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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

[Italiano] AF: 126030 AR: 64956
Official course title DIRITTO INDUSTRIALE
Academic Year 2011/2012
Course code EM0003
University credits 6
Degree level Second Cycle Degree M.D.270
Educational sector code IUS/04
Semester/trimester 4° Periodo
Course year 1
Where VENEZIA

Professor

Degree Programmes and curricula

Contents

Educational Goals

The purpose of the course is to provide students with the fundamentals for the Knowledge and the understanding of the principles regulating intellectual property system, on the one hand, and the national and international antitrust regulations, on the other hand. Special attention will be paid to the regulation of trademarks, patents, industrial designs, artistic creations and to protection against unfair competition

Requirements

Private Law

Contents

a) An introduction to intellectual property
b) Unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices and advertising
c) Distinctive signs
1. Distinctive signs and their function
2. Trademarks
d) Inventions. Industrial designs
3. Patents
4. Registered designs and models
5. Trade secrets
e) Copyright and connected rights
f) Antitrust regulation. Scope and objectives of the competition law

Recommended Reading List

L.U. UBERTAZZI (ed.), La proprietà intellettuale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2011, pp. 1-19; 38-143; 181-219; 253-299; 308-350; 357-370; 379-405; 410-439.

A. VANZETTI – V. DI CATALDO, Manuale di diritto industriale, 6° ed., Giuffrè, Milano, 2009, pp. 369-380; 383-397; 411-416; 431; 435; 444-451; 487-489; 567–568; 670-675; 595-635; 637-640.


Italian Civil Code and complementary legislation (updated version)

Assessment

written

Teaching Methods

Written examination

Teaching Language

Italian

Sustainability

  • Course with sustainable contents
  • University credits of sustainability: 1
  • Lecture notes, material for reference or for self-assessment available online or as e-book

Materiali I.S.A.

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Last update: 04/03/2012