Intellectual Property: Industrial Property (M6076)

15 credits, Level 6

Spring teaching

On this module, you’ll explore key aspects of industrial property law, focusing on:

• the law of patents
• passing off
• unregistered and registered trade marks

You’ll gain an understanding of the principles of intellectual property law and its philosophical and economic justifications. The module also encourages in-depth analysis of specific issues, such as access to medicines.

While the focus is on UK law and policy, you’ll also examine relevant EU and international frameworks.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 21 hours of contact time and about 129 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.