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QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY

OF TECHNOLOGY

Curriculum of the 8th Edition of the WIPO-QUT Master of Laws in Intellectual Property
(27 February to 27 October, 2017) As at 15 February 2017
Venue: GP, C508 (in the Law Library)
Director of the Program: Professor Kamal Puri

Unit 1: LWN401 General Introduction to Intellectual Property

Unit Coordinator: Professor Kamal Puri

Date COURSE CONTENT Lecturer Hours


Monday Discussion of essential structural and administrative Professor Kamal 09:30 -10:30
27 February matters relating to the WIPO course Puri
Monday Official Launch of the 7th Edition by Professor John QUT Staff, 10:30 - 11:30
27 February Humphrey, Executive Dean, Faculty of Law Mr. Denis Croze,
and Morning Tea Director, WIPO
Singapore Office, IP
Australia (TBA) and
Ms. Park Hyunhee,
Director; Mr. Daekyun
Lee, Deputy Director,
IIPTI, KIPO.
Monday History, Organization and Activities of the World Mr. Denis Croze, 11:30 - 13:00
27 February Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director, WIPO
Singapore Office
Monday Introduction to Australian Legal Sources and QUT law Dr. Quentin Pope, 14:00 - 16.00
27 February library resources Liaison Librarian, QUT

Tuesday The World of Intellectual Property Law: Introduction and Professor Kamal Puri 09:30 - 11:00
28 February overview of Intellectual Property Law (Patents, Trade
Marks, Designs, Copyright and related rights, Confidential
Information, Plant Variety Protection, Geographical
Indications, Traditional Knowledge)
Tuesday Sources and Main Principles of International Intellectual WIPO Consultant 11:30 - 13:00
28 February Property Law: The Paris Convention Mr. Tom Joyce UQ
Principle of National Treatment Visiting Academic
Principles of Independence
Right of Priority
Article 6ter
Tuesday IP in action and the role of IP registering authorities IP Australia Official 14:00 - 16.00
28 February (TBA)

Wednesday The Economics of IntellectualWIPO Consultant Mr. Tom 09:30 -11.00


1 March Property Joyce
Intellectual Property and
Human Rights
Wednesday The TRIPS Agreement WIPO Consultant Mr. Tom 11.30 - 13:00
1 March Main Provisions Joyce
Concerning IPRs
Most Favoured Nation
Principle
Wednesday The TRIPS Agreement WIPO Consultant Mr. Tom 14:00 - 16:00
1 March (Continued) Joyce

Thursday World Trade Organisation Professor Kamal Puri 09:30 -11.00


2 March Structure, Rules, Rights and
Values
Thursday WIPO Development Agenda WIPO Consultant Mr. Tom 11:30 -13.00
2 March Joyce
Thursday Recent Developments in the WIPO Consultant Mr. Tom 14:00 - 16.00
2 March International IP System Joyce

Friday Establishing research skills Professor Matthew Rimmer, 09:30 - 11:00


3 March and research methodologies Faculty of Law, QUT

Friday Taking IP to the Real World Mr. Michael Finney, 11:30 - 13:00
3 March (formerly) Senior Director,
Commercial, OCS, QUT
Friday Presentation by Students Professor Kamal 14:00-15:15
3March Puri Coffee Break
15:30-17:00
Assessment Class Presentation
Friday 3 March 15%
Take-home exam (Fri-
Sun) 17-19 March 35%
Research Paper (3,000
words) Deadline Friday 7
April 50%

LWN401 General Introduction to Intellectual Property Tutorials

Tutor: Brigitte Hallam

LWN 401 Content Location Time


8 March 2017 Introduction to the Australian Legal System C508, GP 09:30 - 13:30
(Professor Kamal Puri) Law Library
The Australian Parliamentary system, Courts,
Appeal and
Review process, Common Law in Australia,
Precedent,
Statutory Interpretation
15 March 2017 Basics of legal research with an emphasis on C508, GP 14:00 - 15:30
Assessment 3 Law Library 16:00 - 17:30
Guidelines on footnoting and Select Bibliography
(Template for synopses provided in advance for
practical application of legal research. Students must
attempt synopses which will be used in class for group
discussion)
Preparation for Take-home examination
(Assessment 2)
Unit 2: LWN402 Patents & Biotechnological Inventions

