ICTLINTELL – Intellectual Property and Information Technology in a European and International perspective
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
Starting from autumn 2011, the course will continue with a new course code. Please see the website for JUS5660 – Intellectual Property Law in the Information Society (discontinued)
The main focus of the course is on copyright and neighbouring rights. Patents on software and business methods will be covered in brief. Trademarks will be covered in the context of domain name protection. However, there will not be any in-depth discussion of patent and trademark law.
The course will have an international and European perspective. It will give an overview over different national traditions and to some extent national legislation within the field of intellectual property. The main focus, though, will be on international and European legal instruments.
Learning outcome
The primary objective of this course is to facilitate an understanding of intellectual property law applied to modern information technology and to distribution of information in digital networks (internet), and how recent developments in information and communication technology challenge traditional intellectual property law.
A secondary objective is to discuss some of the contractual issues related to licensing of intellectual property.
Admission
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
To be allowed to take the exam in ICTLINTELL - Intellectual Property and Information Technology in a European and International perspective, you must be accepted in the Master degree course in Information and Communication Technology Law (1 year).
Prerequisites
Recommended previous knowledge
The course provides a general introduction to general intellectual property law. However, it is desirable that students have some knowledge about intellectual property law in their country of origin.
Teaching
Lectures
Examination
4-hour written exam
Examination support material
Auxiliary materials allowed during examinations for courses taught in English.
Language of examination
Students may answer the examination question in English, Norwegian, Swedish or Danish pursuant
to Regulations governing studies and examinations at the University of Oslo. (§ 5.4 Forskrift om studier og eksamener ved Universitetet i Oslo)
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Explanations and appeals
Resit an examination
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Resitting an examination.
- There are special rules for resitting a passed examination in the master's programme in Law.
Withdrawal from an examination
It is possible to take this exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
There are special rules for resitting a passed examination in the master's programme in Law.
Special examination arrangements
Application form, deadline and requirements for special examination arrangements.
Please se Detailed regulations for the Faculty of Law, Chapter 3 regarding application, responsibilities and special measures.
Evaluation
The course is subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students to participate in a more comprehensive evaluation.