive legal protection through registration or other legal measures. The import of intellectual property rights is also treated, as well as their termination. Extensive European harmonisation in the legal field explains why the course has a focus on strong connections to EU law. Interpretations of directives and ordinances by the European Court of Justice are treated throughout the course, and some further international perspectives are included. The course also covers the development and adaptation of immaterial rights law in relation to the modern market, for instance in relation to changes to the function of various rights. Developments are analysed in relation to Swedish and European legislation, legal practice, and legal opinion.
The course also treats intellectual property rights in relation to marketing law and competition law. These legal areas are closely related and sometimes overlapping, and the course aims to clarify the relations between them.
Instruction is in the form of lectures. exercises, and seminars.
Progressive specialisation:
G2F (has at least 60 credits in first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)
Education level:
Undergraduate level
Admission requirements:
60 ECTS credits from semesters 1-2 and 30 ECTS credits from semesters 3-4 completed in the Law programme at Karlstad University, or equivalent
Selection:
Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.
This course is included in the following programme
- Law Programme (studied during year 3)