Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW3028: Intellectual Property

This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Whilst the precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover all or some of the following topics:

Introduction to the principles and theory of IP Law
Copyright
Patents
Trade Marks
Passing Off

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
48	252	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	28	28 x 1 hour lectures
Scheduled learning and teaching activities	8	4 x 2 hour seminars
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activities	12	8 x 1.5 hour workshops
Guided independent study	120	Individual reading and lecture preparation
Guided independent study	40	Workshop and seminar preparation
Guided independent study	92	Formative and summative assessment preparation

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

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.

Basic reading:

Abbe Brown, Smita Kheria, Jane Cornwell and Marta Iljadica, Contemporary Intellectual Property: Law and Policy (5^th edn, OUP 2019)
Lionel Bently, Brad Sherman, Dev Gangjee and Philip Johnson, Intellectual Property Law (5th edn, OUP 2018)

IP Journals:

European Intellectual Property Law Review (EIPR)
International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC)
Intellectual Property Quarterly (IPQ)
Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice (JIPLP)