Handbook

This course takes an interdisciplinary and theoretical approach to examine: the history of intellectual property globalisation: governmental and NGO organisations involved in his process; political debates, alliances and ideologies that have shaped global intellectual property law-making; the economics of globalisation and intellectual property; and sociological, cultural and domestic legal effects … For more content click the Read More button below. Main Topics Introduction to the Globalisation of Intellectual Property RegulationHistory of Intellectual Propertisation and the Globalisation of Intellectual Property Regulation.Non-Western Methods of Regulating Access to and Use of Ideas, Information, Knowledge and Symbols.The Politics of Contemporary International Intellectual Property Regulation and Governance.The Economics and Political Economy of Contemporary Intellectual Property Regulation.The Sociology of Globalisation via International Intellectual Property Standardisation.Issues in Intellectual Property Regulation in a Global Setting: Sovereignty.Legal Transplants.Development. Case Studies of Intellectual Property Regulation in a Global Setting: Copyright, Patents and Traditional Knowledge.Patents and Access to Essential Medicines around the World.Trademarks and Multinational Branding Practices. The Cultural Impact of Globalising via the International Standardisation of Intellectual Property Laws.Blending Theory and Practice in Domestic and International Intellectual Property Law- and Policy-Making.  This course assumes an understanding of intellectual property law. Students should have prior knowledge of black letter copyright, patent, trademarks and designs law, whether through undergraduate study, postgraduate study (eg. LAWS8017 Intellectual Property Law) or work in intellectual property law in Australia or overseas. Students who do not hold an LLB/JD or equivalent should take the LLM foundations course LAWS8213 Legal Concepts, Research and Writing before or concurrently with this course.