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Intellectual Property Law
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:19.03.2024 08:09:42
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SBUEK_128 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law; Civil Rights | Target Audience: | Management Science; Business Management | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Līga Sileniece | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 12 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basics of Law. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire theoretical knowledge of types of intellectual property, including copyrights, patent rights, trademark rights, design rights and rights to geographical indications, as well as to gain understanding of the specifics of intellectual property protection in order to successfully operate in international and Latvian business environment. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The concept and protection of intellectual property. The concept of copyright, its subjects and objects. Copyright content, personal and property rights. Copyright restrictions. Collective management of copyright. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Patent rights: the concept of a patent, its objects, registration, disputes, contesting process. Patentability. Patent licensing agreements. Patent protection systems and their peculiarities: a) The patent protection system of the European Patent Convention. b) the patent protection system of the European Union. C) the patent protection system of the World Trade Organisation. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Designs, concept, registration. Rights to trademarks. Trademark groups. Plant variety Protection. Breeder's rights and their validity. The concept and types of a geographical indication. Protection of geographical indications. Protection of domain names. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The concept and protection of intellectual property. The concept of copyright, its subjects and objects. Copyright content, personal and property rights. Copyright restrictions. Collective management of copyright. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Patent rights: the concept of a patent, its objects, registration, disputes, contesting process. Patentability. Patent licensing agreements. Patent protection systems and their peculiarities: a) The patent protection system of the European Patent Convention. b) the patent protection system of the European Union. C) the patent protection system of the World Trade Organisation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Designs, concept, registration. Rights to trademarks. Trademark groups. Plant variety Protection. Breeder's rights and their validity. The concept and types of a geographical indication. Protection of geographical indications. Protection of domain names. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Group work: case analysis, presentations – students present current case law in the field of intellectual property law and explain its importance in business; the students have analysed cases of intellectual property law in the past and present solutions thereto to other students and organise a discussion on current issues of intellectual property law. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance of classes (20%); group work (30%); exam (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon successful completion of the study course, students will recognise various types of intellectual property, name the most important Latvian and international regulatory acts that are important when doing business in the field of intellectual property law, will define the nature and objectives of intellectual property law in the context of entrepreneurship. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Successful completion of the study course will provide students with the skills to relate theoretical knowledge, assessing specific situations that are related to the issues of intellectual property law in business, to sum up relevant information on intellectual property law in the context of a specific problem situation, and correctly apply intellectual property laws and present the obtained knowledge publicly, logically evaluating the circumstances of the practical situations. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Based on their theoretical and practical knowledge, students independently formulate and critically analyse problem situations related to intellectual property law in business, substantiate their point of view and logically construct solutions to problem situations that will be tested in group work and case solving. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Rozenfelds J. Intelektuālais īpašums. Zvaigzne ABC, Rīga, 2004. | ||||||||
| 2 | Grudulis M. Ievads autortiesībās. Latvijas Vēstneša bibliotēka, Rīga, 2006. | ||||||||
| 3 | Terence P. European Intellectual Property Law. Milton: Taylor and Francis, 2017. | ||||||||
| 4 | Šķesters A. Patentu īpašuma ģenēzes un attīstības perspektīvas. Socrates: RSU elektronisko juridisko zinātnisko rakstu žurnāls: 2017 Nr. 1 (7) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Poļakovs G. Rūpnieciskā īpašuma īpašnieka tiesības. Rīga: Biznesa augstskola Turība, SIA, 2001, 384 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Mantrovs V. Eiropas Savienības ģeogrāfisko norāžu aizsardzības sistēma. Likums un Tiesības: 8.sējums, nr.6 (82) jūnijs, 2006. | ||||||||
| 3 | Pētersone Z. Intelektuālā īpašuma civiltiesiskās aizsardzības līdzekļi. Rīga: Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2013. | ||||||||
| 4 | Hart T. Intellectual Property Law. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Autortiesību likums | ||||||||
| 2 | Patentu likums | ||||||||
| 3 | Likums par preču zīmēm un ģeogrāfiskās izcelsmes norādēm | ||||||||
| 4 | Dizainparaugu likums | ||||||||
