ÖHUD607 Internet and Intellectual Property RightsIstanbul Okan UniversityDegree Programs Private LawGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational Qualifications
Private Law
PhD TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 QF-EHEA: Third Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 8

General course introduction information

Course Code: ÖHUD607
Course Name: Internet and Intellectual Property Rights
Course Semester: Fall
Course Credits:
Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
3 0 3 7.5
Language of instruction: TR
Course Requisites:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Department Elective
Course Level:
PhD TR-NQF-HE:8. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:Third Cycle EQF-LLL:8. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr.Öğr.Üyesi CANSU TOPAL
Course Lecturer(s):
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: Basics of intellectual property law and protection of author’s rights are shown. Author’s rights and related rights are throughly analysed. Students are informed on the legal protection of the work. The connection between the new information technologies in the digital world, media instruments and the author’s rights. New internet communication modes are evaluated within the framework of author’s rights.
Course Content: Key features of intellectual property law and copyright protection. Current intellectual property law.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Learning Outcomes
1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
1) • Students will be able to define the concept of work and ownership in the legal sense.
2) • Students will have information about protecting the rights of the author with copyright.
3) • Students will be able to evaluate legally by following the technological processes in copyright.
4) • Will be able to legally evaluate the link between new information technologies and media tools and copyrights.
5) • Students will be able to realize works of art protection with technical support on the internet.
6) • Students will be able to evaluate which types of verbs can be considered as intellectual property violations.
7) • Students will be able to decide on what to do with intellectual rights violations.
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Lesson Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) • Introducing the introductory and practical information of the course to students • Transferring the aim and scope of the course • Brief evaluation of the course topics with their titles Reading the relevant part in the textbook
2) • Explain the basic features of intellectual property law. • Understanding intellectual property rights in the digital age • Disclosure of copyright links with new information technologies and media tools • Identification of new operating models and copyrights Reading the textbook and lecture notes
3) • Defining the concept of work • Explanation of the types of works • Explaining the conditions of being a work • Specifying the conditions of FSEK protection of the work • Disclosure of new works and their development Presentation
4) • Explanation of the concept of ownership of the work. • Brief overview of the rights of the author • Defining the concept of intellectual property rights on the Internet • Understanding the legal protection of the rights of the author Presentation
5) • Examination of the right to reproduce • Disclosure of the right to disseminate • Examination of the right of public transmission Presentation
6) • Determining what kind of protection is possible in the intellectual property area of the internet • Explanation of the areas that pose a particular threat to copyright on the Internet • Examining the legal status of music shares • Examination of music presentations on web pages • Intellectual rights on the Internet and major intellectual rights violations experienced on the Internet Presentation
7) • Explanation of the main problems arising in the field of intellectual property rights on the Internet • Domain Name • Frames • Caching • Explaining deep links concepts Presentation
8) MIDTERM EXAM All course materials
9) • Examination of protection issues that are subject to copyright law, although they are not works • Explanation of the concept of database • Examining the legal protection of databases • Disclosure of protection in international contracts • Examination of the protection in our law • Determining the status of content collectors Presentation
10) • Determining which law to apply in intellectual rights violations on the Internet • Explanation according to which criteria the determination of the law to be applied in violations • Assessment of doctrinal approaches regarding the law to be applied • Explanation of the application of the mentioned criteria. Presentation
11) • Examining the titles of civil and criminal cases that can be filed against intellectual property violations • Determination of the form and content of the law • Giving examples of implementation Artikel
12) • Defining the concept of (neighbor) rights related to the author • Examination of the related rights and their contents regulated in FSEK Artikel
13) • Explanation of the protection of the rights of neighboring rights holders. • Determination of conditions • Explanation of examples from the application Artikel
14) • Explanation of the current copyright problems discussed in Europe and America • Examination of the approach to problems in comparative law • Examining the sample decisions of the European courts Presentation

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: • Cahit Suluk/Tahir Saraç/Temel Nal/Rauf Karasu, Fikri Mülkiyet Hukukunun Esasları, Mart 2019
• Veysel Başpınar/Doğan Kocabey, İnternette Fikri Hakların Korunması, 2007
References: Yardımcı Kaynaklar:
• Savaş Bozbel, Fikri Mülkiyet Hukuku, 2015
• Ünal Tekinalp, Fikri Mülkiyet Hukuku, 2012
• Ders konuları ile ilgili makaleler ve mahkeme kararları

Course-Program Learning Outcome Relationship

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Program Outcomes

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution

Learning Activity and Teaching Methods

Assessment & Grading Methods and Criteria

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 60
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Grading

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 3 3 9
Application 1 1 1
Midterms 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
Total Workload 12