Leg­al Risk Man­age­ment and In­tel­lec­tu­al Prop­erty Law

Course content

The course will give an understanding of the basic principles and structures of mainly private law, from a European perspective, related to business processes in order to choose and assess the appropriate legal structure for business transactions. The course covers the various parts of intellectual property law and related legal branches relevant to business processes namely copyright law but also design law, trademark law, unfair competition law, contract law and personality rights. The course includes two voluntary home assignments.

Tentative lecture plan

1. Lecture - Introduction to IP law

2. Lecture - Copyright Law - I

3. Lecture - Copyright Law - II

4. Lecture - Design Law 

5. Lecture - Contract Law

6. Lecture - Trade Mark Law I

7. Lecture - Trade Mark Law II

8 Lecture - Competition Law

9. Lecture - Data Protection Law

10. Lecture - Personality Rights 

11. Lecture - Enforcement and Remedies