Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:05
This course enables students to develop professional and practical skills in intellectual property law. This course will take the place of a dissertation.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Third Term | Credit Points | 60 credits (30 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course will have 3 elements: expert training in communication, professional writing and team work (May); expert training in professional skills in intellectual property with a focus on one of legal, commercial and activist pathways (June); individual and group oral assessments (June); group written project (July) and individal written project (August)
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 15 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 44 | Feedback Weeks | 47 | |
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Written feedback on form, complementary oral feedback |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 15 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 44,45 | Feedback Weeks | 47 | |
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Written feedback on form. Complementary oral feedback |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 35 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 52 | Feedback Weeks | 3 | |
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Individual Written Project, in area of specialist choice building on sub group.
Written feedback on form, complementary oral feedback. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 35 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 48 | Feedback Weeks | 51 | |
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Group report. Written Feedback on form, complementary oral feedback |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Remember | Acquire knowledge and critical understanding of intellectual property law's practical application in legal, commercial and activist/policy perspectives, specialising in one |
| Conceptual | Understand | Acquire knowledge and critical understanding of how intellectual property law operates from the perspective of legal pathways, commercialisation and activism/ policymaking, separately and together |
| Procedural | Apply | Be able to express and defend views and arguments in oral discussion, individually and as a group |
| Reflection | Analyse | Have developed legal research and critical writing skills and independent thought |
| Procedural | Apply | Have developed strong time management skills enabling students to conduct detailed preparation and thought before each teaching session and delivery of assessed work |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Build critical awareness of the argued positive and negative aspects of intellectual property and how to engage with them in different environments including activism |
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