Unit Coordinator: Professor Bryan Mercurio

DATE COURSE CONTENT LECTURER HOURS


Monday History, Philosophy and Economics of Patent Law Professor Kamal Puri 09:30 - 11:00
20 March
Monday The Patent Application: Mr. Alistair Smith, Patent 11:30 - 13:00
20 March Specification Attorney, Partner, Davis
Preparation Collison Cave,
Sessional Lecturer
International Classifications
Process of Obtaining Patent Rights:
Governing bodies including WIPO and National
patent offices
National and regional applications including Australia,
New Zealand, Europe and US
Monday Innovation Patents; Utility Models Mr. Alistair Smith 14:00 - 16.00
20 March Publication and Registration of Patents
Opposition, Surrender, Revocation and Invalidity of
Patents

Tuesday Patentable Subject Matter: WIPO Consultant Professor 09:30 - 11:00


21 March Types of Inventions Bryan Mercurio, Chinese
Software patents (Alice), University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
Business Methods
(Bilski), Gene patenting
(Myriads gene patenting
case)
Tuesday Exclusions from WIPO Consultant Professor 11:30 - 13:00
21 March Patentability: Bryan Mercurio
Discoveries, Scientific
Theories, Methods of
Treatment for Humans or
Animals, Prior Secret
Use, Order Public and
Morality
Tuesday Substantive conditions of WIPO Consultant Professor 14:00 - 16.00
21 March patentability: Bryan Mercurio
Novelty (including notion of
disclosure)
Inventive Step or Non
Obviousness
Industrial Application
Internal validity issues such
as enablement and grace
period for novelty
Ownership of Patents:
First to File vs. First to
Invent
Inventions Made in the
Course of Employment
Assignment and other
relevant provisions re
ownership including
differences between
ownership and inventorship
Joint Inventors

Wednesday Substantive conditions of WIPO Consultant Professor 09:30 - 11:00


22 March patentability continued Bryan Mercurio

Wednesday Scope of the Exclusive Professor Bryan Mercurio 11:30 - 13:00


22 March Rights conferred by Patents
Term of Protection
Exceptions and limitations to
the Patents Rights:
Exhaustion of Rights
Parallel Imports
Exceptions under TRIPS
Compulsory Licensing
Research Use (Research
Exemption)
Biotechnological Patents
Wednesday Scope of the Exclusive WIPO Consultant Professor 14:00 - 16.00
22 March Rights conferred by Patents Bryan Mercurio
Continued

Thursday Infringement and WIPO Consultant Professor 09:30 - 11:00


23 March Enforcement of Patent Bryan Mercurio
Rights:
Claim Interpretation
Infringement
Defences to Claims of
Infringement:
Inequitable Conduct
Misuse
Thursday Remedies WIPO Consultant Professor 11:30 - 13:00
23 March Trade Secrets: The Bryan Mercurio
Relationship between Trade
Secrets and Patent
Protection
Thursday IP Innovation and WIPO Consultant Professor 14:00 - 16.00
23 March Technology Transfer Bryan Mercurio
Fundamentals of IP License
Agreements

Friday International treaties Dr. Declan McKeveney 09:30 - 11:00


24 March including Paris Convention Patent & Trade Marks
and Patent Cooperation Attorney, Principal, Fisher
Treaty (PCT) International Adams Kelly
Patent Applications
Friday Patent Office Practice Dr. Declan McKeveney 11:30-13:00
24 March
Friday Presentation by Students WIPO Consultant Professor 14:00-15:15
24 March Bryan Mercurio Coffee Break
15:30-17:00
Assessment Oral Presentations Friday 24 March
15%
Take-home examination 15-18 April
(Sat-Tue)
35%
Research Paper (3,500 words)
Deadline
Friday 5 May 50%

LWN402 Patents & Biotechnological Inventions Tutorials

Tutor: Brigitte Hallam

LWN 402
5 April 2017 Group Exercise first round discussion of topics C508, GP 14:00 - 15:30
for Research Papers developing synopses Law Library 16:00 - 17:30
Model take-home examination questions
Question and Answer session
12 April 2017 Special Guest Lecture by Mr. Brendan Nugent, C508, GP 10:00 - 11:00
Consultant, AJ Park, Sydney, on Should DNA be Law Library
patented?
12 April 2017 Impromptu team debates on guest lecture content C508, GP 11:30 - 13:00
Second round Research paper-discussion on Law Library 13:30 - 15:00
students selected topics
Follow up to questions from previous tutorial

