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REGIONAL PROGRAMME ON INDUSTRIAL AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS AND TURKEY Handbook on Resources for Teaching IP Law in the Western Balkans and Turkey Prepared by Professor Michael Blakeney Queen Mary University of London (November 2010) An EU-funded project managed by DG Enlargement and implemented by the European Patent Offi ce This document has been produced with the fi nancial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to refl ect the offi cial opinion of the European Union. Table of contents 1. Introduction .............................................................................................................13 2. Teaching of intellectual property ...........................................................................14 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 14 Why do we teach IP? ...................................................................................................................... 14 The changing IP constituency......................................................................................................... 15 What subjects should be taught?.................................................................................................... 16 Interdisciplinarity ............................................................................................................................. 17 What types of intellectual property programmes should be developed? ........................................ 17 What are the basic pedagogical methods?..................................................................................... 18 How should IP be taught?............................................................................................................... 19 Intellectual property faculty ............................................................................................................. 20 With whom can we co-operate in respect to IP teaching? .............................................................. 20 Conclusion ...................................................................................................................................... 21 3. Survey of IP teaching in the Western Balkans and Turkey..................................22 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 22 Albania ............................................................................................................................................ 23 Bosnia and Herzegovina................................................................................................................. 25 Teaching of IP at higher education institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2010 ..........25 Croatia ............................................................................................................................................ 26 Kosovo UNSCR 1244/99 ................................................................................................................ 29 The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia................................................................................ 29 Faculty of Law "Iustinianus Primus", Skopje:......................................................................29 Doctoral studies in Intellectual Property – course programme.................................. 30 Doctoral studies in Information Technology and Law ............................................... 31 Joint Master's degree programme in Intellectual Property........................................ 31 Organisation of the MA programme: ......................................................................... 31 1st semester courses (compulsory): .......................................................................... 31 2nd semester courses (compulsory): ......................................................................... 31 3rd semester courses (elective; students choose 5 courses from the list):................ 31 Other law schools (public and private) offering IP teaching at postgraduate level include: 32 Continuing education in IP law: ..........................................................................................32 Montenegro..................................................................................................................................... 33 Serbia.............................................................................................................................................. 34 Turkey ............................................................................................................................................. 36 Regional IP teaching....................................................................................................................... 37 4. Online teaching resources .....................................................................................38 EPO Academy courses................................................................................................................... 38 Inventor's handbook ...........................................................................................................39 EQE study guide.................................................................................................................39 Patent Litigation in Europe..................................................................................................40 Core modules:........................................................................................................... 40 Sub-modules............................................................................................................. 41 WIPO resources for students.......................................................................................................... 48 Law and legislation ......................................................................................................................... 49 Internet portals ................................................................................................................................ 56 Franklin Pierce Law Center IP Mall ....................................................................................56 Global directory of patent & trademark offices & related agencies & copyright consulting.56 Global directory of international resources .....................................................................................58 IP menu, global intellectual property...................................................................................62 IPRsonline.org ....................................................................................................................62 Resource guide for researching intellectual property law in an international context .........62 Europe's network of patent databases ...............................................................................62 Structure and content................................................................................................ 63 General sites................................................................................................................................... 64 IP newsflash .......................................................................................................................64 Complete world copyright website......................................................................................64 Institut de recherche en propriété intellectuelle ..................................................................64 IP blogs ........................................................................................................................................... 64 Exams ............................................................................................................................................. 64 Dissertations ................................................................................................................................... 64 5. Global directory of intellectual property educational programmes....................65 IP grad programs LLM .................................................................................................................... 65 IP grad programs non-law IP .......................................................................................................... 71 6. Selection of curricula for different courses ..........................................................73 Survey courses ............................................................................................................................... 74 Introduction to intellectual property for undergraduate law students ..................................74 Course description .................................................................................................... 74 Course objectives...................................................................................................... 74 Course status............................................................................................................ 74 Teaching and learning method.................................................................................. 74 Schedule ................................................................................................................... 74 Syllabus....................................................................................................................