Course title
S24400003
Intellectual Property Law

 honda mari
Course description
Intellectual Property Law protects intellectual (technical or cultural) creative activities and their results. With technological advances, industrial progress and changes in mode of transaction, this legal field is increasingly important in recent years. This course focuses on the Patent Act and the Copyright Act.

※ The 1st, 7th (Midterm Examination) and 14th (Final Examination) classes will be conducted face-to-face.
Purpose of class
The course aims to help students learn an overview of intellectual property law. Students understand rights, judicial precedent, revision, and so on. They apply knowledge obtained, by thinking voluntarily.
Goals and objectives

 Goals and objectives Course Outcomes
1. To learn an overview of intellectual property law and developments of legal system, and understand revisions and new important precedent.
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2. To learn the significance and role of intellectual property rights in modern society, and understand industrial property law (the Patent Act, the Utility Model Act, the Design Act and the Trademark Act), the Copyright Act and the Unfair Competition Prevention Act.
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3. To recognize that intellectual property is familiar problem and to think voluntarily with legal mind on the basis of facts regarding intellectual property.
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4. To understand and apply contents of intellectual property law including procedures, if a student aspires to be a patent attorney or a Certified Specialist of Intellectual Property Management.
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Language
Japanese
Class schedule

 Class schedule HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) Amount of Time Required
1. Guidance Confirmation of the syllabus, Handout 130分
2. What is the Intellectual Property Law?
Patent Act (Invention) 		[Textbook] UNIT 1−2 120分
3. Patent Act (Conditions for Patentability) UNIT 3 120分
4. Patent Act (Inventor, misappropriated application, Inventions by Employees) UNIT 4 120分
5. Patent Act (Application, Examination and Trial) UNIT 5 120分
6. Patent Act (Application of rights, Attack and Defense of Patent) UNIT 6−7 120分
7. Midterm Examination
Post-examination Discussion 		Coverage: Patent Act 600分
8. Copyright Act (Copyrightability, Author, Work made in the Course of Duty) UNIT 8−9 120分
9. Copyright Act (Substance of Copyright, Protection Period) UNIT 10 120分
10. Copyright Act (Limitations to Copyright) UNIT 11 120分
11. Copyright Act (Moral Rights of Author, Neighboring Rights) UNIT 12 120分
12. Design Act, Trademark Act UNIT 13−14 120分
13. Trademark Act [continued],
Unfair Competition Prevention Act 		UNIT 14−15 120分
14. Final Examination
Post-examination Discussion 		Coverage:
Copyright Act, Design Act, Trademark Act and Unfair Competition Prevention Act 		600分
Total. - - 2650分
Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

 Submission of Documents, etc. Midterm Examination Final Examination Total.
1. 7% 15% 15% 37%
2. 7% 15% 15% 37%
3. 6% 10% 10% 26%
Total. 20% 40% 40% -
Evaluation method and criteria
The allocation of the overall grade for this course is presented below:
・Submission of Documents, etc.: 20%
・Midterm Examination: 40%
・Final Examination: 40%
To pass the course, students must earn at least 60 points of 100. Students can score 60 points or more if they can state in a clear manner their opinions, in assignments and the examinations, about the topics discussed in class and key topics in the textbook.
Students are required to attend at least two-thirds of the total number of classes. If this requirement is not fulfilled, credit will not be awarded.
Textbooks and reference materials
Textbook: Shigeki Chaen (Author and Editor), Chitekizaisanhô Nyûmon 3rd Edition, Yuhikaku, 2020.

Reference materials: Introduced during class.

Reference URL:
Japan Patent Office: https://www.jpo.go.jp/
Agency for Cultural Affairs, Copyright: https://www.bunka.go.jp/seisaku/chosakuken/
“Intellectual Property Management Skills Test” (IPMST): http://www.kentei-info-ip-edu.org/
Prerequisites
・Please be aware of relationship between learning in the department (each student’s major) and intellectual property.
・It is desirable that students who register for this course have gotten credit in the course “Introduction to Jurisprudence” or the course “Civil Law.”
・Please note that it is necessary to pre-register for the course, read the syllabus, and attend the first class.
・Please prepare an Internet-capable (Wi-Fi-enabled) laptop. On Scomb, handouts will be distributed and quizzes, etc. will be given.
Office hours and How to contact professors for questions
  • E-mail or Chat in online class (Zoom)
Regionally-oriented
Non-regionally-oriented course
Development of social and professional independence
  • Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
Active-learning course
More than one class is interactive
Course by professor with work experience
Work experience Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicable
N/A N/A
Education related SDGs:the Sustainable Development Goals
  • 9.INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
  • 10.REDUCED INEQUALITIES
  • 16.PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS
  • 17.PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS
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