Unit 3: LWN403 Copyright and Related Rights

Unit Coordinator: Professor Kamal Puri

DATE COURSE CONTENT LECTURER HOURS


Monday An Overview of Copyright Law Including its History, Professor Kamal Puri 09:30 - 11:00
24 April Philosophy, Recent Developments and its Significance
in the Intellectual Property Regime; Requirements for
Protection
Monday Requirements for Protection (continued) Professor Kamal Puri 11:30 - 13:00
24 April Subject Matter of Protection
Monday Subject Matter of Protection (continued) Professor Kamal Puri 14:00 - 16.00
24 April Term of Copyright
International Protection of Copyright and Related Rights:
The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and
Artistic Works
The Rome Convention
The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)
The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
(WPPT)
TRIPS
Beijing Treaty on Audio-visual Performances 2012
Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works
for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or
Otherwise Print Disabled 2013

Wednesday Ownership of Copyright and Professor Kamal Puri 09:30 - 11:00


26 April Related Rights
Copyright in Employer-
Employee Settings
Copyright in
Commissioned Works
Journalists Copyright
Assignment and Licensing
of Copyright
Wednesday Copyright and the Public Professor Kamal Puri 11:30 - 13:00
26 April Domain - Case Study
Wednesday Collecting Agencies, Jessica Stevens, QUT 14:00 - 15.00
26 April Statutory Licences; Copyright Officer
Educational Copying Professor Kamal Puri
Rights Comprised in 15:00 - 16:00
Copyright and Related
Rights
Economic Rights
Moral rights

Thursday 27 April Limitations and Exceptions Professor Kamal Puri 09:30 - 11:00
to Copyright and Related
Rights, including
International Debates
Statutory Licences
Thursday 27 April Software and Databases: Professor Kamal Puri 11:30 - 13:00
Legal Protection of
Computer Programs
Legal Protection of
Databases
Thursday 27 April Digital Copyright Professor Kamal Puri 14:00 - 16.00
Technological Protection
Measures and Anti-
Circumvention Law

Friday Digital Copyright Professor Kamal Puri 09:30 - 11:00


28 April Secondary Liability
(including intermediary
liability) and Safe
Harbours; Overview of
Australian and US
positions
Peer-to-Peer copying
and beyond
Case Studies: Napster,
Grokster, Kazaa, Cooper,
YouTube and iiNet
Friday Qualities that make a good Jim Varghese AM (Formerly) 11:30 - 13:00
28 April leader DG of 4 Qld Govt Depts.
and Professor Puri
Friday Case study: Google Book Professor Kamal Puri 14:00 - 16.00
28 April Settlement
Perspectives for the Future,
including Draft Access to
Knowledge Treaty (A2K)
and WIPOs
Recommendations on
Mandatory Limitations

Tuesday Free and Open Source Professor Kamal Puri 09:30 - 11:00
2 May Software Licensing and
Open Content Licensing
(e.g. Creative Commons);
Case study: Access and re-
use of Public Sector
Information (PSI)
Tuesday Infringement of Copyright Professor Kamal Puri 11:30 - 13:00
2 May and Related Rights;
Remedies
Tuesday Class Debate Professor Kamal Puri 14:00 - 15:15
2 May Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:00
Assessment Class Debate Tuesday 2
May 30%
Reflective Journal (1,000
words) Friday, 12 May
20%
Research Paper (3,500
words) Deadline Friday
26 May - 50%

LWN403 Copyright and Related Rights Special Lectures

LWN 403
Wednesday, Leadership Dr. Maha Sinnathamby, Chairman, Springfield Land 09:00 - 14:00
31 May 2017 Springfield Land Corporation Corporation, Level 10,
Ms. Raynuha Sinnathamby, Managing Director, Springfield Tower, 145
Springfield Land Corporation Sinnathamby
Boulevard, Springfield
Central 4300

Thursday, Research Skills Professor Matthew Rimmer, C508, GP 09:30 - 11:00


1 June 2017 Faculty of Law, QUT Law Library

LWN403 Copyright and Related Rights Tutorials

Tutor: Brigitte Hallam

5 May 2017 Assessment 2 Practice Session including discussion C508, GP 14:00 - 15:30
on how to prepare Reflective Journal (Group Law Library 16:00 - 17:30
Exercise)
Research paper-discussion on students selected
topics (students to bring synopsis to class)
Impromptu debate on novel issue
**Students to bring draft synopses to class

11 May 2017 Round 2 discussion and C508, GP 14:00 - 15:30


finalisation of synopses Law Library 16:00 - 17:30
(presentation of
synopses to the class for
feedback)
Question and answer
session

Study Visit by the 2017 cohort of the WIPO-QUT Master of Laws in IP course to Canberra (IP
Australia and the Department of Communications and the Arts) on Monday, 8 May 2017 (TBC)

(Note that the Study Visit to Canberra is kindly funded by Professor John Humphrey, Executive Dean,
Faculty of Law, QUT)

