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Intellectual Property Rights (2cr)

Code: 8A00BJ19-3001

General information


Enrollment
04.02.2017 - 05.03.2017
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
06.03.2017 - 12.05.2017
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2 cr
Local portion
2 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Teaching languages
Finnish
Degree programmes
Free Choice Studies
Teacher in charge
Niko Ristimäki
Course
8A00BJ19

Objective

Upon completion of the course, students understand the issues associated with intellectual property rights. The student is able to
- define the basic concepts intellectual property rights
- understands what can be protected with different types of rights and how to obtain them
- knows about different existing patent systems
- knows about different free patent databases and knows how to search publications stored in the databases
- knows the basic criteria for the grant of a patent

Content

- Copyright, trademarks, domain-names, patents, utility models, design rights
- About the history of patenting
- Patent systems
- Assessing patentability – novelty, inventive step, industrial applicability
- Scope of patent protection and definition of its extent
- Utilizing patents in business

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

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