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Unit of Study LAW93103 - Advanced Intellectual Property Law (2018)

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Unit description

Explores contemporary topics of interest, debate and policy development within intellectual property law, with a focus on the core IP rights such as copyright and patents. The unit will also canvass issues of practical and commercial application that resonate with these core IP rights, and consider wider implications.

Unit content

Topic 1: Copyright and related rights

Topic 2: Patents

Topic 3: Rights of attribution (trade marks, passing off, geographical indications)

Topic 4: IP transactions

Topic 5: Franchising and IP

Topic 6: Emerging issues in IP

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Location Domestic International
SCU Online Study Period 5 Study Period 5

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 analyse the principles and concepts of core intellectual property rights
2 apply intellectual property principles to transactional contexts
3 interpret and critique emerging trends in intellectual property law
4 integrate and solve IP issues and reflect on their implication(s)

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. analyse the principles and concepts of core intellectual property rights
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. apply intellectual property principles to transactional contexts
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  3. interpret and critique emerging trends in intellectual property law
    • GA1:
    • GA7:
  4. integrate and solve IP issues and reflect on their implication(s)
    • GA4:

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