This unit provides an overview of the entire field of Australian intellectual property (IP) law and describes the international context (particularly that mandated by the World Trade Organisation TRIPS Agreement) in which those laws must operate. The unit also concentrates on the legal issues relating to the protection of information of commercial value in the context of the development and marketing of goods and services (the so-called 'marketing rights'). The law relating to passing off, the related causes of action for misleading and deceptive conduct and the statutory regime of registered trademarks are all covered in some detail. -- Course Website
Instructor: Professor Michael Blakeney