Venue: IP Australia, 47 Bowes Street, Phillip, Canberra ACT 2606

Program (TBC)

Time Activity Room IP Australia official


9:30am Arrival and Visitor Sign NG F08 International Policy and Cooperation
in Martin Devlin
9:35am 9:40am Welcome to IP Australia NG F08 Policy and Governance Group
Dry Fran Roden
9:40am - 9:55am Activities of IP Australia NG F08 Strategic Communications
Clair McInally
9:55am 10:10am Developments in IP NG F08 Domestic Policy
Reform Sean Applegate
10.10am 10.25am IP Australias NG F08 International Policy and Cooperation
international Martin Devlin
engagement
10:25am 10:40am Australian 2016 IP NG F08 Office of the Chief Economist
Report Angelina Bruno and Runyararo Mtasa
10:40am 11:00am Morning tea NG F08 Victor Portelli
11:00am 11:25am Tour - IP Rights N1.147 IP Rights Administration
Administration S1.128 John Deeves (Pre-Exam)
Phil Coggins (Post-Exam)
11:25am 11:40am Tour Trade Marks Training Hub Trade Marks Examination
Examination John Braybooks
11:45am 12:00pm Tour - Patents S3.F21 Patents
Kumar KC
12:05pm 12.25pm Plant Breeders Rights NG F08 Professor Doug Waterhouse
and implementation in
Australia
12:30pm Wrap-up NG F08 International Policy and Cooperation
Gavin Lovie

Visit to the Department of Communications and the Arts

Venue: 38 Sydney Avenue, Forrest, Canberra, ACT; 3 pm - 4.30 pm

Presenters: Sam Ahlin, Director, Copyright Law Policy Section and Emma Shaw, Assistant Director, Copyright
Law and Policy Section

Topic: Current issues concerning Copyright Law in Australia including discussion of the following themes:

Online copyright infringement what is in the offing re ISPs liability as a result of the Online Copyright
Infringement Discussion Paper (2014)
Latest thinking on restrictions on Parallel Importation in the Copyright Act 1968
Copyright exceptions in the digital environment
Unit 4: LWN404 Trade Marks, Domain Names and Geographical Indications

Unit Coordinator: Ms. Anna Sharpe

DATE COURSE CONTENT LECTURER HOURS


Monday Functions of trademarks and their relationship with Ms. Anna Sharpe, 09:30 - 11:00
22 May business names, company names and domain names Principal of Sharpe Ivo,
Sessional Lecturer,
formerly Senior
Partner, Clayton Utz
Monday Special types of marks: Well-Known Marks, Certification, Ms. Anna Sharpe 11:30 - 13:00
22 May Collective, Defensive and Guarantee Marks, Non-
Traditional Marks
The Exclusive Rights of a Trademark Owner; Exceptions
to the Exclusive Rights of a Trademark Owner
Monday Requirements for registration Ms. Anna Sharpe 14:00 - 16.00
22 May

Tuesday Conditions for Protection Ms. Anna Sharpe 09:30 - 11:00


23 May (introduction)
Distinctiveness
Novelty
Non-deceptive Generic
Descriptive, etc.
Tuesday Registration process Ms. Anna Sharpe 11:30 - 13:00
23 May including opposition to
registration and
rectification of the Trade
Mark Register
The Use of Marks on the
Internet
Tuesday Infringement of trade marks, Ms. Anna Sharpe 14:00 - 16.00
23 May groundless threats actions,
defenses and remedies

Wednesday Enforcement of Trademark Ms. Anna Sharpe 09:30 - 11:00


24 May Rights
Cancellation for Lack of
Use (Use Requirements)
Wednesday Action for passing-off Ms. Anna Sharpe 11:30 - 13:00
24 May
Wednesday Licensing, assignment, Ms. Anna Sharpe 14:00 - 16:00
24 May franchising and parallel
importation of trade marked
goods

Thursday How to Protect a Mark Ms. Anna Sharpe and Kellie 09:30 - 11:00
25 May Introduction to Stonier,
Registration Procedures Trade Marks Attorney,
at National, Regional Partner, Griffith Hack
and International Level
Opposition Procedures
Term of Protection
Renewal
The Nice Classification

Thursday Continue the above topic for Ms. Anna Sharpe and Kellie 11:30 - 13:00
25 May the first 30 minutes and then Stonier,
go to the below topics: Trade Marks Attorney,
International Partner, Griffith Hack
Registration of Marks:
The Madrid System,
Community Trademark
System (OHIM/EU)
Case Study (trademark
strategy): in a real-life
case, the participants
will select a valid mark
and decide on a filing
strategy

