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Curriculum

The 2012 Summer Institute will offer five courses:

Session I: University of Rijeka Faculty of Law, June 18 to June 29

• Comparative Principles of Copyright (1 credit; Instructor—Sterk)
• Topics in International IP (1 credit; Instructor—Heald)
• Topics in Cyberlaw from an International Perspective (1 credit; Instructor—Candeub)

Session II: University of Rijeka Faculty of Law, June 29 to July 6; International University Centre Dubrovnik, July 9-16

• European Law Private Law and Intellectual Property (2 credits; Instructors—Kunda /Tomljenovic)
• Topics in Cyberlaw from an International Perspective (1 credit; Instructor—Candeub)

Final Exam: July 18

Topics in Cyberlaw from an International Perspective

Instructor: Candeub

This course will cover international aspects of cyber law, including problems in international jurisdiction, the Conventional on Cybercrime, the role of ICAAN in Internet regulation, and WIPO Internet Domain Name resolution process.

Texts (excerpts from):

• Patricia L. Bellia, Paul Schiff Berman, Brett M. Frischmann, David Post, Cyberlaw: Problems of Policy and Jurisprudence in the Information Age
• Orin S. Kerr, Computer Crime Law
• Richard Warner, Graeme Dinwoodie, Harold Krent, and Margert Stewart, E-commerce, The Internet, and the Law:  Cases and Materials

Topics:

1.  Introductory Materials & International Jurisdiction on the Internet (2 hours) - Bellia et al. p. 1-165; Warner, p. 45-55 (UCITA, UETA, and ESIGN)
2.  Defining a Cybercrime and the Convention on Cybercrime (2 hours) - Kerr p. 27-47, 108-159, 158-160, 180-185, 210-224
3.  Role of International Internet Governance:  ICAAN (2 hours) - Bellia et al. p. 263-289; Milton Mueller, Internet Governance Project website
4. International Internet Governance:  Trademark Dispute Resolution ( 1 hour) - Warner, p. 239-314

Topics in International IP: Croatia Version

Instructor:  Heald

Each assignment (14 in all) represents one hour of class time.

All readings are from Chow & Schoenbaum, International Intellectual Property Law (Aspen, 2d ed)

The International IP Regime Complex:

1. Introduction, p. 1-27 (page 3 omitted)
2. International Legal Institutions & Intro to US Copyright, p. 55-75*
3. Intro to US Patent, TM, and Trade Secret Law, p. 75** to 75****
4. TRIPS Agreement, p. 555-565
5. TRIPS Agreement, p. 566-583
6. Dispute Resolution under TRIPS, p. 199-213, 435-448
7. Special Topics:
8. Exhaustion of TM Rights, p. 834-854
9. Exhaustion of Copyrights and Patent Rights, p. 854-859, 418-429, 1250-1259
10. Rights in Data, p. 130-157
11. Bio-Piracy, p. 451-473
12. Geographical Indications, p. 628-655
13. Geographical Indications, p. 655-671
14. and 14. Flex Hour

Topics in Comparative Copyright

Instructor:  Sterk

Topics:

1. Basic Theories of Copyright Protection - Discussion of the Origins of Copyright Protection, Comparison of Economic Incentives and Deserving Authors as the Foundation for Protection
2. United States Copyright Law:  Basic Principles (Copyrightable Subject Matter) - How Much Originality is Required?, The Idea/Expression Dichotomy, Protection of Useful Articles
3. United States Copyright Law:  The Scope of Protection:  Section 106 Exclusive Rights - Derivative Works, Public Display, Public Performance
4. and 5.  Areas of Divergence - Resale Rights, Moral Rights, Database Protection?
5. Treaty Obligations:  WIPO
6. Problems of Transnational Enforcement of Copyright

Topics in European Private Law and Intellectual Property Law

Instructors: Vesna Tomljenović and Ivana Kunda

Summary: This course is intended to provide students with the basic knowledge and general understanding of fundamental concepts in European private law and particularly in European intellectual property law. Where appropriate, the course includes comparisons to the U.S. law. In addition, the course aims at identifying specific issues in the field of IP which emerged in the course of Croatian preparation for the accession to the European Union. The syllabus includes below topics and a each year, a selection of those topics is thought at the course.

Topics:

1. Structure and methods of European private law and IP law in particular
2. Basis for EU regulatory competences in the field of private law and IP law in particular
3. Relationship between national, EU and international legal instruments in the field of private law and IP law in particular
4. Fundamental principles of European private law and IP law in particular
5. Various IPRs in the EU - copyright, database right, trademarks, design, plant variety right, chip topographies, geographical indications, patents, private enforcement of IPRs, exhaustion of IPRs, IP and competition law

Grading: Students’ grades will be based on their attendance and active participation in discussions during the lectures as well as the result achieved at the written exam as follows - 20%: participation in the form of questions and discussion with teachers and other classmates, 80%: result at the written exam.

Compulsory reading: The compendium of selected reading materials, including the selected chapters from the books mentioned in the advanced readings, related legal instruments and court judgments. The compendium will be made available to students.

Advanced reading:

• Ansgar Ohly (ed.), Common Principles of European Intellectual Property Law, Mohr Siebeck (2012)
• Trevor Cook, EU Intellectual Property Law, Oxford Univ. Press (2010)
• Catherine Seville, EU Intellectual Property Law and Policy, Edward Elgar Publishing (2009)
• Fabrizio Cafaggi/Horatia Muir Watt, Making European Private Law: Governance Design, Chaltenham, Elgar, (2008)
• Guy Tritton et als, Intellectual Property in Europe, Sweet & Maxwell (2008)
• Christopher Stothers, Parallel Trade in Europe: Intellectual Property, Competition and Regulatory Law, Hart Publishing (2007)
• Fabruzio Cafaggi, The Institutional Framework of European Private Law, Oxford Uni. Press (2006)
• Martijn W.Hesselink, The New European Private Law, Essays on the Future of Private Law in Europe, Kluwer Law International (2002)
• Francis Snayder, The Europeanisation of Law: The Legal Effects of European Integration, Oxford, Portland Oregon (2000)
• Terrence Prime, European Intellectual Property Law, Ashgate (2000)