Course Summary & Objectives:

Course Objectives:

This course aims, through a treatment of laws relating to patents, trademarks, confidential information, designs and copyright, to examine the protection provided by the law in regard to ideas, inventions, information and other forms of creative effort. The course also aims to explore how the law must balance interests and protect investment while taking into account public welfare and technological developments. The course will explore the interrelationship of the different regimes of protection, and will also consider practical issues arising in the commercialization or exploitation of intellectual property. Students completing this course should have a basic grounding in the law of the area, its limitations, policies, and objectives, including the basic features of the various systems of protection.

Course Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Analyze the advanced principles of intellectual property law, undertake self-directed legal research at an intermediate level, and evaluate complex legal information.
2. Apply intellectual property law principles to complex legal problems through indidual work.
3. Structure and sustain concise and cohesive written arguments for a legal audience.
4. Conduct legal research.
5. Reflect on their abilities to effectively undertake work as a legal practitioner.

Course Contents:

• Basis of Intellectual Property
  
• Intellectual Property Rights in Bangladesh:
  
• TRIPs Agreement and Bangladesh
  
• WIPO
  
• Concept of Patent
  
• Copyrights and Other Related Rights
  
• Trademark and Other Related Marks
  
• Law Relating to Geographical Indications
  
• Enforcement of IPRs
  
• Traditional Knowledge
  
• Competition Law and so on.