Ip Law (Industrial and Intellectual Property Right)

A.Y. 2019/2020
6
Max ECTS
42
Overall hours
SSD
IUS/04
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
IP law concerns the subject matter contained in the Industrial Property Rights Code (Legislative Decree no. 30 of 10 February 2005, as amended) and, in particular, trademarks, industrial inventions, biotechnological inventions, utility models, designations of origin and geographical indications, designs and models, trade secrets and know-how.
The course focuses, in alternate years, on some of these topics.
This academic year (2019-2020) the course will be mainly dedicated to the discipline of patents and utility models.
At the end of the course the student must have acquired a good knowledge of the Italian and European discipline of industrial and intellectual property in order to solve legal issues through the reworking of the notions learned.
Expected learning outcomes
KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND LEARNING SKILLS. The student will have to demonstrate knowledge of the general principles of industrial property and the national and European discipline of patents, trademarks and distinctive signs, industrial designs.
APPLICATION SKILLS AND AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT. The student must demonstrate the ability to interpret and apply, with autonomy of judgment, the notions learned during the course to the solution of concrete cases that will be submitted by the professor.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS. The student must demonstrate the ability to express the notions acquired with appropriate legal language and coherence.
Single course

This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.

Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
This Academic year (2019-2020) the teaching is mainly focused on the discipline of industrial inventions, biotechnological inventions and utility models. The teaching will focus on: the general principles and concepts, the rationale of the patent system, the notion of patentable invention, the requirements for patentability (extrinsic novelty, inventive step, lawfulness and industriality), the subjective profiles of the patent and the inventions of employees, the content of the law and its limits, the administrative procedure for granting the national, European and European title with unitary effect, judicial protection, the difference between inventions and models, the discipline of biotechnological inventions and the new European patent system with unitary effect.
Some lessons will be devoted to the general principles of the national and European discipline of trademarks and distinctive signs.
Prerequisites for admission
No specific prerequisites are required
Teaching methods
The course is structured in two parts, in the a first part the professor will explains the general principles of the subject and the individual topics that make it up, the second part is dedicated to the discussion of practical cases, distributed to the students through the Ariel Portal, with specific insights on current issues.
Teaching Resources
Sena, I diritti sulle invenzioni ed i modelli di utilità, Milano Giuffrè 2011.
Sena, Il diritto dei marchi: marchio nazionale e marchio comunitario, Milano, Giuffrè, 2007.
Sena - Giudici, Codice di diritto industriale, Milano, Giuffrè, 2019. Erasmus students may study on Gustavo Ghidini, Rethinking Intellectual Property, EE Edward Elgar, 2018 (Chapters 1, 2 and 4).
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam consists of an oral test. The final vote will be expressed in thirtieth.
The exam is aimed at assessing the knowledge learned, critical thinking, skills and the quality of exposure.
IUS/04 - BUSINESS LAW - University credits: 6
Lessons: 42 hours
Professor: Giudici Silvia
Shifts:
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Professor: Giudici Silvia
Professor(s)