COPYRIGHT LAW

GSF353

Course Code: GSF353
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Gain knowledge about different types of works and artists' rights.
Understand the concept of trademarks and trademark protection.
Improve their communication skills while learning about the development processes of specific brands through their presentations.
Gain knowledge about the concept of inventions and their legal protection.
Understand the concepts of design, similarity in design, and their legal protection.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

Intellectual property rights subject to copyright, such as copyright, patents, registered trademarks, and utility models; national and international legal regulations.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Course introduction, objectives, syllabus, and project guidelines.
2^nd Week	Definition and characteristics of intellectual property rights, concepts of use, inspiration, and imitation, international agreements, copyright in Turkey, definition and types of works.
3^rd Week	Processed and compiled works, ownership of works, types of authorship, moral rights of authors.
4^th Week	Financial rights of authors, limitations of rights.
5^th Week	Related rights, cases of rights infringement.
6^th Week	Documentary screening.
7^th Week	Midterm exam.
8^th Week	Definition of trademarks, types of trademarks, relationship between trademarks and colors, functions and elements of trademarks, absolute grounds for trademark refusal.
9^th Week	Relative grounds for trademark refusal, examination of the concept of similarity, comparative analysis of trademarks, trademark infringement.
10^th Week	Student presentations.
11^th Week	Student presentations.
12^th Week	Definition of design, design protection, protection criteria.
13^th Week	Concept of similarity in design and analysis with examples.
14^th Week	Definition of invention, characteristics of patents and utility models, determination of non-patentable inventions, international applications.

Recommended or Required Reading

Ünal 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 Load			120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6	X
K7		X
K8
K9
K10