University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law

Intellectual Property (LL.M.)

Syllabus
  1. Introduction: Types of IPRs. National effect and international relations. Movements for regional rights and international harmonisation. Problems of enforcement.
  2. Patents for inventions: Subject matter, interpretation, validity, infringement. Entitlement and dealings. Employees’ inventions. Abuse of monopoly.
  3. Confidential information: trade secrets, governmental and personal secrets – bases and scope of protection.
  4. Trade marks, names, get-up, etc: common law liability.
  5. Trade mark registration: objectives; registrability; continuing validity; infringement.
  6. Copyright: authors’ rights and neighbouring rights; basic concepts: work, author, originality, term, qualification. Infringement, exceptions and moral rights. Ownership and dealings. Complex products: film, multi-media works. Databases. Industrial Designs.
  7. Intellectual Property in the EU: freedom to move goods and provide services.