DOMPSV_PDV Intellectual property law and private international law

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská, Ph.D.
Contact Person: Jana Dopitová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! DO5MPS1 Private International and Intellectual Property Rights
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of this course is the analysis of conflict and procedural issues of intellectual property rights from the point of view of private international law. The analysis is both from the point of view of the doctrinal foundations of both subjects (principle of territoriality, purpose and function), as well as their manifestations in specific legal norms and provisions.
Learning outcomes
The basic requirement for the output of this course is an oral discussion of the problem. At the same time, the student is expected to write an article or conference paper on a topic covered in this course and assigned at the beginning of the semester by the instructor.
Syllabus
  • Basic course outline: 1. Intellectual property rights - lex loci protectionis - the impact of international conventions and their "conflict" aspects 2. Contractual obligations - The Rome I Regulation - legal certainty and predictability vs. flexibility of solutions 3. Non-contractual obligations - Rome II Regulation - Legal certainty and predictability vs. flexibility of solution 4. Non-State means of regulation
Literature
  • KYSELOVSKÁ, Tereza and Pavel KOUKAL. Mezinárodní právo soukromé a právo duševního vlastnictví - kolizní otázky (Private International Law and Intellectual Property Rights - Conflict of Law Issues). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Právnická fakulta, 2019, 388 pp. Spisy Právnické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, řadateoretická, Edice Scientia. ISBN 978-80-210-9476-5. Open access fakulty info
Teaching methods
class discussion
Assessment methods
The basic requirement for the output of this course is an oral discussion of the problem. At the same time, the student is expected to write an article or conference paper on a topic covered in this course and assigned at the beginning of the semester by the instructor.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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