| Course Name | Intellectual Property Law |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| HUK 475 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0432423 | 3 | 4 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | Turkish | |||||
| Course Type | Service Course | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionLecture / Presentation | |||||
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| Course Objectives | This course objective is to have a general knowledge about authors', trademark holders', patent right holders', industrial designers', utility model owners' protection in the light of international agreements. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | Protection of intellectual rights and conventions regarding intellectual rights, especially Bern Convention, WIPO, WTO, TRIPPs conventions, types of intellectual rights and propections. |
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Notion of intellectual property, intellectual property rights, its position in general law regime, national and international institutions | Reccommended sources |
| 2 | Notion of work, author, author's rights | Recommended sources and notes from preceding week |
| 3 | Agreements related to the work, related rights | Recommended sources and notes from preceding week |
| 4 | Infringements, legal and criminal actions | Recommended sources and notes from preceding week |
| 5 | Trademark law, notion, types, registration and registration impediments, protection and protection scope of trademarks | Recommended sources and notes from preceding week |
| 6 | Trademark law, notion, types, registration and registration impediments, protection and protection scope of trademarks | Recommended sources and notes from preceding week |
| 7 | General review for the midterm exam | Recommended sources and notes from preceding week |
| 8 | Midterm exam | |
| 9 | Patent law, notion of invention, conditions to give patent rights, granting a patent, rights related to patent and its limits | Recommended sources and notes from preceding week |
| 10 | Rescission of the patent and expiration of the patent rights, case of infringement, legal and criminal actions | Recommended sources and notes from preceding week |
| 11 | Industrial design law, conditions of the protection, right of design holder, expiration of the design, infringements, legal and criminal actions | Recommended sources and notes from preceding week |
| 12 | Utility model law, notion of utility model, protection and invalidity | Recommended sources and notes from preceding week |
| 13 | Topology of networks, ownership of right, expiration and invalidity | Recommended sources and notes from preceding week |
| 14 | Plant breeders' right holder, protection of the biotechnological inventions | Recommended sources and notes from preceding week |
| 15 | General review for the final exam | Recommended sources and notes from preceding week |
| 16 | Review of the semester | Recommended sources and notes from preceding week |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Deborah E. Bouchoux: Intellectual Property: The Law of Trademarks, Copyrights, Patents, and Trade Secrets for the Paralegal, 2008 |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Paul Goldstein, International Intellectual Property Law, Cases and Materials, 2008 |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
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| Field Work | ||
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| Presentation / Jury | ||
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| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 40 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 60 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 60 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 1 | 16 |
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| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 15 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 9 | |
| Total | 88 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to possess the knowledge in legal terminology, concepts and principles. | |||||
| 2 | To be able to solve the legal problems with an analytic and integral point of view. | |||||
| 3 | To be able to evaluate the legal knowledge and abilities obtained with a critical approach. | |||||
| 4 | To be able to evaluate the developments in legal theory and practice by monitoring local, international and interdisciplinary dimensions. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to have awareness of social, professional and scientific principles of ethic behaviour. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to take responsibility in solving problems by creative and innovative thinking. | |||||
| 7 | To be able to interpret the legal norms with a sense of justice respectful to human rights and in the light of principles of democratic, secular and social state of law. | |||||
| 8 | Working efficiently and effectively, learning how to be a team member, taking responsibilities, being open minded, constructive, open to criticism and having self confidence | |||||
| 9 | To be able to use the daily scientific sources and court judgments in the framework of life time learning approach. | |||||
| 10 | To be able to inform the related persons and institutions about legal matters both verbally and in written. | |||||
| 11 | To be able to monitor the daily legal information/court decisions and interacts with the colleagues in a foreign language (“European Language Portfolio Global Scale” Level B1) . | |||||
| 12 | To be able to use the information and communication technology together with the computer programs in a level required by the area of law (“European Computer Driving Licence, Advanced Level”). | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
