UK, EU & US Copyright Law

For practising lawyers, regulators, academics and those with a specific need for knowledge of EU Copyright and related law. To provide a general understanding of the substantive rules of EU law concerning copyright and related matters and the relation between domestic copyright protection and EU law.

The following topics are included in the syllabus (not every topic will be offered each year):

• The law of copyright in the general context of intellectual property.
• General introduction to the principles of copyright law both in copyright and continental systems.
• Copyright in its national, regional and international context (including Copyright Conventions and the TRIPS Agreement).
• The work of the European Commission in its Copyright Harmonisation Programme.
• The subject matter of copyright and related rights.
• Authorship and ownership (including the position regarding employees).
• Duration of copyright; exclusive rights.
• Infringement.
• Parallel imports.
• Civil and criminal remedies.
• Dealings with copyright.
• Moral rights.
• Performers' rights.
• Copyright and designs.
• Copyright, competition and Community law.
• UK and US law in detail and French and German law in outline.
• Research methods.