This course is part of the 2024 Augsburg Summer Program.
The first part of the course is an overview on Patent Law, Design Law, Trademark Law, Copyright Law an Enforcement of IP Law as the main branches of IP Law. The second part deals with US IP Law, i.e. with US Patent Law, US Trademark Law and US Copyright Law, the third part with European IP Law, i.e. with European Patent Law, European Trademark Law, European Copyright Law and other branches of European IP Law, the fourth part with International Intellectual Property Law, mainly with the Paris and the Berne Convention and TRIPS, the fifth part with particular Technology and Biotechnology aspects of IP Law and the sixth part with the tension between IP Law and requirements of protection of Traditional Cultural Knowledge.
