ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue
Course details
Course code: NBSS20162o11Semester: 2011/2012 summer
Name: Forms of intellectual and industrial property in biotechnology
Major: Biotechnology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: mgr inż. Anna Olszewska
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: The students shall be acquainted with the types and scope of intellectual protection in Poland and with international conventions ratified by Poland. They shall receive knowledge of forms and procedures of intellectual and industrial protection.
Competences: Having finished the course, the student should have theoretical knowledge of basic acts related to intellectual property law. They shall know and distinguish subjects of industrial property laws. The student shall also be able to determine the purposes of protection and commercialization of intellectual property. In addition student can use intellectual outputs without violating copyrights.
Prerequisites: Mechanics, biology, chemistry
Course content: Basis of intellectual property law. Industrial Property Law. Act on Copyright and related rights. Act on suppression of unfair competition. Subjects of industrial property law. Patent Office proceedings. Patent qualification of biotechnological achievements. Practical aspects of protection of intellectual and industrial property in the field of biotechnology. Biotechnological inventions in international conventions and UE regulations.
Recommended literature: Helena Żakowska-Henzler „ Wynalazek biotechnologiczny. Przedmiot patentu” Wiesław Kotarba „Patentowanie wynalazków biotechnologicznych”
Assessment methods: Egzamination (test)
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