Tentdatum

Handboksinformation

Mål

The value of corporations and entire economies depend on intangible assets and their protection by intellectual property rights (IPR). This course covers IPR's, i.e. trademarks, patents, trade secrets and copyright, from both a legal and a law and economics perspective. In addition the areas of IPR's and competition as well as enforcement are analyzed.

The course starts by comparing the traditional legal approach with an economic one, it offers a law and economics model of argumentation, where after it scrutinizes the economics of property and ends by the students presenting their term papers focusing on IPR's from a law and economics point of view. Although the students can freely choose their topic each paper has to start by describing the legal issue within the area of IPR to be discussed and then continue by viewing the issue at hand from a law and economics point of view. In order to enrich the discussion and increase the understanding critical views are encouraged.

The course comprises all together 24 hours of lectures including presentations.

Undervisningsspråk

English

Förkunskaper

This course is a part of the Master’s Program in Intellectual Property Law at Hanken. Other students are welcome. There are no pre-requisites other than a basic course in IP law.

Undervisningstimmar

24 h

Undervisningsformer

Lectures, a term paper.

Litteratur

Landes, W. M. & Posner, R. A. (2003). The Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

Examination

Written examination, which is based on the literature (including lectures), and term paper.

Examinator

Oker-Blom, Max