MLL410 - Intellectual Property

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Vicki Huang
Cohort rule:

For Bachelor of Laws (including combined Law awards) students only

Prerequisite:

Students must have passed MLP219 plus 8 MLL/MLP/MLT coded law units

Note: Students who have commenced before Trimester 1 2022, and have successfully completed MLL111, are not required to complete MLP219.

Corequisite:

MLP327

Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

Online independent and asynchronous collaborative learning up to a maximum of 1.5 hours each week which includes lecture pre-recordings and 1 x 1.5 hour on-campus seminar (recordings provided) each week

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

Online independent and asynchronous collaborative learning up to a maximum of 1.5 hours each week which includes lecture pre-recordings and 1 x 1.5 hour online seminar (recordings provided) each week

Content

This unit aims to give students an understanding of the statutory protection of intellectual property in Australia.  The unit seeks to provide a broad introduction to this area of law, dealing with each of its principal components.  Students will learn to recognise the kinds of intellectual endeavour that can be protected, the forms protection can take, the prerequisites to gaining protection and the means of enforcing breaches.  Topics include: the development of and rationales for intellectual property rights; copyrights; patents; trademarks; and enforcement and remedies.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Analyse and interpret key concepts of intellectual property law, including rationales for the protection of intellectual property, the rights of intellectual property owners, and how the relevant rights may be exercised. 

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO2

Analyse a legal fact situation and apply the relevant law to solve practical legal problems. 

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Analyse a legal problem and communicate that analysis.

GLO2: Communication

Assessment Description
Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: (Individual) Problem Based Written Assignment 2000 words 40% Week 7
End-of-unit assessment task: Written 2000 words 60% End-of-unit assessment period

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MLL410 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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