The novelty of inventions and utility models, the novelty of designs, and the disclosure without loss of novelty;
Concepts, standards and judgments of inventiveness of inventions and utility models;
Concepts and judgments of the utility of inventions and utility models;
Circumstances where patent rights cannot be granted.
Lecture 4 Patent application and examination
The written principle, first-to-file principle, priority principle and unity principle of patent application;
Types, functions, basic requirements and structure of patent application documents;
Submission of patent application documents;
The basic principles and main rules of the patent examination system;
Patent examination and related procedures.
Lecture 5 Patent right holder and the content of patent right
The judgment of the inventor or designer;
Definition of service invention and non-service invention;
The nature of the patent right and the content of the patent right.
Lecture 6 patent protection
The scope of patent protection;
Elements of patent infringement;
Methods for determining infringement of invention and utility model patents;
Judgment of design patent infringement;
Civil liability for patent infringement.
Lecture 7 Frontier issues of patent law in technological innovation
Discussion on the reform of mixed ownership of on-duty and technology achievements;
Discussion on the Non-Practicing Entities (NPE) of patent rights and "patent troll";
Discussion on the legal issues of standard essential patents.
Lecture 8 Basic principles of copyright law and objects of copyright
The legislative purpose of the copyright law;
The two major systems of copyright law;
General situation of the Chinese copyright system;
Objects protected by copyright law, concepts and requirements of works;
The types of works.
Lecture 9 The ownership of copyright and the content of copyright
The general principles of copyright ownership;
The copyright ownership of co-operative works, service works, and entrusted authors;
The detailed content of various economic rights in copyright;
The detailed content of various moral rights in copyright.
Lecture 10 Copyright protection and its exceptions
Methods of determining copyright infringement;
The main remedies for copyright infringement;
The concept and specific circumstances of the fair use of copyright;
The concept and specific circumstances of the legal license of copyright.
Lecture 11 Frontier issues of copyright law in the information network era
Frontier issues of copyright protection in the Internet age;
The copyright issue of artificial intelligence creation;
Rethinking and examining the theoretical basis of copyright protection.
Lecture 12 Introduction to Trademarks and Trademark Law
The concept and nature of trademarks;
The basic theory of trademark protection;
The functions of the trademark;
Classification of trademarks.
Lecture 13 trademark registration
Basic principles of trademark registration;
The substantive conditions for trademark registration;
Negative conditions for trademark registration.
Lecture 14 Contents of trademark rights
The content of trademark rights;