Università Roma Tre

In this course we will examine the relevant international and European law governing the two major areas of intellectual property, patents and copyright with a view to understanding their role in regulating technological development. The course will focus on the way in which the law understands and balances the competing rights of technology creators, technology users and the owners of intellectual property rights in that technology. It will examine the extent to which the balance achieved by intellectual property law favours societal interests in technological innovation.