Thursday Protection of Geographical Indications at the national and Mr. Sean Mullen, 14:00 - 16.00
25 May international level Senior Legal Officer,
Queensland
Government, Sessional
Lecturer

Friday Domain Name System Mr. Sean Mullen 09:30 - 11:00


26 May including domain names
Disputes - WIPO Rules and
Domestic Jurisdictions with
particular reference to
ICANN UDRP rules and
process
Friday Asia-Pacific perspective on Mr. Sean Mullen 11:30 - 13:00
26 May trade marks, domain names
and geographical indications
ASEAN Economic
Community (2015) and
protection of intellectual
property rights
Friday Presentation by Students Ms. Anna Sharpe and Mr. 14:00 - 15:15
26 May Sean Mullen Coffee Break
15:30-17:00
Assessment Oral Presentation Friday
26 May 20%
Research Proposal & Literature
Review (1,500
words) 9 June 30%
Research Paper (3,500
words) Deadline Friday
30 June - 50%

LWN404 Trade Marks, Domain Names and Geographical Indications Tutorials

Tutor: Brigitte Hallam

LWN 404
1 May 2017 Group exercise C508, GP 14:00 - 15:30
Research paper-discussion on students selected Law Library 16:00 - 17:00
topic, including how this should be developed into a
research proposal students must bring draft
synopses
Questions & Answer session on outstanding issues
from lectures
7 June 2017 Group Exercises C508, GP 14:00 - 15:30
Round 2 discussion and finalisation of synopses Law Library 16:00 - 17:30
(presentation of synopses to the class for feedback)
Questions & Answer session
Unit 5: LWN405 Industrial Designs Law and Practice & Plant Variety Protection

Unit Coordinator: Professor Kamal Puri

DATE COURSE CONTENT LECTURER HOURS


Monday Evolution of Design Definition and History Professor Kamal Puri 09:30 - 11:00
17 July Rationales and Objectives for the Protection of
Designs and Economic Benefits of Design
Protection
Requirements for registration under the Designs
Act 1906 and Designs Act 2003 (Cth)
Term of Protection and Renewal
Monday Continued Professor Kamal Puri 11:30 - 13:00
17 July
Monday Ownerships, transfer and exploitation of design rights Professor Kamal Puri 14:00 - 16.00
17 July - Entitlement of application and ownership
Assignments
- Licensing
- Strategy for Exploitation of Designs (Case Study)

Tuesday Registrable designs WIPO Consultant - Mr. 09:30 - 11:00


18 July Drafting and Filing a DesignWayne Slater, Partner, IP
Application Gateway, Brisbane
Application process
Registration and publication
2003 Act Transitional and Savings
provisions
Examination, opposition and
certification
Rectification and correction of the
Register
Designs Regulations 2004
Tuesday Substantive Requirements WIPO Consultant - Mr. 11:30 - 13:00
18 July for Protection Wayne Slater
Newness
Distinctiveness
Tuesday Enforcement of Rights WIPO Consultant - Mr. 14:00 - 16.00
18 July Registrable Designs and Wayne Slater
Infringements Position under the
Designs Act 1906 and Designs Act
2003
Innovation threshold and
Infringement
Types of Infringements
Remedies Available to the Design
Owner
Defences to Claim of Infringement
Unjustified threats of infringement
proceedings
Offences and penalties
Wednesday Designs Act 1906 and WIPO Consultant - Mr. 09:30 - 11:00
19 July the transitional Wayne Slater
provisions
Legislative reform
Case Study
Wednesday International Conventions WIPO Consultant - Mr. 11:30 - 13:00
19 July Paris Convention Wayne Slater
Hague Convention abolishing the
Requirement of
Legalisation for Foreign Public
Documents
Convention establishing WIPO
Locarno Agreement
establishing an International
Classification for Industrial
Designs
Wednesday Overlap between Design Professor Kamal 14:00 - 16.00
19 July and Copyright Protection for Puri and
artistic works under the WIPO Consultant -Mr.
Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) Wayne Slater
Interface between Designs
and other IPRs (Patents and
Trademarks)

Thursday Design Office Practice Mr. Paul Thompson & 09:30 - 11:00
20 July Formalities Fraser Smith,
Deferring publication
Principals,
Fisher Adams Kelly
Extension of time
Callinans
The Designs Office, the
Registrar of Designs and the
Register of Designs
Thursday Intellectual Property rights Professor Doug 11:30 - 13:00
20 July and Agriculture Waterhouse, Chief, Plant
Introduction to the UPOV Breeders Rights IP Australia
Convention and the WIPO/UPOV/IP Australia
Protection of New Varieties
of Plants under the UPOV
Convention
Thursday Introduction to the Professor Doug Waterhouse 14:00 - 16.00
20 July examination of varieties
under the UPOV Convention
Organisation of variety
testing; Impact of PVP under
the UPOV Convention

Friday Intersection of UPOV Professor Doug Waterhouse 09:30 - 11:00


21 July Convention with other
international instruments,
particularly TRIPS, CBD,
ITPGRFA (International
Treaty for Plant Genetic
Resources relating to Food
and Agriculture)
Friday Asia-Pacific perspectives on Professor Doug Waterhouse 11:30 - 13:00
21 July PVP
Friday Discussion Forum Professor Kamal Puri 14:00 - 15:15
21 July (Assessment 1) Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:00
Assessment Discussion Forum Friday
21 July 20%
Take-home Examination
5-7 August (Sat-Mon) -
30%
Research Paper (3,500
words) on a Design topic
only - Deadline Monday,
25 August 50%

LWN405 Industrial Designs Law and Practice & Plant Variety Protection
Tutorials

Tutor: Brigitte Hallam


LWN 405
26 July 2017 Research paper-discussion on students selected C508, GP 14:00 - 15:30
topics Law Library 16:00 - 17:30
Group discussion on copyright and design law
dilemma, When to choose what? The overlaps of
current legislations
Sample question- Assessment 2
2 August 2017 Follow up to research paper-discussion on C508, GP 14:00 - 15:30
students selected topics Law Library 16:00 - 17:30
Group discussions on plant breeders rights
UPOV convention and other international
mechanisms for PBR

Unit 7: LWN407 Intellectual Property Management & Commercialisation


Unit Coordinator: Phillip Mendes
DATE COURSE CONTENT LECTURER HOURS
Monday IP Identification and Assessment Processes: Why Adjunct Professor 09:30 - 11:00
7 August Identify IP in the firm; IP Audits; Identification processes Phillip Mendes
and tools; Organisational policy infrastructure to identify IP Australia
and manage IP; Assessing the commercial potential of IP
for informed decision- making; Preparation for IP
Assessment Tool.
Monday IP Assessment Practical Exercise: Commercialisation Adjunct Professor 11:30 - 13:00
7 August Committee to consider a hypothetical Commercialisation Phillip Mendes
Project. One group member is allocated the role of
Business Development Officer, and is interviewed by the
Committee. Group discussion on outcome, and the use of
the IP Assessment Tool.
Monday Protecting IP: (1) Patent vs. trade secret protection; (2) Adjunct Professor 14:00 - 16.00
7 August Strategies to protect trade secrets and confidential Phillip Mendes
information; (3) Law of confidential information; (4)
Confidentiality Agreements, how far to go in making
disclosures without a confidentiality agreement; (5)
Managing Academic publication; (6) Law of employment
restraints, processes at the ending of the employment
relationship.

Tuesday Joint ownership of IP: Adjunct Professor Phillip 09:30 - 11:00


8 August Implications of joint Mendes
ownership of patents,
copyright, confidential
information and other forms
of IP in various jurisdictions
including US, European
countries, Asian countries.
How unregulated joint
ownership can operate to
disadvantage joint owners.
Tuesday Carrying out a due Adjunct Professor Phillip 11:30 - 13:00
8 August diligence upon the Mendes
ownership of and rights
over IP particular
reference to ownership
issues relating to
employees, academic
researchers, contractors,
students, volunteers and
collaborators.
Ownership of IP in
collaborations and
strategic alliances. Best
practice models for IP
ownership and rights
between collaborators,
strategic alliance partners
and joint venturers.
Tuesday Pathways to Adjunct Professor Phillip 14:00 - 16.00
8 August Commercialisation of IP: Mendes
Alternative
commercialisation pathways
and how to get there;
Exploitation by the firm;
Assignment; Putting IP in a
firms business plan; Finding
Commercial partners;
Choosing between
Assignment & Licensing.
Choosing the Start Up
Company path.

Wednesday Pre Licence Rights: Rights Adjunct Professor Phillip 09:30 - 11:00
9 August of first refusal, options to Mendes
negotiate, and similar pre
licence rights. Legal
standing and effect in
various countries in
particular US, Europe,
Australia, China, Singapore,
Malaysia, India.
Licence Terms Part 1:
Examination of IP license
terms.
Wednesday Licence Terms Part 2 Adjunct Professor Phillip 11:30 - 13:00
9 August (continued) Mendes
Wednesday Licence Financial Terms: Adjunct Professor Phillip 14:00 - 16.00
9 August 16 types of royalty terms, Mendes
and 28 types of financial
terms of a licence; Strategic
alliance terms.

