MVV7923K Current Issues in U.S. Intellectual Property Law

Právnická fakulta
podzim 2017
Rozsah
0/1/0. 5 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
prof. JUDr. Markéta Trimble, J. S. D., Ph.D. (přednášející), doc. JUDr. Ing. Michal Radvan, Ph.D. (zástupce)
Garance
doc. JUDr. Ing. Michal Radvan, Ph.D.
Právnická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Věra Redrupová, B.A.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Právnická fakulta
Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin
MVV7923K/01: Po 4. 12. 18:15–19:45 025, Út 5. 12. 18:15–19:45 025, St 6. 12. 18:15–19:45 025, Čt 7. 12. 18:15–19:45 025, Po 11. 12. 18:15–19:45 025, Út 12. 12. 18:15–19:45 025, St 13. 12. 18:15–19:45 025, Čt 14. 12. 18:15–19:45 025, M. Trimble
Předpoklady
MP511Zk Pr. duševního vlast.
Students should enroll in this course after they have taken another course (in the Czech Republic, the United States, or elsewhere) that covered the basics of intellectual property law (copyright, patent, and/or trademark law).
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.

Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 30 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/30, pouze zareg.: 0/30
Mateřské obory/plány
předmět má 37 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
Cíle předmětu
At the end of the course, students will be able to do the following:
1) Understand the latest developments and trends in U.S. intellectual property law
2) Interpret the key provisions of U.S. intellectual property statutes that have been affected by the latest developments
3) Identify issues that are affected by the latest changes in U.S. intellectual property law
4) Create strategies for protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights in the United States, given the latest developments in U.S. intellectual property law
Osnova
  • Class 1 Introduction
  • Overview of the course; institutional structure, court system, and current issues in intellectual property law protection and enforcement
  • Class 2 Protectible subject matter (I): Copyright
  • Latest developments concerning subject matter protectible by copyright, including useful articles, performances, and computer programs
  • Class 3 Protectible Subject Matter (II): Trademarks
  • Latest developments concerning subject matter protectible by trademarks, including disparaging marks, the requirement of use, and the interaction of trademarks and other markings and designations
  • Class 4 Protectible Subject Matter (III): Patents
  • Latest developments concerning subject matter protectible by patents that stem from U.S. Supreme Court decisions on patent-eligibility and definiteness
  • Class 5 America Invents Act
  • Latest developments concerning patentability that stem from the implementation of the America Invents Act, particularly developments concerning novelty and non-obviousness of inventions
  • Class 6 Copyright, Transmission, and Intermediary Liability
  • Latest developments concerning transmissions and re-transmissions of copyright-protected works, including the law of internet intermediary liability
  • Class 7 Exhaustion of Intellectual Property Rights
  • Latest developments concerning exhaustion of copyright and patent rights, including questions of digital exhaustion
  • Class 8 Final Review; Current Legislative and Judicial Developments
  • Overview of bills currently pending in the U.S. Congress and cases currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, current trends in the lower courts
Literatura
  • Professor Trimble will provide the materials for the course, which will be distributed to students electronically.
Výukové metody
lectures, discussions
Metody hodnocení
A take-home exam in the form of multiple-choice questions.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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