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Intellectual Property Law

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Course Unit Code119-0324/04
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
GOD20Mgr. Pavel Godický
Summary
This subject determines the frame of legal regulation of social use and protection of intellectual property. The aim is to acquaint the students with deeper knowledge of legal norms regarding intellectual property and private data protection. It further considers copyright and industrial copyright´s regulation in the Czech Republic and abroad. Also in practical connection legal regulation of advertising as for public and private level is dealt as well as advertising self-regulation.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Students will be able to:
- describe the legal environment, define the subject of the regulation, characterize the legal regulation and list the basic forms
regulation,
- understand the principles of public and private law and explain the difference between them
- Use acquired knowledge and understanding to clarify and solve model situations
- recognize the problem in practice and infer appropriate legal regulation
- explain the legal aspect of the problem in practice
- explain the legislation and recommend possible solutions to the problem in practice.
Course Contents
1. Introduction, system of this subject and context in the Czech law. Sources and the subjects of intellectual property law. State position and state administration in this field. Protection of personal data, natural person and legal person. Trade company and its protection. Protection of trade secred and know-how.
2. Copyright I. - Author´s work - term, marks, types, exclusions. Author and author´s work creation. Content of copyright. Exclusive personality rights. Exclusive property rights.
3. Copyright II. Author´s work usage. Free usage. Legal licence. Duration of property law. Free works.
4. Copyright III. Licence contract. Exclusive and non-exklusive licence.
Publishing licence. Sub-licence and its transfer. Special types of author´s work and special conditions of its usage.
5. Copyright IV. Rights connected to copyright. Rights to art performance. Rights to recordings. Rights to radio and TV broadcasting. Publisher´s right. Special rights to database.
6. Copyright V. Protection of copyrights and rights connected to it. Customs in connections with rights protection. Collective administration of rights. State supervision.
7. Trademark I. Term. Register. legal capacity to be recorded in the register. types of trademarks. Trademark owner.
8. Trademark II. Procedure of recording. Transfer and changeover of trademark. Protecting period.
Rights termination. Licence.
9. Indication of origin and geographical marking. Differences of trademark authorization régime. Qualification to be recorded. Trademark users. recording procedure. Usage of trademark.
10. Invention. Term and subjects of patent law. Procedure of patent granting.
Invention protection. Licence and forced licence. Other industrial rights. Utility example. Industrila example. Improvement proposal. Origin. Topography
of semiconductor products. Cultivation law.
11. Intangibles in international trade. International legal regulation connected to the intangibles. Sources. Their protection. Means of internationl protection.
12. Advertising law I. Term. Public regulation of advertisement. State supervision and its bodies. Responsibility for lawless advertisement. Administration wrongs and sanctions.
13. Advertising law II. Add regulation as for private law. Unfair competition. Court protection against unfair competition. Ethical self-regulation of advertisement and its means.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
BENTLY, Lionel, SHERMAN Brad, GANGJEE Dev and Phillip JOHNSON. Intellectual property law. 5. Revised edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 1520 s. ISBN 9780198769958
JANKŮ, Martin. EU business law: learning text. Praha: Vysoká škola finanční a správní, 2019. Educopress. ISBN 978-80-7408-186-6.
POLLICINO, Oreste, Giovanni Maria RICCIO a Marco BASSINI, ed. Copyright and fundamental rights in the digital age: a comparative analysis in search of a common constitutional ground. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020. ISBN 978-1-78811-387-8.
DOBŘICHOVSKÝ, Tomáš. Aktuální otázky práva autorského a práv průmyslových: autorská a další práva duševního vlastnictví v nové evropské harmonizační vlně s přihlédnutím k aplikační praxi v EU a ČR. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Právnická fakulta, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7630-009-5.
POLLICINO, Oreste, Giovanni Maria RICCIO a Marco BASSINI, ed. Copyright and fundamental rights in the digital age: a comparative analysis in search of a common constitutional ground. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020. ISBN 978-1-78811-387-8.
TELEC, Ivo a Pavel TŮMA. Autorský zákon. Komentář. 2. vydání. Praha: C.H.BECK, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7400-748-4.
Recommended Reading:
ADAMS, Stephen. Information sources in patents. 4th completely revised edition. Berlin: De Gruyter Saur, 2020 ISBN 978-3-11-055006-1.
DREYFUSS, Rochelle Cooper a Justine PILA, ed. The Oxford handbook of intellectual property law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. ISBN 978-0-19-875845-7.
OKEDIJI, Ruth L., ed. Copyright law in an age of limitations and exceptions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. ISBN 978-1-107-13237-5.
HOLCOVÁ, Irena. Autorský zákon a předpisy související (včetně mezinárodních smluv a evropských předpisů): komentář. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7598-049-6.
POLČÁK, Radim. Autorský zákon: praktický komentář s judikaturou: podle stavu k 1. dubnu 2020. Praha: Leges, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7502-391-9.
POPELKOVÁ, Věra. Nehmotné statky. 2. vyd. Praha: Policejní akademie České republiky v Praze, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7251-502-8.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit20 5
        ExaminationExamination80 46