Università Roma Tre

International and EU Intellectual Property Law (4 CFU) is intended for students who desire a general exposure to Intellettuale Property law, in both the international and the European Union framework.
We will cover the techniques of international patent regulation, international agreements concerning patents, including the Paris Convention, the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the European Patent Convention, and the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPs) Agreement; a study of patent reform issues including domestic patent reform legislation and ongoing harmonization; an analysis of the Unitary Patent system and the Unified Patent Court; a review of selected topics with comparative study from viewpoint of the United States, China, Japan, South Korea and Europe. Topics include patentability requirements, infringement, remedies, patent prosecution issues, and patent transactions. We shall discuss selected patent case-law.
International and EU regulation of trademarks shall be examined in the perspective of registration and enforcement, with a special focus on “Made in Italy” and the protection against counterfeiting and piracy. We shall discuss selected trademark case-law.
International law of copyright will be addressed in the perspective of application of key international law principles, such as: territoriality, national treatment and reciprocity, jurisdiction, and choice of law in copyright case law, contracts and combinations (including compulsory licenses and performing rights societies), other doctrines neighboring on copyright; international aspects of copyright (including the Berne convention and other treaties on copyright and related subjects). We will introduce international instruments for the protection of copyright and related rights; special problems such as P2P file sharing and technological protection measures; multilateral and bilateral enforcement issues; and unilateral approaches to combating piracy.
We shall examine the updated Reports by WIPO on major Countries worldwide as IP rights holder, including WIPO Italy Country Profile 2015; we shall evaluate with Experts the opportunities for Investing in Research and Innovation in Italy, the rights and the protection of “Made in Italy”, inter alia, the “Horizon 2020” Agenda, the “Creative Europe Projects”, the “Google for Made in Italy Project”.
A special focus will be made on the protection of intellectual property in China, including how to protect IP rights in China and Chinese courts’ case law.

Transnational Intellectual Property Law 2017