ID424 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
| Course Code: | 1250424 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Lecturer SALİH BEKTAŞ |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, students will:
- Have general information about basic concepts of IP rights
- Understand the common characteristics of the different IP right categories according to subject-matter, function and scope of protection
- Understand the importance of IP in the knowledge economy and the main social and economic goals of IP laws
- Identify different forms of IP and decide what IP to protect at each stage of the innovation cycle
- Understand the importance of enforcing IPRs in legal aspects
- Identify different forms in which IP may provide revenue
- Be able to make preliminary search in relevant IP databases and use the retrieved information for technical and business aspects of IP rights
- Understand the role of IP management and recognize the value of IP as a strategic tool for business and entrepreneurship
- Distinguish what aspects of a designer's work can be protected and how (designs, copyright, patents, trade marks)
Course Content
Definitions and protection methods of intellectual and industrial property. (Copyright, patent, utility model, industrial design, trademark) National and international dimensions of this issue with related laws, codes in force.
Course Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Differentiate between the various categories of IP protection
- Explain how rights on patents, trade marks, copyright, designs and trade secrets arise and describe the legal and administrative procedures for obtaining protection for them
- Identify the most appropriate option for protection of IP rights for the innovation process or product concerned
- Indicate different ways of generating revenue using IP, including different business models for exploiting IP
- Use their own knowledge for obtaining protection for IP rights
- Make their own searches for IP rights in relevant databases
- Explain the importance of performing IP assessments in the current economic environment
- Anticipate some of the issues which they may come across in their future career or future research projects, such as assessing IP, ownership of IP, etc.
- Find IP information and understand its value as a source of technical and strategic information
- Identify and differentiate between acts of infringement relating to the principal categories of IPRs
- Determine whether a design qualifies for IP protection and setting up an IP-based business.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Creative problem definition, developing solution-oriented ideas, critical thinking and creating solution proposals by synthesizing the knowledge gained | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Planning, managing and conducting the design process | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Planning and carrying out design-oriented research and transferring the results to the design process | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Thinking with basic design and visual organization elements and principles and being able to apply ideas in two and three dimensions | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Identifying the user's needs, predicting their expectations and integrating them into the design process | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Ability to work individually and to conduct team-work | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Understanding the relationship of the Industrial Design field with different disciplines and being able to carry out interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary studies | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Ability to communicate in international mediums using a foreign language and follow the professional agenda | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Developing an independent, lifelong learning approach by being aware of the ever-changing contexts of design | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Being aware of the socio-cultural, socio-economic and environmental context in design and considering the benefit of society and the environment | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Ability to interpret the issues related to art and culture affecting the historical development of industrial design on the local and global scale | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Having knowledge about business models, ethical principles, and laws and regulations that should be followed in professional practice | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Knowing the materials and production technology within the scope of Industrial Design and using them in the design process | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Having command of technological developments in the field of industrial design, being able to use the necessary technological tools | ✔ | |||
| 15 | Being able to present design ideas and solutions with relevant communication tools and methods | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution