Information Package

GSF353

COPYRIGHT LAW

Course Code
GSF353
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
4
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS4
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Gain knowledge about different types of works and artists' rights.
  2. Understand the concept of trademarks and trademark protection.
  3. Improve their communication skills while learning about the development processes of specific brands through their presentations.
  4. Gain knowledge about the concept of inventions and their legal protection.
  5. Understand the concepts of design, similarity in design, and their legal protection.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionIntellectual property rights subject to copyright, such as copyright, patents, registered trademarks, and utility models; national and international legal regulations.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Course introduction, objectives, syllabus, and project guidelines.
2nd Week Definition and characteristics of intellectual property rights, concepts of use, inspiration, and imitation, international agreements, copyright in Turkey, definition and types of works.
3rd Week Processed and compiled works, ownership of works, types of authorship, moral rights of authors.
4th Week Financial rights of authors, limitations of rights.
5th Week Related rights, cases of rights infringement.
6th Week Documentary screening.
7th Week Midterm exam.
8th Week Definition of trademarks, types of trademarks, relationship between trademarks and colors, functions and elements of trademarks, absolute grounds for trademark refusal.
9th Week Relative grounds for trademark refusal, examination of the concept of similarity, comparative analysis of trademarks, trademark infringement.
10th Week Student presentations.
11th Week Student presentations.
12th Week Definition of design, design protection, protection criteria.
13th Week Concept of similarity in design and analysis with examples.
14th Week Definition of invention, characteristics of patents and utility models, determination of non-patentable inventions, international applications.
Recommended or Required ReadingÜnal Tekinalp, Fikri Mülkiyet Hukuku, Istanbul, 2005, Arıkan Yayınları, Dördüncü Baskı, 782 s.
Akın Beşiroğlu, Fikir Hukuku Dersleri, İlkeler ve Kurallar,2006, Arıkan Yayınları, 860 s.
Azra Arkan Akbıyık , Eser Sahibinin Haklarına Bağlantılı Haklar, 2005, Vedat Kitapçılık, 341 s.
Hamdi Yasaman, Fikir ve Sınai Mülkiyet Hukuku, 2006, Vedat Kitapçılık, 399 s.
Dilek İmirlioğlu, Marka Hukukunda Ayırt Edicilik ve Markanın Ayırt Ediciliğin Zedelenmesi, 2017, Adalet Yayınevi, 284 s.
Bahadır Erdem, Patent Hakkının Korunmasına ve Patent Hakkına İlişkin Sözleşmelere Uygulanacak Hukuk, 2002, Beta Basım Yayım Dağıtım, 727 s.
Cahit Suluk, Yeni Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Kanunu Telif Hakları ve Korsanlıkla Mücadele, 2004, Hayat Yayınları, 310 s.
Cahit Suluk, Tasarım Hukuku (Karşılaştırmalı Endüstriyel Tasarım, Marka, Patent ve Faydalı Model Koruması) , 2003, Seçkin Yayıncılık, 784 s.
Duygun Yarsuvat, Türk Hukukunda Eser Sahibi ve Hakları, 1984, Guryay Matbaacılık,Istanbul,304 s.
Gürsel Üstün, Fikri Hukukta İşleme Eserler, Besam Yayınları, 2001, İstanbul,310 s.
Ugur G.Yalçıner, Sınai Mülkiyetin İlkeleri, Yalçıner Danışmanlık, 2000, 250 s.
Guy Tritton,Intellectual Property in Europe [ Hardback ], 2007,Sweet & Maxwell,
William Cornish and David Llewelyn, Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks & Allied Rights [ Paperback ], 2007, Sweet & Maxwell,
Lord Justice Jacob, Daniel Alexander and Lindsay Lane, Jacob & Alexander: A Guidebook to Intellectual Property , 2007, Sweet & Maxwell,
Noel Byrne,Amanda McBratney, Licencing Technology, Negotiating and Drafting Technology Transfer Agreements, 2005,Jordans Publishing,637 s.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Question and Answer
  • Case Study
  • Problem Solving
  • Report Preparation
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 40
Total(%) 40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 4 56
Preparation for Final exam 1 4 4
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 4 4
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework
Presentation (including preperation) 1 6 6
Seminar (including preperation) 1 4 4
Total Work Load120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No
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