Understanding of intellectual property rights and its main instruments of asset protection, and learning their economic value and leverage not only for direct economic valuation but also as a competitive means in the global market.

English language knowledge

1- Secret information 1.1 Trip's Agreement 1.2 EU Regulation 1.3 Italian IP Code 1.4 Agreements and contractual clauses regarding the protection of the secret information 2- Trade Mark 2.1 Concept of Trade Mark 2.2 Validity of Trade Mark 2.3 Registered Trade Mark and De facto Trade Mark 2.4 Requirements for registration a trade Mark 2.5 Strong and weak Trade Mark 2.6 Secondary meaning 2.7 Lapse of a trade Mark 2.8 Validation of a Trade Mark 2.9 Priority 2.10 Transfers or Licenses 2.11 International Trade Mark 2.12 Procedure of a International trade Mark 2.13 Differences between the Madrid Agreement and Madrid Protocol 2.14 Community Trade Mark 2.15 Opposition from third parties 2.16 Rights conferred with a CTM 2.17 Actions of annulment 2.18 The firm and the Insignia 2.19 Metaverse, NFT and blockchain 3- Designs or Model 3.1 Concept of Design 3.2 Novelty 3.3 Individual Character 3.4 Informed user 3.5 Protection and duration 3.6 Priority 3.7 International Design 3.8 Community Design 3.9 Characteristics of a Community design 3.10 The un registered community design 3.11 Declaration of annulment 3.12 Multiple community design 3.13 Transfers or Licenses 4- Patent 4.1 Concept of Patent 4.2 differences between patent for industrial invention and utility model 4.3 Rights conferred by a patent 4.4 Types of inventions 4.5 Inventions by employees 4.6 Novelty 4.7 Inventive step 4.8 Industriability 4.9 Lawful 4.10 The International Search Report 4.11 Priority 4.12 Transfers and Licenses 4.13 Civil and criminal protection of a patent 4.14 P.C.T. (Patent Cooperation Treaty) 4.15 European Patent 4.16 EP Examination procedure 4.17 EP Opposition 4.18 The Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court system 5- Infringement and Unfair Competition 5.1 Concept of Infringement 5.2 Differences between the major EU Countries 5.3 Concept of Unfair Competition 5.4 Differences between the major EU Countries

“Remarks on the issue of Intellectual Property”, edited by GLP. Slides (150-200 on average), which are updated every year, entitled ‘Intellectual Property Rights UNITS’. Additional patent texts, design and trademark registrations to support the practical lessons and mock trials that change from year to year and are given both in paper form as well as by e-mail to the students. All documentation listed above as well as any further documentation that may be used during the lessons is sent directly by e-mail to all students who provide their e-mail address.

As a further specification of the indications under the point ‘CONTENTS’, the following interactive activities are carried out with students during the lesson:s (a) examples of patent and utility model infringement b) examples of nullity of patents and utility models c) examples of oppositions before the European Patent Office d) examples of trademark and design registration procedures including official actions and possible third party oppositions e) comparison of the different procedures for registering trademarks, patents and designs in the three macro-geographical areas USA, EU and China f) Mock trial

Course with illustrative and summarising slides of the concepts covered, as well as explanatory videos. Practical cases are presented and subsequently dealt with by the students, and where possible mock trials are carried out. When appropriate and feasible (especially in the field of trademarks and copyrights), teaching topics are developed with the support of samples and experiences from everyday life.

At the beginning of the course, students are always asked if they require specific attention (e.g. DSA) or if they have any special needs (e.g. working students or overlapping lessons) in order to adapt the teaching material also with possible additional one-to-one lessons for compensatory purposes.

During the lessons at the conclusion of the macro teaching topics, are carried out tests that do not affect the final assessment but are intended to check the students' learning, the correctness of the teaching, as well as to exercise the students for the final test. The results of these tests are discussed and developed with the students. The final test consists of a written test directed to identify the students' level of learning (from excellent 30 with honours-27, average 26-23, sufficient 22-18, insufficient). Subsequently, students who wish to do so may attempt to improve their evaluation with an oral test that normally consists of three questions.

4) Quality education 8) Respectable work and economic growth 9) Industry, innovation and infrastructure