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Intellectual Property & Human Rights
Last Updated Date: 16 July 2024
4 Units, Semester 2
Course Description:
This course provides a critical introduction to the intersection of intellectual property law and human rights law. It will begin by describing both intellectual property law and human rights law, discussing their development as well as outlining the core theories that justify and inform each area. The course will then proceed by introducing students to various ways through which the relationship between intellectual property and human rights could be conceptualized. As part of these discussions, students will consider which set of rights should take priority in the event of conflict (and on what basis), and whether intellectual property rights should be considered to be human rights. Next, this course will introduce students to a number of specific intersections of intellectual property and human rights, including: intellectual property and freedom of expression, intellectual property and the rights of Indigenous peoples, intellectual property and the right to education, intellectual property and the right to a clean environment (and related rights), intellectual property and the right to health, and intellectual property and the rights of persons with disabilities. In the final seminar, students will critically examine the question of whether and the extent to which human rights law has been successful in reshaping or restraining the application of intellectual property law.
Course Convenor: Visiting Professor Graham Reynolds
Co-teacher(s): NA
Course Codes: LL4305 / LL5305 / LL6305 / LLJ4305
Contact Hours: 9 session over 3 weeks: Three 3hr weekly seminar
Workload: Intensive: Week 4-6: 3 - 21 Feb 2025
[Mon, Wed: 6.30 - 9.30pm; & Fri: 3pm - 6pm]
Mode of Assessment: Class Participation - 20% & Research Paper - 80% [Due: Wed, 26 March 2025 (9pm)]
Preclusions: LL4305V/LL5305V/LL6305V IP and Human Rights; LL4111V/LL5111V/LL6111V/LLJ5111V International Copyright Law and Policy
Prerequisites: NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or common law equivalent. Some knowledge of Intellectual Property is preferred; students should ideally have taken a course in intellectual property or concurrently enrolled in one.
Examination Date: Different Mode of Examination
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