Intellectual Property Strategies

Course Purpose
The purpose of this course is for students to acquire fundamental knowledge concerning intellectual property through lectures covering a variety of common concrete examples; to obtain information about the qualification systems for intellectual property, like those for patent attorneys and certified specialists in intellectual property management; and to learn the fundamental rules (research ethics) for their studies and research.
Learning Goals
Students will acquire a systematic understanding of the entire intellectual property system; acquire an understanding of each field of intellectual property, the rules for intellectual property in research activities (research ethics), and the practical use of intellectual property in corporate activities; and obtain information about the qualification systems for intellectual property.
Topic
Session 1What is intellectual property? What is the overall picture of intellectual property and the related rights and occupations?
Session 2What is a patentable invention?
Session 3From the birth of the invention to the granting of a patent
Session 4Learn from examples! Patent infringement litigation
Session 5Patent utilization in companies
Session 6What are design rights? The basics of design rights and the design encirclement
Session 7What are brand and naming rights? The basics of trademark rights and brand management
Session 8Effective against counterfeit goods! The basics of the unfair competition prevention act and countermeasures against fakes
Session 9Global society and patents
Session 10Brand protection abroad
Session 11What are works and copyrights? The basics of copyright and familiar examples
Session 12Copyright dispute cases including parodies and points to note in student life and on social media
Session 13Do corporate intellectual property strategies have anything to do with us? (Guest speaker: Research Promotion and Social Collaboration Organization staff)
Session 14Does Kwansei Gakuin's intellectual property activities have anything to do with us? (Guest speaker: Research Promotion and Social Collaboration Organization staff)
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