Intellectual Property Law in Digital Age

About course

A unique course will help students to get a comprehensive legal education in the field of intellectual property in a fairly short time. The objective of the course is to be as practice-oriented as possible. The course examines the main institutions of intellectual property law: copyright and related rights, patent law, trademark law, legal regulation of domains. The course also includes sections of intellectual property in Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and Big Data. The course combines elements of legal theory, comparative jurisprudence and current law enforcement practice with an emphasis on the latest technology.

The course will help to form students’ ideas about intellectual property law and its significance in the system of law; upon completion of the course, students should learn how to apply intellectual property law regulations, draft and analyze license agreements, know the basics of international legal protection of intellectual property.

Program

1. Intellectual Property Fundamentals.

2. Intellectual Property and Technology. Case Study. Part 1.

3. Intellectual Property and Technology. Case Study. Part 2.

4. International Protection of Intellectual Property. Case study.