Thursday Valuation of IP Part 1: Mr. Brian Richards, Tax & 09:30 - 11:00
10 August What is IP and when IP Consultant,
does it have economic Richards Advisory and Chris
value? Catanzaro, BDO
When is IP an asset in
an accounting sense
(i.e. what are the
essential elements for
an asset to have value)?
How is IP valued?
o Principles and
purpose of
valuation
o Discounted cash
flow basics (risk
and return)
o Stages of
intellectual
property
development
o Valuation
methodologies:
Relief from
Royalties, Excess
Profits, Gross
Profit / Sales Price
Differentials,
Historical Cost,
Replacement Cost,
Benchmarking /
Comparable
Analysis, Real
Options Analysis
o Worked valuation
examples
Thursday Valuing IP Part 2 Mr. Brian Richards and 11:30 - 13:00
10 August (continued) Chris Catanzaro

Thursday Start-up Companies and Adjunct Professor Phillip 14:00 - 16.00


10 August Venture Capital: What Mendes
Venture Capitalists look for -
technology candidates,
criteria for investment,
investment exit pathways,
typical venture capitalist
investment terms relating to
IP and the venture capital
financing.

Friday Negotiations Skills for Adjunct Professor Phillip 09:30 - 11:00


11 August better outcomes in IP Mendes
deals Negotiation
Preparation - Preparing
strategically. Information
gathering. Setting goals.
BATNA.
Negotiate interests not
positions, and strategies
at first meetings: Integrative
Bargaining; Interests and
needs; Distinguishing
positions; Strategies to bargain
interests and needs and to
make the other party want to
do so as well.
Friday Asia-Pacific countries Adjunct Professor Phillip 11:30 - 13:00
11 August perspective on IP Mendes
Management.
Friday Presentation by Students Adjunct Professor Phillip 14:00 - 15:15
11 August Mendes Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:00
Assessment Research Proposal &
Literature Review (1,000
words) Friday, 18 August
20%
Research Paper (6,000
words) Friday 8
September 60%
Reflective Journal (750
words) Friday 15
September 20%

LWN407 Intellectual Property Management & Commercialisation Tutorials


Tutor: Brigitte Hallam
LWN 407
15 August 2017 Group and Team Work C508, GP 14:00 - 15:30
Law Library 16:00 - 17:30
Group discussion of selected topics for research paper
30 August 2017 Case studies and contract exercise C508, GP 14:00 - 15:30
Law Library 16:00 - 17:30
Group discussion on finalized synopses for research
paper
Unit 6: LWN406 Traditional Knowledge and other Emerging Issues;
Interface between Antitrust and IP Rights

Unit Coordinator: Tony Taubman, World Trade Organization (WTO) (TBC)

DATE COURSE CONTENT LECTURER HOURS


Monday 11 Policy goals of IP and competition law. US, and EC Rob Anderson WTO 09:30 - 11:00
September Treaty and Australian approaches to the (TBC)
accommodation of intellectual property rights to
competition law
Monday 11 The prohibition of monopolization and Abuse of a Rob Anderson, WTO 11:30 - 13:00
September Dominant Position (TBC)
Monday 11 Refusal to license intellectual property rights and Rob Anderson WTO 14:00 - 16.00
September interoperability (TBC)

Tuesday 12 Bundling and tying; Digital Rights Management and Rob Anderson WTO 09:30 - 11:00
September anti-circumvention laws (TBC)
Tuesday 12 IP infringement actions as an abuse of judicial andRob Anderson, WTO 11:30 - 13:00
September administrative processes; and the prohibition of(TBC)
restrictive practices including standards
Tuesday 12 Restrictions in IP licences Rob Anderson WTO 14:00 - 16.00
September Antitrust and IP in the Asia-Pacific region (TBC)

Wednesday 13 Interface between intellectual property and public WTO, Tony Taubman 09:30 - 11:00
September health Cooperation between WIPO, WHO and WTO
Wednesday 13 The WTO Dispute settlement system: key TRIPSTony Taubman 11:30 - 13:00
September disputes WTO
Negotiating trade and IP: current TRIPS issues in the
Doha Round
TRIPS and the Convention on Biological Diversity
Geographical Indications)
Wednesday 13 Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property with Professor Kamal Puri 14:00 - 16.00
September special reference to WIPOs efforts to develop in
international legal instrument providing sui generis
protection

