MVV400K Industrial Property Law - European and Polish Perspective

Faculty of Law
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Dr. Krzysztof Dobieżyński (seminar tutor), doc. JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská, Ph.D. (deputy)
doc. JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská, Ph.D.
Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Mgr. Věra Redrupová, B.A.
Supplier department: Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MVV400K/01: Mon 25. 3. 14:00–15:40 S125, 16:00–17:40 S125, Tue 26. 3. 8:00–9:40 041, 10:00–11:40 041, 12:00–13:40 041
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 27/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The concept of intellectual property rights. Sources of intellectual property rights. Patent law. Trademark law. The law of industrial designs. The procedures for obtaining protection. Offices of industrial property. Protection against unfair competition
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- understand the concept of intellectual property
- know the basic international, European and national legal acts in respect to industrial property
- know the basic definitions in respect to inventions, trade marks and designs
- know the procedures before patent offices and to use the computer databases in order to search information about trade marks and designs.
Syllabus
  • Lecture no. 1:
  • Presentation of the concept of intellectual property. Intellectual property and industrial property. Patent system. The nature of the invention (2 hours x 50 min)
  • Lecture no. 2:
  • Inventions. Exceptions to patentability. Effects of the European patent and the European patent application. Fields of technology which are excluded from the scope of patentable subject matter (examples from the Polish law). Patent – scope of protection. Limitations of patent (2 hours x 50 min)
  • Lecture no. 3:
  • Trade marks. The definition of trade marks. Different types of trade marks. Requirements for the registration and absolute and relative grounds for refusing registration. Scope of protection. (2 hours x 50 min)
  • Lecture no. 4:
  • Designs. Requirements and obstacles for the registration of design. Design as the exclusive right protecting the appearance of goods (2 hours x 50 min)
  • Lecture no. 5:
  • International, EU and national trademark and patent offices. Procedures of obtaining exclusive rights. Computer databases concerning industrial property (2 hours x 50 min)
Literature
  • materials provided by the lecturer; legal acts
Teaching methods
conversation lecture, discussion, work with the texts of legal acts, case studies
Assessment methods
in-class single-choice Q/A test
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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