EUROPEAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
Anno accademico 2020/2021 - 2° annoObiettivi formativi
Knowledge and understanding
The European Intellectual Property Law gives the students a first knowledge and understanding in the field of the European Law of patents and trademarks.
Applying knowledge and understanding
The course aims at:
- providing a first knowledge and understanding in the field of European Law of Intellectual Property useful in occupational context;
- giving the ability to identify and solve concrete and abstract problems;
- giving the ability to communicate about understanding, skills and activities, with peers, supervisors and clients;
- providing the learning skills to undertake further studies with some autonomy.
Modalità di svolgimento dell'insegnamento
Frontal lessons supported by slides
Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
Prerequisiti richiesti
Istituzioni di diritto privato
Frequenza lezioni
Attending classes is not mandatory
Contenuti del corso
Patents: The economic background of the invention. The European Patent. The patentable invention. Requirements of patentability. Ownership of the patent. The patent application. Interpreting the claims. Infringement. Remedies. The transfer of the patent. Chemical patents. Biotechnological patents.
Testi di riferimento
KUR e DREIER, European Intellectual Property Law, Elgar Publ., 2013, pagg. 84-156.
Programmazione del corso
Argomenti | Riferimenti testi | |
1 | The economics of innovation | pagg. 84-86 |
2 | National and supranational patents | pagg. 86-97 |
3 | The patentable invention in EPC | pagg. 106-111 |
4 | Inventions and discoveries | pagg. 106-109 |
5 | Software and Software implemented inventions | pagg. 137-144 |
6 | New products, new processes, new uses | http://studium.unict.it/dokeos/2016/courses/71106C0/ |
7 | Requirements of patentability. The industrial application | pagg. 111-112; 113-114 |
8 | Novelty | pagg. 111-112 |
9 | Nonobviousness | pagg. 112-113 |
10 | Ownership. Joint ownership | http://studium.unict.it/dokeos/2016/courses/71106C0/ |
11 | The employed inventor | http://studium.unict.it/dokeos/2016/courses/71106C0/ |
12 | The patent application | pagg. 97-106 |
13 | Interpreting the claims | pagg. 114-116 |
14 | Infringement and equivalence | pagg. 116-121 |
15 | Remedies. Injunctions | http://studium.unict.it/dokeos/2016/courses/71106C0/ |
16 | The transfer of the patent | pag. 121-122 |
17 | Chemical patents. Biotech patents | pagg. 123-137 |
18 | The international debate on patents. The TRIPS Agreement | pagg. 24-31 |
19 | After the TRIPS Agreement | pagg. 31-38 |
20 | The European patent with unitary effect | pagg. 149-156 |
Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
Oral examination
The test/exam will be assessed according to the following criteria established by the Board of the Degree Course (September 17, 2018):
- aptness of answers
- quality and comprehension of the syllabus
- ability to link different topics of the syllabus
- ability to show examples
- use of jargon and terms of art
- general communicative skills
- familiarity with legal texts
Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.
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