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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2023
College College of Law and Politics
Course Code EX400
Theme・Subtitle
Class Format Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)
Class Format (Supplementary Items)
Campus
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Fall semester
DayPeriod・Room Wed.3・8101, Fri.3・8101
Credit 4
Course Number LPX2500
Language Japanese
Class Registration Method Course Code Registration
Grade (Year) Required 配当年次は開講学部のR Guideに掲載している科目表で確認してください。
prerequisite regulations
Acceptance of Other Colleges
course cancellation
Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit
Relationship with Degree Policy
Notes
Text Code EX400

【Course Objectives】

 The objective of this course is to learn about Intellectual Property Law with a focus on Copyright Law and Patent Law.

【Course Contents】

 Intellectual Property Law is a field which covers information such as literary works and inventions as assets. We are surrounded by an abundance of various original creative works and inventions such as comics and movies, cleaning robots, and smartphones that make our daily lives enjoyable and convenient. Copyright Law and Patent Law provide the people who create such useful information with a system to receive economic compensation that encourages the creation of such information. On the other hand, both original creative works and inventions always built on the creative activities of their predecessors. Therefore, simply strengthening rights would have the opposite effect of stunting later creative activities. Moreover, unfairly inconveniencing those of us who use such information would be putting the cart before the horse. Therefore, the questions of how to design the system, how to interpret that system, and how to achieve an appropriate balance become key issues. The fields of Copyright Law and Patent Law investigate these particular points. During the lectures, students will broadly study the systems and debates concerning these legal fields.
 This course presumes that students have studied the fundamentals of Civil Law 1 through 3 (especially Property Law and Tort Law) and Civil Procedure Law, so it will be helpful for your understanding if you have taken/are taking those disciplines or have studied/are studying them on your own. However, an explanation of presumed knowledge will also be provided as needed, so those courses are not prerequisites.

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