University of Kragujevac - International Intellectual Property by Don deKieffer

According to Wikipedia "Intellectual property (IP) are legal property rights over creations of the mind, both artistic and commercial, and the corresponding fields of law. Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; ideas, discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs."

The purpose of this lecture series is to:

Provide a historical overview of IP,
Explain what IP is and why we have it,
Explain the different types of IP,
Discuss how national and international laws relate to the enforcement of property rights, and
Debate the future of international IP.

To view the full course syllabus, please click here.


Course Summary
		"Intellectual property is, after all, the only absolute possession in the world ... The man who brings out of nothingness some child of his thought has rights therein which cannot belong to any other sort of property. " - US lawyer Zechariah Chaffee, 1945 Reflections on the Law of Copyright According to Wikipedia "Intellectual property (IP) are legal property rights over creations of the mind, both artistic and commercial, and the corresponding fields of law. Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; ideas, discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs." The purpose of this lecture series is to: Provide a historical overview of IP, Explain what IP is and why we have it, Explain the different types of IP, Discuss how national and international laws relate to the enforcement of property rights, and Debate the future of international IP. To view the full course syllabus, please click here.
About Don deKieffer
		Donald E. deKieffer has practiced in the fields of international trade regulation and policy and intellectual property enforcement since 1971. He has represented clients before the U.S. Departments of Commerce, State, Labor, and Treasury, the U.S. International Trade Commission, the United States Trade Representative, the U.S. Customs Service (now ICE and CBP) and the U.S. Court of International Trade. Mr. deKieffer has an extensive background in international trade regulation law including Customs, export regulation, antidumping and countervailing duties, foreign policy trade controls, anti-counterfeiting / antidiversion and international commercial transactions. Mr. deKieffer has served in both the private and public sectors. To see Mr. deKieffer's full biography please click here to visit his website.