DAI6SI01 Specific Intellectual Property Law Issues

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Pavel Koukal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Matěj Myška, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Dana Ondrejová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Matěj Myška, Ph.D.
Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: doc. JUDr. Matěj Myška, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Faculty of Law
Prerequisites
This course does not have any prerequisites. General requirement for enrolment to this course is advanced knowledge of legal English incl. specific terminology of intellectual property law.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to provide the knowledge in the area of unfair competition and the commercial-law aspects of the IP protection. The particular attention is paid to the protection of trade-secrets, undisclosed information, contract-law, tort law and cross-border issues related to the intellectual property protection.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
Understand the unfair competition protection.
Have a general overview of the trade secrets protection.
Have knowledge about the contract-law and tort-law aspects related to the intellectual property protection.
Have a general overview of the cross-border issues related to the intellectual property protection.
Syllabus
  • I. Unfair Competition, Trade Secrets
  • II. Contract-law and tort-law issues and the intellectual property protection
  • III. Cross-border issues and the intellectual property protection
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Kono, Toshiyuki. Intellectual Property and Private International Law: Comparative Perspectives. Oxford: Hart, 2012.
  • Seville, Catherine. EU Intellectual Property Law and Policy. Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 2016
  • Rowe, Elizabeth A, and Sharon K. Sandeen. Trade Secrecy and International Transactions: Law and Practice. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2015.
  • Hilty, Reto M, and Frauke Henning-Bodewig. Law against Unfair Competition: Towards a New Paradigm in Europe? Berlin: Springer, 2010.
    not specified
  • Further reading will be provided via the IS MUNI interactive syllabus.
Teaching methods
* Individual and group tutoring sessions * Colloquial presentation of research results
Assessment methods
* Colloquial presentation of results of individual research * Targeted discussion about the recommended literature with focus on specific issues relevant to the doctoral thesis of the student
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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