MVV11K Anglo-American Commercial Law - Intellectual Property

Faculty of Law
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Francis Xavier Grossi (lecturer), doc. JUDr. Jiří Valdhans, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Jiří Valdhans, Ph.D.
Department of Administrative Studies and Administrative Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Alice Dvořáková
Timetable
Mon 29. 3. 13:30–15:00 133, 16:40–18:10 025, Tue 30. 3. 18:15–19:45 133, Wed 31. 3. 13:30–15:00 302, 18:15–19:45 133, Thu 1. 4. 9:35–11:05 025, 11:10–12:40 025
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of commercial and civil law.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course student: has knowledge of the nature and legal character of patents, trademarks and copyrights in the frame American law; should be able to formulate his own concept and solution in the field of intellectual property.
Syllabus
  • 1.The necessary elements of a patent, a trademark and a copyright 2. The commercial value and utility of the protected status 3. Examples of things included and excluded in the various categories 4. The statutory definitions used to create and limit rights of inventors, trade names and artistic creators 5. The administrative process for establishing and registering the protected property 6. The extent of exclusion of competing products, trade names and artistic works 7. Various sources of law and treaties applicable to the subjects.
Literature
  • ELIÁŠ, Karel, Petr HAJN and Josef BEJČEK. Kurs obchodního práva : obecná část : soutěžní právo (Course on commercial law : general part : competition law.). / Karel Eliáš ... [et al.]. 5. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2007, 610 pp. (Právnické učebnice). ISBN 978-80-7179-583-4. info
  • BEJČEK, Josef. Kurs obchodního práva Obchodní závazky, 4. vydání (Course on Commercial Law, Coommercial Obligations). In ELIÁŠ, Karel and Přemysl RABAN. Kurs obchodního práva : obchodní závazky, 4. vydání. 4. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2007, p. 23-228, 120 pp. (Právnické učebnice). ISBN 978-80-7179-781-4. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion.
Assessment methods
Seminar paper.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011.
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