Optative course: Legal English
SPRING TERM-3 ECTS
- 1. The Legal Profession.
- 2. The Language of Banking
- 3. The Language of Contract Law
- 4. The Language of Employment Law
- 5. The Language of the Law of Tort
- 6. Understanding Contracts (1)
- 7. The Language of Business Law
- 8. The Language of Intellectual Property Law (1)
- 9. Modern Letter Writing
- 10. The Language of Company Law
- 11. Understanding Contracts (2)
- 12. The Language of Intellectual Property Law (2)
SPRING TERM-6 ECTS
- 1. Patent law–I: Patentability requirements. Sufficiency of the description. Case studies.
- 2. Patent law–II. Application and licence. Case studies.
- 3. Patent law–III. Infringement of patent Law. Case studies.
- 4. Sectors: Pharmaceutical and chemical patents. Mechanical and electronic patents.
- 5. Civil patent remedies: Practical training.
- 6. Administrative patent remedies: Practical aspects.
- 7. Protecting plant varieties.
- 8. Transfer of technology between businesses. Aspects of Competition Law.
- 9. Transfer of technology contracts.Case studies.
- 10. R&D in the public sector. Transfer of technology and protection of research results.
IV. Trademarks and Designs
SPRING TERM-9 ECTS
- 1. Legal regime of national and community trade marks.
- 2. Registration of national trade marks in OEPM.
- 3. Registration of community trade marks in OHIM.
- 4. Case studies on national and community trade marks.
- 5. International protection of trade marks.
- 6. Designations of origin and geographical indications.
- 7. Criminal offences in Trade mark Law.
- 8. International litigation on trade marks.
- 9. Mediation and arbitration in trade mark cases.
- 10. Industrial design. National Law
- 11. Community design.
- 12. Case studies in national and community designs.
II. Creative and Technological Industries
FALL TERM-9 ECTS
- 1. The Publishing Industry. Electronic publications.
- 2. Performing arts sector.
- 3. The Music Industry. Musical contracts.
- 4. The Audiovisual Industry. Audiovisual contracts
- 5. Art and Architecture markets. Contracts
- 6. The Software Industry. Licensing.
- 7. The Database Industry. Licensing.
- 8. The Videogames Industry. Contracts. Technological measures.
- 9. Internet: web pages, user-generated content (UGC) and P2P programmes
- 10. Ownership of Copyright in the Public Sector. Contracts.
VII. Data Protection
SPRING TERM-6 ECTS
- 1. Electronic Commerce Regulation
- 2. Contracting on the Internet. Hosting and network access contracts.
- 3. On-line licenses of digital contents.
- 4. Legal regime of Internet search engines.
- 5. Legal aspectos of social networks and cloud computing.
- 6. The on-line gaming sector.
- 7. Liability of intermediaries in the web 2.0
- 8. Data Protection. National and EU Legislation.
- 9. Industrial Property Agents
- 10. Data and cookies due diligence:Practical training.
SPRING TERM-3 ECTS
- 1. Unfair competition and IP law-I.
- 2. Unfair competition and IP law-II.
- 3. Case studies on unfair competition.
- 4. Advertising industry. Advertising and unfair competition.
- 5. Contracts in the advertising industry.
- 6. Self-regulation in the advertising industry.
- 7. Fashion Law. Industrial design, Copyright, trade marks.
- 8. Case studies. Contracts and litigation in the fashion industry.
- 9. Image rights.
- 10. Case studies on image rights and contracts.
III. Litigation and Copyright Management
FALL TERM-6 ECTS
- 1. Preliminary investigations and precautionary measures.
- 2. Civil IP actions. Substantive and procedural questions.
- 3. IP Mediation and arbitration.
- 4. Criminal IP remedies.
- 5. IP criminal offences: Practical aspects.
- 6. Administrative IP remedies.
- 7. Collective management societies–I. Legal regime.
- 8. Collective management societies–II. Functioning and licences.
- 9. Collective management societies–III. Royalties and Competition Law.
I. Copyright law
FALL TERM-9 ECTS
- 1. Copyright basics.
- 2. The work and the author. Case studies.
- 3. The economic rights of the author. Case studies.
- 4. Limits to exclusive rights. Case studies.
- 5. Duration of economic rights. Case studies.
- 6. Transfer of copyright.Case studies.
- 7. Moral rights. Case studies.
- 8. The rights of artists and producers: Practical training.
- 9. Related Rights and the Copyright Register.
- 10. International protection of copyright and related rights.
- 11. Copyright in Europe: France, Germany, the UK.