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LAWS6873: Principles of Intellectual Property
2025 unit information
This introductory unit is designed for students who have not previously undertaken any formal study of Intellectual Property. The unit will cover the fundamentals of law and theory in the main areas of contemporary intellectual Property copyright patents and trademarks. Further information about this unit is available in the Sydney Law School timetable https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/4533/pages/postgraduate-lecture-timetable, unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units and academic staff profile https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff.html
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney Law School
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Law |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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LAWS6854 or LAWS3480 or LAWS3479 or LAWS5180 or LAWS5179 or equivalent unit |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key concepts and principles of intellectual property law
- LO2. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the legislation and policy in the core areas of intellectual property law
- LO3. Critically assess and evaluate the principles, legislative rules, and policy in core IP areas
- LO4. Apply IP principles, rules, and policies and legal method to new situations and formulate appropriate legal advice that can be communicated both orally and in writing to specialist and lay audiences.
- LO5. Apply case analysis and statutory interpretation skills relevant to IP law including the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), Designs Act 2003 (Cth), Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth), Patents Act 1990 (Cth), and Australian Consumer Law and attendant cases.
- LO6. Apply relevant legal research methodologies, especially in developing sound, critically reasoned arguments supported by appropriate primary and secondary scholarly sources.
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2a 2025
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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