Course Catalog (subject to change)
General Courses (updated July 7, 2011)
DL-001 Primer on Intellectual PropertySummary: Covers briefly the fundamental aspects of intellectual property |
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DL-101 General Course on Intellectual PropertySummary: This course covers the main areas of intellectual property, namely copyright, related rights, patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial design, plant breeders' rights, unfair competition and international registration systems. |
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101PCT General Primers - Introduction to the Patent Cooperation TreatySummary: This course provides an introduction and general overview of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), an international system for seeking patents on a global scale. |
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Advanced Courses (updated July 7, 2011)
DL-201E Copyright and Related RightsSummary: This advanced course covers the basic principles of international Copyright Law, international treaties, and recent developments and trends in the area of international copyright. It also covers the role of WIPO in the worldwide protection of copyright. Tutored: Yes Duration: 100 hours Cost: Fee List |
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DL-202E Electronic Commerce and Intellectual PropertySummary: This course is structured in three levels. Level one provides a foundation for understanding the basic concepts involved with E-commerce and IP. Level two covers the IP aspects of E-commerce in three main areas: Copyright, Trademarks and Patents. At level three, various sub-topics in each of the above areas are addressed in greater detail. Tutored: Yes Duration: 50 hours Cost: Fee List |
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DL-204E Biotechnology and Intellectual PropertySummary: This advanced course aims to illustrate how you can use the current IP system to protect and commercialize your biotechnological invention. After completing the study of this course, you should be able to develop a sound knowledge of the different legal instruments related to protection of your biotechnology invention and execute a strategy for commercializing your invention. Tutored: Yes Duration: 100 hours Cost: Fee List |
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DL-301E PatentsSummary: This advanced course is intended to explain the basic principles of patents, their economic impact, the process of patenting, describe technology transfer, patent pool and the traditional use of patents by centers of knowledge such as universities. It covers the important aspects of the patent document used in the enforcement of patent rights and the various aspects of enforcement. |
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DL-302E Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical IndicationsSummary: This advanced course is intended to provide training material online to cover intellectual property aspects which are closely related to trade and competition in the globablized market. Additionally, the course is intended to educate and raise awareness of some of the complex issues that surround the protection and management of intellectual property for branding.Tutored: Yes Duration: 100 hours Cost: Fee List |
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DL-317E Arbitration and Mediation Procedure under the WIPO RulesSummary: This advanced course is intended to describe the main features and advantages of the procedures designed by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center; how the selection process of the most appropriate dispute resolution procedure for any given case; and how to draft appropriate dispute resolution clauses for insertion into and agreement. |
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DL-318E Patent Information SearchSummary: The intention of this distance learning course relating to patent information searching is to introduce you to, and illustrate the concepts, of searching patent information. |
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DL-320E Basics of Patent DraftingSummary: The intention of this advanced distance learning course on the basics of patent drafting is to introduce you to, and illustrate the concepts, of patent drafting. Some practical exercises are proposed with enough background and description to help you gain confidence to form a credible set of claims.Tutored: Yes Duration: 100 hours Cost: Fee List Next Session: 2012 (Date to be announced) Enrollment: 2012 (Date to be announced) Course Administrator: DL320e.academy@wipo.int |
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DL-401E Managing Intellectual Property in the Book Publishing Industry Summary: This course is intended to provide a basic guide to publishers who wish to increase their understanding of how to manage intellectual property (IP) rights in a business context. Based on conventional practices of publishing houses, it offers practical information to help publishers both to exploit IP rights as economic assets and to avoid infringing the rights of others. It focuses primarily on publishers of trade books. The concepts covered are equally relevant to publishers of other printed literature, such as textbooks, newspapers, magazines and corporate literature. Tutored: Yes Duration: 100 hours Cost: Fee List |
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DL-450E Intellectual Property ManagementSummary: The course, Intellectual Property Management, focuses on intellectual property from the perspective of ‘why’ and ‘how’ for participants who have already covered the basics of ‘what’ Intellectual Property is. In the first three modules, it teaches about the economic significance of IP. Using management examples and established industry methodologies, it elaborates on IP asset identification, IP incubation, IP commercialization, IP valuation, and IP taxation. In the last three modules it offers an in-depth look at commercial activities in the digital area by looking at e-commerce and IP, digital management of creative works, and the strategic management of IP. |
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