Demonstrate knowledge and the ability to critically assess the relationship between the common law and statutory rules protecting a person’s business name and trade mark, the law relating to copyright and its infringement, and the use of patent law to protect inventions, including the ability to critically evaluate the contentious issues such as those caused by new technology.

Intellectual property law

This is a patchwork assessment,
Patch 1 is a problem question for which you will need to write an advice letter to your question on the copyright issue and on the copyright issue in the scenario (Question 1(a)) and on the patent issue (Question 1(b)). The word limit for the whole of Patch 1 (answers to Questions 1(a) and Question 1(b) together) is 2000 words.
Patch 2 is a trade mark search exercise of up to (word limit:1000 words) which will involve you searching the UK Trade Marks Database at ipo.gov.uk and applying UK Trade Mark Law to the results.

Intended Learning Outcomes

On completion of this assessment you should be able to demonstrate the following module learning outcomes:
Demonstrate knowledge and the ability to critically assess the relationship between the common law and statutory rules protecting a person’s business name and trade mark, the law relating to copyright and its infringement, and the use of patent law to protect inventions, including the ability to critically evaluate the contentious issues such as those caused by new technology.
Identify and synthesise relevant intellectual property rules, and critically evaluate their application to a fact pattern, along with the ability to evaluate appropriate remedies available for breach or infringement of any of the above-mentioned rules.
Critically assess the developing nature of this area of law, including critical evaluation of trends and developments in it.
Demonstrate the ability to undertake independent research in the area, involving the use of information independently located in patents and trademark law databases selected by the student, case law and statute law, evaluation of paper-based and electronic sources, and produce word-processed coursework using these skills.
The way in which these outcomes will be addressed is through the assessment criteria listed in the assessment question.