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 Outcomes0123
1Creative problem defining and solving.
2Planning and managing the design process.
3Presenting and conveying design solutions orally, in written and visually (2D and 3D).
4Planning, managing and evaluating the results of design-focused research.
5Contributing to the design of products in order to raise the life quality of the society.
6Generating and applying knowledge to serve sustainable production and life.
7Competency in intellectual and industrial property rights.
8Awareness of and sensitivity towards societal, institutional, individual and contextual differences.
9Awarenes of social and cultural facts and continuous change.
10Competency in economic, industrial and technological developments.
11Continuous development of professional knowledge, skills and approaches.
12Competency in the processes and actions in professional life.
13Adaptation to the different working environments and processes that the profession necessitates, and contributing to the development and improvement of these environments.
14Ability in working within teams.
15Giving importance to interdisciplinary interactions.

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