LS401L: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (2024-2025)

1)           Aims of the Course

This course aims to provide students with a firm knowledge and understanding of trade mark and
patent systems. The course explores trade marks and patents from critical legal perspectives and
within their wider legal, policy and practical contexts

(2)          Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should:
(a)

• be familiar with the trade mark and patent systems in the United Kingdom and approaches to passing off.
• have formed critical views on the requirements for registering and enforcing trade marks and
  patents.
• have developed independent positions on the power and limits of trade marks and patents.
• have developed independent positions on the extent to which the trade mark and patent systems meet the needs of contemporary society.
• have developed an awareness of the relationships between patents, trade marks and other
  categories of intellectual property rights alongside other relevant systems of law.

(b)

• Have developed independent research, analytical, communication and interpersonal skills, working individually and collectively, in writing and orally, through preparing for and participating in seminars and completing assessments.
• Have developed or improved time management and organisational skills through participating in
  seminars and completing assessments.

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

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