LAW518
Intellectual Property
(Hutchison)
Prerequisite courses:
Prerequisite for:
Instructor(s): Professor Cameron Hutchison
Course credit: 3
Method of presentation: Lecture
METHOD OF EVALUATION
Final Exam (Open Book)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Intellectual Property Law 518 is a survey course of the Canadian law of intellectual property, particularly copyright, industrial designs, passing off, trade-marks, confidential information and patents. The course surveys keys legal concepts and issues in each of these areas by looking at the relevant statutes and case law. Importantly, coverage in this course is weighted heavily toward copyright law.
SPECIAL COMMENTS
Description updated 2018-19. Please contact the instructor for any specific questions you may have related to this particular course section.
REQUIRED TEXTS (IF ANY):
Hagen, Hutchison, Lametti, Reynolds, Scassa & Wilkinson (eds.), Intellectual Property Law in Canada: Cases & Materials (Emond Montgomery, 2013) Hutchison, Digital Copyright Law (Irwin Law, 2016)