MP505Zk Intellectual Property Law

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Ivo Telec, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Ivo Telec, CSc.
Department of Civil Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Bc. Gabriela Uhlířová
Timetable
Tue 11:10–12:40 136, Tue 11:10–12:40 030
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
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV) (2)
Course objectives
At the end of the lecture course students are to be able to: theoretically explain the legal system and the structure of the Czech intellectual property law, as well as its sources, constitutional and moral foundations, and in current, historical, international and communitarian context, focusing on the Czech law, especially private, and also focusing on the legal doctrines and cases; name, describe, theoretically explain, distinguish, sort and analyze the various absolute and relative rights of the intellectual property and the legal conceptual features of the protected objects of intellectual property rights and their legal overlapping; theoretical understanding of the application of general legal concepts, f.i. good faith, good morals, etc., and their importance in the intellectual property rights; theoretically understand the registration principle and overview of certain rights to be aware of the institutional basis of the public administration of the industrial property and the plant varieties rights; understand the legal management of protected objects of the intellectual property, especially to understand the contracting licenses, statutory licenses and compulsory licenses as to their purpose, content, form and systematics; understand business models and alternative management of intellectual property and its legal nature and be able to compare them; theoretically explain, analyze and assess the legal strategy of enforcement of the intellectual property, the claims arrising from these rights and the legal measures of their implementation; theoretically explain and examine the fundamental legal arguments aimed at protecting intellectual property rights; all of them in particular regarding to the copyright and neighbouring rights, patent law and utility models law, design law, plant varieties right, trademark law, law of geographical indications and the right of the domain names;
Syllabus
  • Introduction to the intellectual property law study: the aim, history, system, sources, international organisations (WIPO, WTO, EPO, UNESCO), constitutional and moral basis, survey of the public administration of the industrial property rights and the plant varieties rights from the registration rights framework
  • The basic elements of protected objects
  • The exercising of intellectual property rights (license law)
  • The enforcement of intellectual property rights (the common principles and claims)
  • Industrial property rights incl. patent law, designs law and trade mark and other signs law etc.
  • Copyright and neighbouring rights including the collective management of these rights
Literature
    required literature
  • TELEC, Ivo. Přehled práva duševního vlastnictví (1). Lidskoprávní základy. Licenční smlouva. (A Survey of Intellectual Property Law. Vol. 1. The Human Rights Fundaments. The Licence Contract.). 2., upravené. Brno: Jan Šabata, 2007, 200 pp. Učebnice, sv. 1. ISBN 978-80-7239-206-3. info
  • TELEC, Ivo and Pavel TŮMA. Přehled práva duševního vlastnictví. Česká právní ochrana. 2. díl (Survey of the Intellectual Property Law. The Czech Legal Protection, Vol. 2). Vyd. 1. Brno: Doplněk, 2006, 114 pp. Učebnice, díl 2. ISBN 80-7239-198-4. info
  • TELEC, Ivo. Právo duševního vlastnictví. Elportál. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009. ISSN 1802-128X. URL info
  • HAJN, Petr, Roman HORÁČEK and Karel ČADA. Práva k průmyslovému vlastnictví. 1. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2005, xxiv, 424. (Právnické učebnice). ISBN 8071798797. info
  • SLOVÁKOVÁ, Zuzana. Průmyslové vlastnictví. 2., dopl. a rozš. vyd. Praha: LexisNexis CZ, 2006, 212 s. ISBN 8086920089. info
    recommended literature
  • Autorské právo : zákon, komentáře, vzory a judikatura. Edited by Marie Šebelová. Vyd. 1. Brno: Computer Press, 2006, viii, 196. ISBN 8025110907. info
  • Knappová, M. - Švestka, J. et al: Občanské právo hmotné, 3. vyd., Praha: ASPI 2002, sv. 3, část Autorské a patentové právo.
  • TELEC, Ivo. Tvůrčí práva duševního vlastnictví : dodatek k právu k počítačovým programům. 1. vyd. Brno: Doplněk, 2002, 21 s. ISBN 8072391062. info
    not specified
  • TELEC, Ivo and Pavel TŮMA. Autorský zákon. Komentář (Author`s Act. Commentary). 1st ed. Praha: Verlag C. H. Beck, 2007, 989 pp. Velké komentáře. ISBN 978-80-7179-608-4. info
  • Zákon o ochranných známkách, zákon o ochraně označení původu a zeměpisných označení, zákon o vymáhání práv z průmyslového vlastnictví : komentář. Edited by Roman Horáček. 2., podstatně dopl. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2008, xvi, 527. ISBN 9788074000584. info
  • TELEC, Ivo. Tvůrčí práva duševního vlastnictví. Vyd. 1. Brno: Doplněk, 1994, 344 s. ISBN 808576511X. info
Teaching methods
Lectures including the presentations; The participation of the students is voluntary.
Assessment methods
Written test - a test using the laws; score is the positive points for completely correct answers to 17 questions type of thematic "nests"; always have 2 questions for 2 points and is always 15 questions of 1 point according to the degree of difficulty; success rate of 55%.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012.
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