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This Level 4 honours course enables students to learn and apply relevant intellectual property law - relating to industrial property broadly conceived - in the UK, by comparative reference to EU/European legal frameworks where relevant, based on engagement with legislation, case law, academic and other sources. The course will cover, indicatively: patents, trade marks, passing off, geographical indications.

The course is taught by way of 10 weekly 2-hour seminars. 

This course is only available to LLB students.

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"Take home" exam of up to 1,500 words (20%)

2 hour examination answering two questions from a choice of problem and essay questions (80%)

The aims of the course are:

■ to enable students to identify relevant law in the UK and EU/Europe relating to industrial and commercial property broadly understood;

■ to enable students to apply relevant intellectual property law to fact scenarios and essays such as those relating to, indicatively, patent law, trade mark law, common law actions such as passing off, and the law relating to geographical indications;

■ to enable students to engage in debates over the operation of intellectual property rules in industrial, commercial and other contexts; and

■ to encourage students to develop both oral and written communication skills through seminar discussions and assessments.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ outline certain key rules within specific areas (for example, copyright, trade marks, or patents);

■ explain, by reference to appropriate primary and secondary sources, the operation of relevant intellectual property rules;

■ evaluate the operation of the rules in light of academic and policy debates.