Current issues in Copyright
Course: “Law”
Structural unit: Education and Research Law School
Title
Current issues in Copyright
Code
ВБ.1.2.
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
The tasks of studying the discipline are aimed at the acquisition by the student of the following competencies: to communicate freely on the problems of copyright; generate new ideas and use modern technologies in providing legal services in the field of copyright protection; to participate productively in the development of draft regulations in the field of protection of copyright, to justify the social conditionality of their adoption, to predict the results of their impact on public relations for the creation and use of works.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Prerequisites for mastering the discipline: 1. Know the main aspects of the formation and development of legal institutions; general principles of legal support for the protection of the results of creative activity, acts of legislation governing the relations of participants in the field of copyright protection. 2. Be able to assess and determine the role and objectives of copyright protection. 3. Have basic skills in drafting legal documents, taking into account the specifics of the practical situation and using legal methods to resolve disputes arising in the field of protection and protection of copyright.
Course content
The discipline "Current issues in Copyright" is part of professional training of specialists at Master in Law program, selective block "Intellectual Property Law" at the Education and Research Law School of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. The main components of the discipline are the formation of competencies aimed at demonstrating knowledge of scientific approaches, basics of methodology and methods of researching copyright issues; ability to evaluate and analyze legal issues and practical legal situations in the field of copyright protection; ability to further study with a high level of autonomy.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Kapitsa Yu. M. Copyright and related rights in Europe : Monograph. Kyiv : Lohos, 2012. 696 p. 2. Stefan A. S. Current issues of copyright of Ukraine : Workshop. Kyiv : Interservice, 2020. 44 p. 3. Fundamentals of Intellectual Property : Textbook. Kyiv : Interservice, 2016. 382 p. 4. Intellectual property law. Academic course. Kyiv : Vydavnychyi Dim "In Yure", 2007. 696 p. 5. Soroka N. Copyright and related rights in the information society: European experience. Kharkiv : Law, 2019. 334 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The study of the discipline includes lectures, seminars; polls (express survey)/testing/essay (reference paper) on the proposed topic; module tests; self-study, individual assignments; exam.
Assessment methods and criteria
Types of ongoing performance evaluation include: express survey, report, scientific paper, testing (multiple choice tests), case solving (tasks), module test (final test).
Things to be assessed in the process of ongoing intermediate performance evaluation are: the level of knowledge demonstrated by the student during seminars, the level of activity in discussing the issues of the seminar, systematic work in the classroom, the results of independent work. The discipline is taught for one term. 10 days before the beginning of the session, the teacher conducting the seminars no longer accepts missing assignments. For students who have not achieved the minimum level of assessment, a final test is conducted.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
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Departments
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