C/L/315. IT Networking and the Law

The paper provides answers to the questions about four scenarios based on the knowledge of the Computer Misuse Act 1990, The Police and Justice Act 2006, the Data Protection Act 1998, the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

C/L/173. Intellectual Property Negotiation: GSK vs. Harbin

This report has been produced to analyse the negotiations regarding the intellectual property rights agreement between GlaxoSmithKline, one of the leading research based pharmaceutical company and Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Holding Co. Ltd., a state holding Sino Foreign Joint Venture for the drug Cervarix TM, which is vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) that causes cervical cancer. The negotiations ended with GSK signing a 15 year contract with Harbin and approved for distribution in Australia in May 2007 for women aged 10 to 45

E/L/40. Branches of Intellectual Property law

The paper examines the Intellectual Property (IP) law presenting an overview of its branches, i.e. Copyright law, Patent law, Trademarks, Design Right (Semiconductor) Regulations, etc.

C/L/120. Compulsory Licensing of Drug production in public health emergencies under TRIPS

This essay looks at the availability of compulsory licensing under TRIPS in the case of national emergencies, particularly the public health emergency posed by HIV/AIDS. The essay looks at the situation as it was prior to the South Africa v Drug Companies case in 2001 and how it stands now in light of the Doha Declaration. It also looks at the scope of the exceptions under articles 30 and 31 of TRIPS.

E/L/20. Intellectual property rights: pros and cons

The paper examines the legal aspects of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) analysing the upsides and downsides of Íintellectual monopolyÎ and discussing IPR issues in various industries, i.e. the pharmaceutical industry, the digital computing industry, the software industry, etc.

P/L/185. Knowledge transfer and spillovers

The paper examines the concept of knowledge spillover, or an uncompensated transfer of knowledge, reviewing academic definitions of the term, the types of knowledge spillovers, the issues of the spatial diffusion of patent citations in identifying knowledge flows, the implications of knowledge spillovers in the context of intellectual property rights, etc.

C/L/110. A Critical evaluation of the Agreement on Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and the WIPO Copyright Treaty as to their effect in relation to the balance envisaged as appropriate by the Berne Convention

The provision of adequate rewards to creators of works is considered to be dependent in modern times upon the adequate recognition and enforcement of the rights given to those creators by copyright law. Such recognition and enforcement can only take place at national level. International law attempts to support recognition and enforcement of such rights at national level. But full recognition and enforcement of such rights needs to limited by broader considerations of the public interest and societal needs, such as the need for cost-effective education, and broader considerations of journalistic freedom and freedom of speech. Thus all national copyright laws to a greater or lesser extent attempt to balance recognition and enforcement of copyright against broader interests and needs. International copyright law has recognised the need for this balance but the exact nature of the appropriate balance has been contentious.

C/L/109. Article 53(a) European Patent Convention, Intellectual Property; Human Rights and Culture

This examination considers the policing of Intellectual Property and Inventions on a moral and cultural basis. It discusses the ethical and cultural dimensions of Article 53(a). The protection of culture, human rights and future generations and the advancement of technology. It considers two case studies Ï privacy and culture initially to expound the problem of cultural difference and human rights. Finally, the EPC discussion illustrates that there is more on line than individual human rights, when considering IP because some aspects of inventions will have profound effects on future generations.

P/L/173. Designs regulations in UK

The paper examines the Registered Designs Act (RDA) arguing its effectiveness in protecting designs and comparing the present situation in design law to that prior to RDA. Criticism of the design regulations is reviewed discussing the changes in registered design rights under new regulations.

P/L/166. Legislation on intellectual property

The paper addresses the issues of intellectual property reviewing the conditions which must be fulfilled to get a patent, the legal aspects of the infringement of a patent, the procedures of registering designs, inventions, book copyright, etc. Law cases related to intellectual property and consumer protection are discussed.

C/L/82. Importance of Protecting Intellectual Property

This paper gives an outline for a 2000 word essay on the importance for business of protecting intellectual property. It includes an annotated bibliography and a paragraph on the importance of avoiding academic misconduct. It does not include the full essay however. Just the outline necessary to write it

P/L/148. Issues of computer programs’ authorship

The paper addresses the issues of authorship of a computer program explaining the difference between ownership and authorship, defining the concept of “Literary work”, discussing the difficulties associated with joint authorship, the advantages of having a copyright contract, etc. Cases related to computer programs’ authorship are reviewed.

S/L/71. ‘The unregistered design right borrows and applies many concepts from copyright law, but then applies them quite differently in practice’. Discuss

The paper examines firstly, the similarities between copyright and unregistered designs, and then goes on to explore how unregistered designs differ in practice. Finally, it discusses the importance of design in the UK. A very popular question in Intellectual Property / Design Law exams!

C/L/88. Does the Database Directive extend intellectual property rights to the information or facts contained in a database?

This paper looks at the first major litigation to come under the EUs Database Directive, this is the case of British Horseracing Board v William Hill. The paper looks at whether the directive goes so far as to protect the information contained in a database, as well as the database itself. If it does, this would be contrary to Recital 46 of the Directive and would make the database right much more powerful than anyone had originally imagined.

C/L/75. Intellectual property and antiretroviral drugs

This work is dedicated to comprehensive analysis of the interconnection between protection of intellectual property and lack of antiretroviral drugs in developing countries. It is well known that patents protect research and development activities conducted by the company and allow it to invest more money into further research. On the other hand, high prices on drugs that result from protected intellectual property rights are unaffordable by the majority of developing countries. The problem is especially acute when it comes to such a pandemic as AIDS. All these problems are considered in the paper. The author elaborates on the traditional view on intellectual property and pros and cons of this approach if applied to the AIDS pandemic. The TRIPS agreement is also taken into account. This work would be interesting to those researchers who try to look at the intersection of economics, law and medicine from the holistic perspective.

C/L/50. Critically examine whether the current copyright laws provide adequate protection for multimedia and audiovisual works.

This is a critical examination of the copyright law; the work starts by defining both terms 'multimedia' and 'audiovisual', it then turns to considering some legal provisions and UK and under EU law. The last part of the essay examines infringement of copyright law, through piracy and whether such crime will possible to be eliminated in relation to digital works. The work concludes that there is no adequate protection under the existing copyright law for the multimedia and audiovisual works as well as it is unknown whether any changes would be able to make the position better.

C/L/43. To What Extent does Case Law on Non-Literal Copying in Computer Programs Help Explain the Law in Relation to Non-Literal Copying in Other Forms of Copyright

The protection of software is essential for businesses, especially in light of the increasing public dissemination of information, coupled with the ease with which source code can be copied. There has been much debate about the appropriate method of protection and controversy over the use and interpretation of copyright protection for software, which many argue is justified solely on economic grounds, as opposed to the protection of skill and creativity, which is the fundamental purpose of copyright. This assignment examines this issue in detail, particularly focusing on the court's approach to non-literal copying and infringement and its impact on other forms of copyright.

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