The materials listed below are generally found online. If you have any difficulty accessing them, please notify me via E-mail (robert.heverly@uea.ac.uk).
Class 1
Monday, 27 September
Required Reading
The Statute of Anne (1710)
The Statute of Monopolies (1623) [pdf]
Donaldson v. Beckett (1774)
Class 2
Monday, 4 October
Required Reading
Please re-read the items from last class and prepare to discuss them in the context of the justifications and history of Intellectual Property Law.
Seminar 1: Weeks Three and Four
Thursday, 7 and 14 October, 1200
Note: Any and all changes in seminar week attendance must be approved by Mr. Wadlow prior to the change in attendance. Please do not simply miss your assigned seminar or turn up in another seminar without prior approval.
Assignment: HTML or PDF [pdf will open a new browser window]
Class 3
Monday, 11 October
Required Reading: Intellectual Property Structures and Institutions
Skim the following treaties and Laws and familarize yourself with their subject matter and structure:
Review the following websites and familiarize yourself with the relevant organisations and government agencies as they relate to intellectual property:
Read the Following:
Required Reading: Introduction to Designs
Skim the following laws to familarize yourself with the structure and subject matter of design protection; where noted, read specific sections as indicated:
Read the following:
Class 4
Monday, 18 October
Required Reading
Note: The following reading will comprise the reading for the next two classes.
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988: Part III
- Cases
- Note that these cases will not all be covered in this class, but we will cover the remainder of them in next week's class; read as much as you can for this week, but make sure you read through at least page 19 of the pdf file for this week.
- Case excerpts
- Decision of the Invalidity Division, OHIM, 14/06/04
Seminar 2: Weeks Five and Six
Thursday, 21 and 28 October, 1200
Assignment: HTML or PDF [pdf will open a new browser window]
Class 5
Monday, 25 October
Required Reading
We will continue with the readings from the previous class.
Class 6
Monday, 1 November
Required Reading
We will complete the readings from the previous classes and conclude the "Designs" topic. With class 7 we will begin the next section, "Trademark and Passing Off"
VOLUNTARY COURSEWORK
Available from 1 November 2004
Due: General Office 3:00pm 22 November 2004
Download the Assignment (in pdf format) by clicking here.
Class 7
Monday, 8 November
Required Reading
- Wadlow The Law of Passing-off: Unfair Competition by Misrepresentation Chap 1 (Introduction) sections 1-01 to 1-19 required, remainder of chapter optional. [this resource is available to UEA students only through Blackboard; login to Blackboard with your University provided ID and password and look under "course documents" on the Intellectual Property Law course page]
Cases [these cases are available via Westlaw; anyone who has difficulties downloading these cases should contact Mr. Heverly via E-mail before the end of the day on Friday]
- Reckitt & Colman v Borden (“Jif Lemon”) [1990] RPC 341, HL (only the judgment in House of Lords is required reading)
- Harrods v Harrodian School [1996] RPC 697, CA
Optional Reading
- Spence, “Passing Off and the Misappropriation of Valuable Intangibles”, (1996) 112 LQR 472 – 498 [accessible via the Journals database in Westlaw]
Class 8
Monday, 15 November
Required Reading
No new reading is required for this lecture.
Seminar 3: Weeks Eight and Nine
Thursday, 18 and 25 November, 1200
Assignment: HTML or PDF [pdf will open a new browser window]
Seminar 4: Weeks Eight and Nine
Thursday, 2 and 9 December, 1200
Assignment: [pdf] [pdf will open in a new browser window]
Class 11
Monday, 6 December
Required Reading
Copyright, Designs & Patent Act 1988, Sections 1-31F; 51-53
It is recommended that you look at one of the "IP Statutes" books (such as "Blackstone's Statutes on Intellectual Property") for the updated and fully amended version, which is not currently available online.
CDPA 1988, Unofficial Version (RGC Jenkins & Co., current through 1/2/2002)
Part I: Copyright
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