FULL NOTES LAWS3480/5180 IP Copyright and Designs (DISTINCTION)

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These notes cover the entire course for IP: Copyright and Designs. The course is highly interesting and relevant to the real world. These notes earned me a Distinction mark in this subject. Each topic has extensive case summaries and analysis of statutory provisions which you can use in exams. I make sure to clearly set out the logical flow of answering a problem question from topic to topic: when a work is subject to copyright, who owns the copyright to a work, when copyright is infringed, what exclusive economic rights attach to copyright. Topics: - Introduction to copyright, including history and basic principles - Criteria for subsistence: when does copyright subsist in a work? (originality) - Subject matter (literary, dramatic, musical, artistic works; sound recording, cinematograph film, broadcast) - Ownership and exploitation - Infringement (causation, objective similarity, substantial part) - Exclusive economic rights (reproduce, public, perform in public, communicate to public, adaptation) - Authorisation (online, safe harbours) - Exceptions (fair dealing, research or study, criticism or review, parody or satire, reporting of news, other exceptions, comparative law with US and UK) - Moral and performers' rights - Remedies - Design law - The copyright-design overlap