Innovative, trailblazing new programmes offer IP Law modules to law and non-law students! The Faculty is proud to introduce the first law programme at SU specifically aimed at non-law graduates and practitioners as well as the only Master of Laws (LLM) in Intellectual Property accredited by the Department of Education as a specialised LLM in IP […]
Innovation, creativity, novelty, ingenuity – the foundations of Intellectual Property (IP) Law is, simply put, the protection of the inventive spark as expressed by its maker. This sweat-of-the-brow approach to IP law is often cited as the rationale for the continued expansion of traditional IP protection measures to new forms of expression.
The practice of granting a monopoly over the production and distribution of an invention, or its fundamental idea, is the exclusive field of the law of patents. Across the scope of intellectual property law, patent protection is the only form that approaches the protection of pure ideas or concepts while other forms of IP law protect the expression of ideas in various forms.
Exclusivity is the calling card of intellectual property law and the primary driver for the continued expansion of IP protection to new types of work, modern technologies and revolutionary expressions of human intellectual activity. On the other hand, Internet-based technology is driven by the central concepts of free access, peer exchange and rapid reproduction.
A word, device, symbol or sign that is distinctive, descriptive and/or recognisable by the consumer as an indication of the product’s origin. For this reason Trademark Law is concerned with establishing the most fair, effective, transparent and obvious system for the marketing of goods or services when conducted with the aid of the manufacturer’s insignia (or other recognisable identifying element).
