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.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover the following topics:
- Introduction to the principles of Intellectual Property Law - Outline & Theory
- Copyright Introduction
- Copyright Subsistence
- Copyright Infringement
- Copyright Defences
- Digital Copyright
- Moral Rights
- Confidence Law
- Remedies
- Reform
- Revision
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | 267 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 33 | 11 x 3 hour seminars |
| Guided independent study | 267 | Guided independent study this includes, for example, set reading for classes, preparation for student presentations, and revision for examinations. |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
UK Intellectual Property Office: www.uk-ipo.gov.uk
AHRC funded Copyright History website: www.copyrighthistory.org
IP Kat (news website) www.ipkitten.blogspot.co.uk
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)
