Learning outcomes

To provide students with a basic knowledge of the different intellectual property rights and their key principles, and more generally to make them understand how the law organise private rights in creation, information and immaterial assets.

Content

The following will be mainly addressed: - an overall introduction of the system of IP, of its function and key common principles. - copyright - patent - trademark

Assessment method

The exam will be composed of exercises and theory. One question aims at solving a case study in order to assess the capacity of the student to apply in concreto the studied principles. The other questions are rather based on theory and on personal thinking. One of these questions will be drafted in Dutch, the student having the choice to provide an answer either in French or in Dutch.
The exam will assess the competence to:

  • apply the legal rules studied
  • the practical understanding and capacity to solve a case study
  • the understanding of the mechanisms of the intellectual property rights.

 

Sources, references and any support material

No reading is required beyond the casebook.

Language of instruction

Français
Training Study programme Block Credits Mandatory
Standard 0 3
Standard 0 5
Standard 0 5
Standard 0 5
Standard 1 5
Standard 1 5
Standard 1 5
Standard 2 5
Standard 3 3