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Unit of Study LAWS6006 - Advanced Intellectual Property Law (2024)

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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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Learning outcomes

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:

analyse the principles and concepts of core intellectual property rights

apply intellectual property principles to transactional contexts

interpret and critique emerging trends in intellectual property law

integrate and solve IP issues and reflect on their implication(s)

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Stewart, A, van Caenegem, W, Bannister, J, Liberman, A & Lawson, C, 2022, Intellectual Property in Australia, 7th edn, LexisNexis, Australia. ISBN: 9780409354898.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • Access to a computer and reliable internet connection.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.