Unit of Study LAWS6006 Advanced Intellectual Property Law (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
Placement

No

Unit description

Explores contemporary topics of interest, debate and policy development within intellectual property law, with a focus on the core IP rights such as copyright and patents. The unit will also canvass issues of practical and commercial application that resonate with these core IP rights, and consider wider implications.

Unit content

Topic 1: Copyright and related rights

Topic 2: Patents

Topic 3: Rights of attribution (trade marks, passing off, geographical indications)

Topic 4: IP transactions

Topic 5: Franchising and IP

Topic 6: Emerging issues in IP

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
SCU Online	Term3	Term3

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

analyse the principles and concepts of core intellectual property rights

apply intellectual property principles to transactional contexts

interpret and critique emerging trends in intellectual property law

integrate and solve IP issues and reflect on their implication(s)

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Structured online learning

Assessment
Short written response	20%
Essay	40%
Evaluation	40%

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