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Course code: IWS10153o14Semester: 2014/2015 winter
Name: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION, INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ERGONOMICS
Major: Water Engineering and Managment
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. inż. Elżbieta Bondar-Nowakowska, prof. nadzw.
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student knows the types of intellectual property protection on the basis of national and international law, knows the material and personal range of intellectual property rights and the use and protection system in the event of infringement of intellectual property, is aware of the possibility of human mental and physical work environment, know the factors affecting the inconvenience of work and how to shape them for reducing the burden of work. Skills: Student uses legal instruments civil law and criminal law, for the protection of intellectual property rights, shall contract for the use and disposal of intellectual property law, can complement the documentation necessary to disclose the creation of intellectual property rights; able to classify intellectual property rights, is able to determine measures aimed at improving working conditions; able to identify ways to reduce fatigue while working.
Competences: Personal and social competences (attitudes and behaviors): Student is aware of the importance of the role of intellectual property rights in the legal system; shows understanding for the need to protect intellectual property rights, understands the importance of ergonomics conceptual and correction in the social context, may take part in the planning of tasks aimed at establishing the conditions and working environment in a manner which maintains health worker.
Prerequisites:
Course content: Course contents: The concept of intellectual property rights. Elements of tangible property law. Subjective and objective scope of intellectual property rights. The use of intellectual property rights. Transfer of intellectual property rights. Exhaustion of intellectual property rights. Infringement of intellectual property rights. The role and tasks of the conceptual and corrective ergonomics. Factors influencing the inconvenient working conditions. Working at a computer. Fatigue and its effects. General requirements for safety and health at work. Developing safety and ergonomic principles in the human environment.
Recommended literature: 1. Kowal E.: Ekonomiczno-społeczne aspekty ergonomii. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa-Poznań. 2002. 2. Red. Koradecka D. Bezpieczeństwo i higiena pracy. Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy- Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Warszawa 2008. 3. Olszewski J.: Podstawy ergonomii i fizjologii pracy. Wydawnictwo Akademii Ekonomicznej w Poznaniu. 1993. 4. Taczanowska T., Jaśkowski P.: Ergonomia w budownictwie. Wydawnictwo Uczelniane Politechniki Lubelskiej. 1998. 5. Red. Załucki M.: Prawo własności intelektualnej. Repetytorium, Warszawa 2008. 6. Akty prawne: Ustawa o zwalczaniu nieuczciwej konkurencji z 16.04.1993 r. Ustawa o prawie autorskim i prawach pokrewnych z 04.07.1994 r. Ustawa prawo własności przemysłowej z 30.06.2000 r. Ustawa o ochronie baz danych z 27.07.2001 r. Ustawa o ochronie konkurencji i konsumentów z 16.02.2007r. Ustawa o przeciwdziałaniu nieuczciwym praktykom rynkowym z 23.08.2007 r. Konwencja paryska o ochronie własności przemysłowej z 20.03.1883 r. – obowiązujący aktualnie akt sztokholmski z 14.07.1967 r. Konwencja berneńska o ochronie dzieł literackich i artystycznych z 09.09.1886r. – obowiązujący obecnie akt paryski z 24.07.1971 r. Porozumienie madryckie o międzynarodowej rejestracji znaków z 14.04.1891r. Powszechna konwencja genewska o prawie autorskim z 06.09.1952 r.
Assessment methods: pass the lecture on the basis of two written tests.
Comment: Lecture 1: The concept of intellectual property rights. Lecture 2: Historical background and sources of intellectual property rights. Lecture 3: Elements of property rights in the field of property rights. Lecture 4: The range of subjective and objective intellectual property rights. Lecture 5: Origin and nature of intellectual property rights protection. Using intellectual property rights. Lecture 6: Transfer of intellectual property rights. Exhaustion of intellectual property rights. Lecture 7: Violation of intellectual property rights as well as civil law and criminal law protection of intellectual property object. Lecture 8: Basic concepts and terms of ergonomics. Ergonomics, as applied and interdisciplinary science. Lecture 9: The impact of working conditions on its effectiveness. Lecture 10: physical loads. Lecture 11: Work at the computer. Lecture 12: Loads mental. Lecture 13: The impact of physical factors of the work environment. Lecture 14: Fatigue and its effects. Lecture 15: General requirements for safety and health at work.