EUROPEAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
Anno accademico 2021/2022 - 2° annoObiettivi formativi
Knowledge and understanding
The course gives the students a first knowledge and understanding in the field of the European Intellectual Property Law.
Applying knowledge and understanding
The course aims at providing knowledge and understanding in the field of European Law of Intellectual Property that students can apply in occupational contexts.
Making judgments
At the end of the course, students will have the ability to identify the appropriate laws and interpretations to formulate responses to well-defined concrete and abstract problems in the field of the patents and trademarks EU law.
Communication skills
The course aims at giving the ability to communicate about understanding, skills and activities, in the field of European Intellectual Proterty Law, with peers, supervisors and clients.
Learning skills
The course aims at providing the learning skills to undertake further studies, in the field of the European Intellectual Property Law, 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.
Informazioni per studenti con disabilità e/o DSA
A garanzia di pari opportunità e nel rispetto delle leggi vigenti, gli studenti interessati possono chiedere un colloquio personale col docente in modo da programmare eventuali misure compensative e/o dispensative, in base agli obiettivi didattici ed alle specifiche esigenze.
È possibile rivolgersi anche al docente referente CInAP (Centro per l’integrazione Attiva e Partecipata - Servizi per le Disabilità e/o i DSA) del nostro Dipartimento, prof. Condorelli.
Prerequisiti richiesti
Per le propedeuticità formali consultare il regolamento didattico della coorte di riferimento disponibile nella pagina dedicata http://www.lex.unict.it/it/chi-siamo/regolamenti-didattici-del-corso-di-laurea-magistrale-ciclo-unico-giurisprudenza-lmg01
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.
Esempi di domande e/o esercizi frequenti
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