Module LAWM075 for 2017/8
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
LAWM075: Copyright Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practice Examination | 3 hours | 1-8 | Written feedback |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 100 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examination | 100 | 3 hours | 8 | Written comments on exam script and oral feedback from the lecturer in a scheduled feedback session |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Examination | Examination | 8 | August / September reassessment period |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
- Bainbridge, Intellectual Property Law, 9th edition (Longman, 2012).
- Bently, L. and Sherman, B., Intellectual Property Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).
- Copinger and Skone-James, Copinger & Skone-James on Copyright, 16th edition (2010) available on Westlaw
- Cornish, Llewelyn & Aplin, Intellectual Property 7th edition (Sweet and Maxwell, 2010)
- Deazley, R. Rethinking Copyright (EE, 2006)
- Edward Samuels, The Illustrated Story of Copyright (St Martins Press, 2000)
- Flint, Fitzpatrick and Thorne, A User’s Guide to Copyright, 6th edition, (2006)
- Holyoak & Torremans, Intellectual Property Law, 5th edition, (OUP, 2008)
- Jessica Litman, Digital Copyright: Protecting Intellectual Property on the Internet (Prometheus Books, 2001)
- Lawrence Lessig, The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World (Random House, 2001)
- Lyman Ray Patterson, Copyright in Historical Perspective (Vanderbilt University Press, 1968)
- MacQueen H., Waelde C., and Laurie G., Contemporary Intellectual Property (OUP, 2008).
- Mark Rose, Authors and Owners: The Invention of Copyright (Harvard University Press, 1993).
- Peter Drahos, A Philosophy of Intellectual Property (Dartmouth, 1996).
- Richard H. Chused, A Copyright Anthology: The Technology Frontier (Anderson Publishing Co, 1998).
- Rosemary J Coombe, The Cultural Life of Intellectual Properties: Authorship, Appropriation, and the Law (Duke University Press, 1998)
- Tritton, G., (2002) Intellectual Property in Europe (London: Sweet & Maxwell).
- Vaidhyanathan, (2001) Copyrights and Copywrongs. The Rise of Intellectual Property and How it Threatens Creativity (New York: New York University Press).
- Van De Graaf, E. S. (1997) Patent law and Modern Biotechnology (Rotterdam: Gouda Quint).
- Vitoria and Prescott, Copyright and Designs, 4th edition, Butterworths (2011)
