By the end of this course, students will:
- Have general information about basic concepts of IP rights
- Understand the common characteristics of the different IP right categories according to subject-matter, function and scope of protection
- Understand the importance of IP in the knowledge economy and the main social and economic goals of IP laws
- Identify different forms of IP and decide what IP to protect at each stage of the innovation cycle
- Understand the importance of enforcing IPRs in legal aspects
- Identify different forms in which IP may provide revenue
- Be able to make preliminary search in relevant IP databases and use the retrieved information for technical and business aspects of IP rights
- Understand the role of IP management and recognize the value of IP as a strategic tool for business and entrepreneurship
- Distinguish what aspects of a designer's work can be protected and how (designs, copyright, patents, trade marks)