Subjects 2008
Intellectual Property in the Digital Age 730896
- Credited Courses: Graduate Diploma in Communications Law 518; Graduate Diploma in Communications Law 518; Graduate Diploma in e-Business Law 531; Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law 276; Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law 276; Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law 276; Graduate Diploma in Transnational Law 333; Graduate Diploma in Transnational Law 333; Master of Commercial Law 504; Master of Commercial Law 504; Master of Commercial Law 504; Master of Intellectual Property Law 277; Master of Intellectual Property Law 277; Master of Intellectual Property Law 277; Master of Laws (LLM) 502; Master of Laws (LLM) 502; Master of Laws by Coursework (LLM) 502
Objectives
Candidates completing the subject will understand the nature of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in the digital age. The subject will examine current technology, the effect of the internet and future networks, and the way in which IPRs are going to change during the digital age ahead of us. Candidates will understand how current and future digital technologies affect IPRs, their granting, infringement and enforcement. Candidates will also be given an understanding of international policy considerations in the development of IPRs in the face of the newly emerging digital revolutions.
A candidate who has successfully completed the subject should:
- Have a thorough grounding in the technology of the digital age
- Understand the challenge to IP law of digital technology
- Have a knowledge of current international laws on this technology
- Recognise the digital technology policy problems that are developing, and will increasingly dominate IP regimes
- Be aware of future problems and be encouraged to develop theoretical and practical responses to these problems.
Syllabus
Principal topics will include:
- Introduction to the technology of the digital age
- Copyright and related rights: Protecting software and data; circuit layouts; multimedia; the internet; future networks
- Patents: Protecting software; the internet and related issues
- Trade marks and related rights: The domain name crisis and jurisdiction problems
- Confidential information: Protecting data; internet and future networks.
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