BBY707 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS | BBY707 | 2nd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Prequisites | N/A | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Case Study | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof.Dr. YaÅŸar Tonta | |||||
| Course objective | The course will be dealing with intellectual property laws (IPR) for information managers, namely, copyrights for information products and services; patents for innovations; trademarks for for brand names, symbols, and logos; industrial designs; geographical conventions; and trade secrecy laws, etc. It will also deal with IPR for computer software and databases, IPR in cyberspace, international conventions, and the future of IPR. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | -Introduction to IPR -Types of IPR (patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial designs, geographical indications -International conventions -Copyrights -Patents (types of patents, eg. software patents, industrial design patents, biotechnological inventions, etc.) -Patent databases -Trademarks (types of trademarks, eg., brand names, logos, signatures, symbols) -Industrial designs -Geographical indications -Commercializing IPR -Open access and IPR (open source, open educational resources, etc.) -Future developments of IPR (databases, traditional medicine and health foods, folklore and life forms. | |||||
| References | -Bainbridge, D. (2012). Intellectual property. (9th ed.). Pearson. -Gathegi, J.N. (2009). The Digital Librarian's Legal Handbook (Legal Advisor for Librarians, Educators, & Information Professionals). Neal-Schuman Publishers. -Lindberg, Van. (2008). Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code. O'Reilly Books. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to IPR |
| Week 2 | Types of IPR (patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial designs, geographical indications |
| Week 3 | International conventions |
| Week 4 | Copyrights |
| Week 5 | Patents (types of patents, eg. software patents, industrial design patents, biotechnological inventions, etc.) |
| Week 6 | Patent databases |
| Week 7 | Trademarks (types of trademarks, eg., brand names, logos, signatures, symbols) |
| Week 8 | Industrial designs |
| Week 9 | Geographical indications |
| Week 10 | Commercializing IPR |
| Week 11 | Midterm |
| Week 12 | Open access and IPR (open source, open educational resources, etc.) |
| Week 13 | Future developments of IPR (databases, traditional medicine and health foods, folklore and life forms. |
| Week 14 | Evaluation |
| Week 15 | |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 5 | 10 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 2 | 40 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 7 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 10 | 10 | 100 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 2 | 40 | 80 |
| Homework assignment | 5 | 10 | 50 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 28 | 28 |
| Total Workload | 32 | 91 | 300 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest