PhD Course: IP & Law by Prof. Isabella Ferrari

The course for PhD students entitled "IP & Law" will kick-off on Tuesday Feb. 28th and will last for 4 (consecutive) weeks with the following schedule:

- Tuesday 8.30 am - 11.00 am room P0.2 (MO25)
- Friday 8.30 am - 10.00 am room P0.1 (MO25)

Program:
This course examines Intellectual Property laws by means of a comparative approach, focusing on international and domestic rules and proceedings, in order to provide engineering students with an overview on a central topic in their prospective career. The course will deeply touch on existing intellectual property laws, which encourage and protect intellectual goods, usually for a limited period of time, and their main output: to provide an economic incentive for design and creation, preventing illegal copying, and stimulating innovation and technological progress. There are various types of intellectual property, the most well-known being copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets, which will be analyzed in class.