Designs

Intellectual Property (Copyright and Designs)

Contents of Intellectual Property (Copyright and Designs)

Contents of this subject matter include:

• Introduction to Intellectual Property and the international framework (focus on copyright, designs and confidential information),
• Justifications, history and objectives
• Copyright – general principles, copyright subsistence
• Copyright – topic matter, authorship and ownership
• Copyright –infringement
• Copyright – exceptions
• Copyright – dealings in copyright, remedies and enforcement
• Copyright – moral rights, performers' rights, folklore and indigenous cultural property
• Copyright – current issues, reform proposals, global aspects
• Design rights – protection of industrial designs
• The copyright/design overlap, circuit layouts