Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property
Siping Campus |
| Semester |
Module |
Course Name |
| WS 2025 |
Module 1: Introduction to Intellectual Property Law |
- Introduction to Intellectual Property |
| - Fundamental Principles of Copyright and Design Law |
| - Fundamental Principles of Patent Law |
| - Fundamental Principles of Trademark Law |
| - Primary European Union Law |
| - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Activities |
| - Secondary European Union Law |
| - European Union Law in the Judiciary |
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Module 2: IP & Innovation Policy |
- Intellectual Property and Public Policy |
| - Function of IP Policy and Innovation Incentives |
| - Policy Games in International Technology Standards |
| - Formulation and Implementation of AI Industry Policies |
| - Policy Coordination in IP Administration |
| - Interaction Between Corporate Innovation Strategies and Policies |
| - Open-Source Ecosystem and IP Policy Conflicts |
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Module 3: Patent Law |
- European Patent Law |
| - Protection of Undisclosed Information |
| - Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and new developments |
| - International Patent Law and new developments TRIPS Agreement |
| - Chinese Patent Law |
| - Plant Variety Protection and the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) |
| - Structure and Task of Administrative Authority |
| - Utility Model law |
| - Administrative Sanctions |
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Module 4: Trademark Law and Geographical Indications |
- International Law on Trademarks |
| - International Law on GIs |
| - Comparative Law on GIs |
| - Trademark Law Introduction |
| - Rights Conflict between Trademark and other IPRs Domain Names Right’s Legal Protection |
| - Trademark Infringement |
| - Well-known Trademark Legal Protection Chinese GIs Law |
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Module 5: Copyright Law |
- International Law: Copyright and Related Rights, and New Development |
| - New Trends and Developments at National Level |
| - Chinese Copyright Law/Case Studies |
| - Collective Management Organizations (CMOs) |
| - Data base Protection and the EU in Comparison |
| - Internet Service Provider (ISP) Liability of China and the EU in Comparison |
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Module 6: IP & Business Strategy |
- Introduction: Exploiting the IP system |
| - IP Strategy in the Digital Era |
| - IP and Business Model Innovation |
| - Building Business Ecosystems with IP |
| - Combing IP with Business Models |
| - The Strategic Use of Protection Mechanism |
| - Culture Industry and Copyright Protection |
| SS2026 |
Module 7: Competition Policy and Law |
- Introduction to Competition Law |
| - Prohibition of Monopoly Agreement and its Exemptions |
| - Definition of Relevant Market |
| - Private Enforcement of the Competition Law |
| - Public Enforcement of the Competition Law |
| - Introduction to the Intellectual Property / Antitrust Interface: European Competition Law |
| - IP Rights and the Abuse of a Dominant Position |
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Module 8: IP in Digital Economy |
- Fundamental Knowledge of IP in Digital Economy |
| - IP Issues Related to Data |
| - Music in the Era of Artificial Intelligence |
| - The 'opt out' Mechanism for Artificial Intelligence Training |
| - Intellectual Property and Data issues related to Intelligent Connected Vehicle |
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Module 9: IP in Biomedicine |
- Intellectual Property and Biotechnology |
| - Pharmaceutic Patents |
| - Intellectual Property and Biotechnology |
| - Pharmaceutic Patents |
| - Biotechnology, Bioethics and Medical Law |
| - Drug Patent Linkage and Term Extension |
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Module 10: lP Intelligence |
- Theory and Methods in Patent Landscape Analysis and Technology Forecasting |
| - Introduction to IP Information and Database |
| - Hands-on Training of IP Information Search |
| - Theory and Methods of Patent Portfolio Evaluation |
| - Theory of Causal Effect Analysis |
| - Patent Data Analytics for Innovation Management |
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Module 11: lP Asset Management |
- IP Asset Evaluation |
| - IP Asset Commercialization |
| - IP Value Theory |
| - IP Asset Evaluation |
| - IP Asset Market Mechanisms |
| - IP Asset and Public Policy |
| - Emerging Technologies and IP Management |
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Module 12: International IP Law |
- Typical Regional IP Legal System |
| - Typical Cases and Problems |
| - Special lecture for all the students of the SICIP |
| - General International IP Legal System |
| - Moot Debate |
| - Solution to International IP Disputes: International IP Treaties |
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Module 13: Judicial Protection of IP Rights |
- Moot Court Training |
| - Demonstration of Moot Court |
| - Judicial Protection of Copyright |
| - Judicial Protection of Trademark Right |
| - Judicial Regulation of Commercial Defamation |
| - Damages of IPRs Dispute |
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Module 14: Protection of IPRs under criminal law |
- The Basic Theory of Chinese Criminal Law & Criminal Policy of Combating IP Crime |
| - Combating IP Crime through Criminal Procedure Law |
| - Role of IP-Rights Holders in Criminal Proceedings |
| - Overview of Intellectual Property Prosecution System |
| - Criminal Prosecution of Copyright Infringement in Practice |
