UCL FACULTY OF LAWS

UCL Laws Semester in London

Where modules run over two terms as a 30 credit module, SIL students will attend and be assessed on the contents of term 1. Please note that some modules reflect this with an additional "A" in their module code, but this is not the case for all of them due to special assessment arrangements for SIL students.
All assessments are graded on a pass/fail basis.

THE LAW OF COPYRIGHTS AND DESIGNS (LAWSG066)
Credit value: 15 credits (6 ECTS)
Module Convenor:
Dr Matt Fisher (until 1 November)
Veronica Barresi (after 1 November) 		Other Teachers:
Professor John Philips, King’s College London (KCL)
Mr Stephen Jones, Baker and McKenzie, Guest Lecturer
Intercollegiate teaching: Yes, this module is jointly taught with King’s College London (KCL)
Teaching Method: 11 x two-hour seminars - please note: as this module is jointly taught with King's College London, it will run during reading week
Who may enrol: LLM students, SIL students
Prerequisites: None
Barred module combinations: None
Core module for specialism: Intellectual Property Law
Assessment
Practice Assessment: to be confirmed
Assessment method for LLM students: 2-hour unseen written examination
Assessment method for SIL students: 3,000 word coursework essay
Module Overview

Module summary

The aim of this module is to give students a detailed understanding of the law of copyright and designs in the United Kingdom and the European Union in relation to subject matter such as books, films, computer software, artistic works and performances. The module will focus on issues relating to acquisition of rights and also their infringement and enforcement.

Module syllabus

Lecture 1 (Week 1)
Overview; justifications; the international & EU context
No Tutorial

Lecture 2 (Week 2)
Lecture: Subject Matter
No Tutorial

Lecture 3 (Week 3)
Subject Matter
No Tutorial

Lecture 4 (Week 4)
Lecture: Originality
No Tutorial

Lecture 5 (Week 5)
Qualification, Duration, Authoriship and First Ownership
Tutorial 1

Lecture 6 (Week 6)
Infringement: economic Rights (1)
No Tutorial

Lecture 7 (Week 7)
Infringement: economic Rights (2)
Tutorial 2

Lecture 8 (Week 8)
Defences
No Tutorial

Lecture 9 (Week 9)
Moral rights
Tutorial 3

Lecture 10 (Week 10)
Designs (1)
No Tutorial

Lecture 11 (Week 11)
Designs (2)
Tutorial 4

Recommended materials

L. Bently and B. Sherman, Intellectual Property Law (Oxford: OUP most, 2009) and/or W. Cornish, D. Llewelyn and T. Aplin Intellectual Property: Patents Copyright and Allied Rights

Preliminary reading

Spence, Justifying Copyright in McClean and Schubert (eds), Dear Images: Art, Copyright and Culture (Manchester, Ridinghouse, 2002), 389-403.
Other information: N/A
Prizes for this module: There are currently no prizes available for this module.