COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GIŞ 7005 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW COMPULSORY 3 0 0 7

Offered By

ENTREPRENEURSHIP, NON-THESIS

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ETHEM DUYGULU

Offered to

ENTREPRENEURSHIP, NON-THESIS

Course Objective

In this course, the type of intellectual property rights, their conceptual explanation with examples, within the framework of the procedure of registration and legal protection in Turkey are examined. In particular, trademark, patent, utility model, industrial design as well as industrial property rights also know-how and computer software from the protection of the related license agreements and intellectual property-competition law relationship in the context of technology transfer issues are discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Intellectual property rights and the types of elements to distinguish conceptually from each other, to assess the differences.
2   To have information about the current registration procedure in Turkey on Intellectual property rights, especially trademarks, patents and industrial design.
3   To understand the Intellectual property rights and know-how un-attacks against the violations that occurred in what ways; and the case is protected with.
4   To understand and interpret the place and the way in which computer programs in intellectual property law that is protected.
5   To evaluate the causes and the consequences of the of the importance of technology transfer agreements and these agreements in terms of competition law under Intellectual property rights and know-how.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to intellectual property law, intellectual property concept, especially in the field of international agreements on property rights which Turkey is a party
2 Trademark Law, Trademark can be registered as marks in Turkey Trademark Registration, Registration obstacles
3 The protection of trademark rights, invalidity of trademark rights and termination of trademark.
4 Patent Law; the concept of invention and the patentability requirements, patent application and patent granting; patent and utility model comparison.
5 Types of patents and the obligation of patents; invalidation of the patent and the end of the patent right.
6 Protection of patent rights, the case-suits that can be asked patent rights lawsuits in the case of rape.
7 Law of industrial design, industrial design concepts and types; protection conditions; design right; registration of industrial designs
8 Know-how (technical and commercial information) concept, the law nature of the know-how, protection of know-how, know-how agreements
9 Software in the intellectual property law, the protection of computer programs
10 License agreements, especially brand, patent-license agreements and industrial design.
11 Intellectual property law and competition law relationship; competition law rules in the field of intellectual property law implementation.
12 The concept of technology transfer, the EU Competition Law in the assessment of technology transfer agreements, the EU Commission's new (to enter into force on 05.01.2014) of the Block Exemption Regulation on Technology Transfer Agreements related to a comparative assessment
13 New (to enter into force on 01.05.2014) Agreement on Transfer of Technology Block Exemption Regulation and examination of the details and the articles
14 Case Studies under the light of EU Commission and the Court's decisions.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Tekinalp, Ü; Fikri Mülkiyet Hukuku, Istanbul 2002
2. Yasaman,H; Marka Hukuku , Istanbul 2004
3. Ortan,N; Avrupa Patent Sistemi, Ankara 1991
4. Tekinalp,Ü; Avrupa Birliği Hukuku, Istanbul
5- Eroğlu,S.: Rekabet Hukukunda Bilgisayar Programlarının Korunması, Ankara 2000

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Interactive lecturing, discussion, presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
All assignments should be submitted on time. Otherwise will not be accepted.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 4 4
Midterm 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 171

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.1344
LO.234
LO.3343
LO.4344
LO.534

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