Thursday 14 Traditional Knowledge and TRIPS: Questions of Tony Taubman, WTO 09:30 - 11:00
September Patentability
Thursday 14 Discussion: case study on trade in food Tony Taubman, WTO 11:30 - 13:00
September IP, TRIPS, green technology and the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change
Thursday 14 Case study: innovation policy, trade and competition. Tony Taubman, WTO 14:00 - 16.00
September Trade, IP and health - WHO, WIPO, WTO cooperation

Friday 15 Protection against Unfair Competition (need for Rob Anderson, WTO 09:30 - 11:00
September protection and the legal basis for protection; national (TBC)
laws, the Paris Convention and the TRIPS Agreement)
Friday 15 Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in Free Trade Tony Taubman, WTO 11:30 - 13:00
September Agreements
Friday 15 Presentation by Students Tony Taubman, Rob 14:00 - 15:15
September Anderson and Kamal Coffee Break
Puri 15:30-17:00

Assessment Research Proposal & Literature Review (1,000


words) Friday, 22 September 20%
Take-home examination 7-9 October (Sat-Mon)
30%
Research Paper (3,500 words) Deadline Monday,
16 October
LWN406 Traditional Knowledge and other Emerging Issues;
Interface between Antitrust and IP Rights Tutorials

Tutor: Brigitte Hallam

LWN 406
20 September Draft synopses for Assessment 1 to be discussed C508, GP 14:00 - 15:30
2017 with class for feedback Law Library 16:00 - 17:30
Sample question- Assessment 2

4 October Finalised synopses discussed with class including C508, GP 14:00 - 15:30
2017 new findings Law Library 16:00 - 17:30
Question and answer session

Unit 8: LWN408 (Capstone) Research Project

Unit Coordinator: Professor Matthew Rimmer

DATE COURSE CONTENT LECTURER HOURS


Monday Variety of contemporary IP issues and selection of an Professor Matthew 09:30 - 11:00
9 October appropriate Research Project Topic Rimmer, Professor
of IP and
Innovation Law,
QUT
Monday Preparation of a Synopsis Professor Matthew 11:30 - 13:00
9 October Rimmer

Monday Developing a Project Proposal Professor Matthew 14:00 - 16.00


9 October Rimmer

Tuesday Individual Research and Professor Matthew Rimmer 10.30 - 12.00


10 October Supervisory Guidance
Tuesday Individual Research and Professor Matthew Rimmer 14:00 - 16.00
10 October Supervisory Guidance

Wednesday 11 October Individual Research and Professor Matthew Rimmer 09:30 - 11:00
Supervisory Guidance
Wednesday 11 October Individual Research and Professor Matthew Rimmer 11:30 - 13:00
Supervisory Guidance
Wednesday 11 October Individual Research and Professor Matthew Rimmer 14:00 - 16.00
Supervisory Guidance

Thursday Professor Matthew Rimmer 09:30 - 11:00


Individual Research and
12 October
Supervisory Guidance
Thursday Professor Matthew Rimmer 11:30 - 13:00
Individual Research and
12 October
Supervisory Guidance
Thursday Individual Research and Professor Matthew Rimmer 14:00 - 16.00
12 October Supervisory Guidance

Friday Individual Research and Professor Matthew Rimmer 09:30 - 11:00


13 October Supervisory Guidance
Friday Individual Research and Professor Matthew Rimmer 11:30 - 13:00
13 October Supervisory Guidance
Friday Individual Research and Professor Matthew Rimmer 14:00 - 16.00
13 October Supervisory Guidance
Wednesday 18 October Presentation of Research QUT, WIPO, IP Australia 09:30 - 11:00
Papers and KIPO officials 11:30 - 13:00
Thursday 19 October Presentation of Research QUT, WIPO, IP Australia 09:30 - 11:00
Papers and KIPO officials 11:30 - 13:00
Friday 20 October Presentation of QUT, WIPO, IP Australia 09:30 - 11:00
Research Papers and KIPO officials (TBC)
and Evaluation of the 11:30 - 13:00
Program
Concluding Special
Morning Tea
Assessment Students Presentations 18-20
October 20%
Submission of Synopsis &
Literature Review (not
exceeding two pages) by
Tuesday 24 October - 20%
Research Project (6,000
words) Deadline Friday,
10 November 60%
LWN408 (Capstone) Research Project Tutorials

Tutor: Brigitte Hallam

LWN 408
16 October How to write the synopsis for the research paper C508, GP 14:00-15:30
2017 Final Research Project- Problems of Academic Law Library 16:00-17:30
writing and how to choose topics

25 October How to improve the final research project C508, GP 14:00-15:30


2017 Review of selected proposals of the students Law Library 16:00-17:30

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