Course title
117604003
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 classes will be conducted face-to-face in principle.

Toyosu: Spring/Fall, Friday 2nd period
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
  1. To learn an overview of intellectual property law and developments of legal system, understand and explain revisions and new important precedent.
  2. To learn the significance and role of intellectual property rights in modern society, understand and explain 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.
  3. To recognize that intellectual property is familiar problem and to think voluntarily with legal mind on the basis of facts regarding intellectual property.
  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.
Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

 Submission of Documents, etc. Midterm Examination Final Examination Total.
1. 15% 10% 10% 35%
2. 15% 10% 10% 35%
3. 10% 10% 10% 30%
Total. 40% 30% 30% -
Evaluation method and criteria
The allocation of the overall grade for this course is presented below:
・Submission of Documents, etc.: 40%
・Midterm Examination: 30%
・Final Examination: 30%
To pass the course, students must earn at least 60 points of 100. Students can score 60 points or more if they can state their opinions and answer questions 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.
Language
Japanese
Class schedule

 Class schedule HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) Amount of Time Required
1. Guidance Confirm the syllabus, the precautions and the handout 130minutes
2. What is the Intellectual Property Law?

Patent Act (Invention) 		Read [Textbook] UNIT 1 120minutes
UNIT 2
3. Patent Act (Conditions for Patentability) UNIT 3 120minutes
4. Patent Act (Inventor, misappropriated application, Inventions by Employees) UNIT 4 120minutes
5. Patent Act (Application, Examination and Trial) UNIT 5 120minutes
6. Patent Act (Application of rights)

Patent Act (Attack and Defense of Patent) 		UNIT 6 120minutes
UNIT 7
7. Midterm Examination
Post-examination Discussion 		Coverage: Patent Act 600minutes
8. Copyright Act (Copyrightability)

Copyright Act (Author, Work made in the Course of Duty) 		UNIT 8 120minutes
UNIT 9
9. Copyright Act (Substance of Copyright, Protection Period) UNIT 10 120minutes
10. Copyright Act (Limitations to Copyright) UNIT 11 120minutes
11. Copyright Act (Moral Rights of Author, Neighboring Rights) UNIT 12 120minutes
12. Design Act

Trademark Act 		UNIT 13 120minutes
UNIT 14
13. Trademark Act [continued]

Unfair Competition Prevention Act 		UNIT 14 120minutes
UNIT 15
14. Final Examination
Post-examination Discussion 		Coverage:
Copyright Act, Design Act, Trademark Act and Unfair Competition Prevention Act 		600minutes
Total. - - 2650minutes
Feedback on exams, assignments, etc.
ways of feedback specific contents about "Other"
授業内と授業外でフィードバックを行います。 担当教員の説明をよく聴くこと。
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): https://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 read the syllabus and attend the first class.
・Please prepare an Internet-capable (Wi-Fi-enabled) laptop. On ScombZ, handouts will be distributed and quizzes, etc. will be given.
Office hours and How to contact professors for questions
  • In spare time after class
  • Office hours:
    Omiya: Wednesday 15:20−16:00　Laboratory (4508-2)
    Toyosu: Friday 12:40−13:20　Lecturer’s Room (04M25)
    It is desirable to make an appointment by e-mail.
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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