518 Intellectual Property (Hutchison)

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)