Intellectual Property Rights

• Slides, materials, research papers, and case studies may be listed and made available on the e-learning platform and assigned to students on a weekly basis.

Argomenti del programma: The course starts with an analysis of the competing policies underlying the intellectual property laws and regulations. It covers the basics of copyright, patents, trademarks, trade-secrets, design, and other IP-related areas of law (such as competition law). It analyses some of the salient controversies in intellectual property law, including the protection for software, datasets and business methods.

• Slides, materials, research papers, and case studies may be listed and made available on the e-learning platform and assigned to students on a weekly basis.

Argomenti del programma: The course starts with an analysis of the competing policies underlying the intellectual property laws and regulations. It covers the basics of copyright, patents, trademarks, trade-secrets, design, and other IP-related areas of law (such as competition law). It analyses some of the salient controversies in intellectual property law, including the protection for software, datasets and business methods.

• Materials will be available on the MyLuiss platform.

Argomenti del programma: a) General principles of IP rights regulation. b) Implementing aspects of IP rights regulation in several industries. c) Intersection between IP rights and other regulations. d) Application of the IP rights regulation with respect to new technologies.

• Further readings and materials (including slides) will be indicated and/or provided during the course and listed in the Luiss Learn Platform

Argomenti del programma: The course focuses on European Union and International Intellectual Property Law, with a special focus on the relationship among Innovation, Intellectual Property Law and Ethics. After an introduction to the goals and the functions of Intellectual Property Rights, the course will analyze the evolutionary path of EU Intellectual Property law (including Copyright Law, Patent Law, Trademarks, and Rights in Data and…