MS4661: Application of Patents & Registered Design in Engineering Related Industry
| Academic Units | 3 |
| Semester | 2 |
| Pre-requisite(s) | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s) | Nil |
Course Instructors
IPOS International
Course AIMS
This course follows on from the module Fundamentals of IP to provide deeper knowledge and skills relating to some aspects of patent and registered design having substantial relevance in the engineering industry.
The course provides you with the ability to identify aspects of patent and registered design law, understand how knowledge of patent and registered design law can drive an organization’s IP strategies, and assess potential courses of action concerning patentable inventions and design protection. Particular e mphasis will be placed on the legal issues in relation to creation, protection, and exploitation of these intellectual assets.
A note on the legal cases that are highlighted in the study units: these cases are for illustrative purposes in relation to the legal principles discussed; in general you are NOT expected to be able to recall them or use them in presenting arguments for as sessment purposes.
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you (as a student) would be able to:
- Apply the range of the patent and registered design protection regimes and their related legislation and regulations.
- Determine the qualifying criteria for protection of patent and design rights, and duration of protection under the respective regimes.
- Evaluate patent and registered design protection regime(s) or strategy for IP assets of a business.
- Appraise issues relating to ownership and control of patent and registered design rights.
- Assess potential infringing behaviour/activities, and possible defences against allegations of infringement.
- Appraise appropriate remedies for instances of proven infringement.
- Propose how to steer a business’s IP strategies and objectives based on the protection afforded by the patent and registered design protection regime or strategy.
- Assess potential business applications of IP rights/assets relating to patent and registered design.
- Assess different considerations for the making of IP contracts and transactions focusing on patent and registered design.
Course Content
- Development of the Singapore Patent System
- Patentability Criteria: Novelty, Inventive Step and Industrial Applicability
- Prior Art and Priority Claims
- Patent Entitlement and Inventorship
- Assessing Business Strategies: Patenting
- Relationship between Patents and Designs: Protection Strategies
- Development of the Singapore Designs System
- Design Registration Criteria, Ownership, and Rights
- Assessing Business Strategies: Registered Designs
Reading and References
IPA-authored Learner’s Guide containing key content (required)