Diploma in Intellectual Property Focus on E-Commerce

The mainstay of the Intellectual Property practice area has been Patent, Trademark, and Copyright registration and protection, also called Industrial Property in most Latin American countries. The e-commerce entrepreneur puts fourth enormous amount of energy designing his or her Website and detailing its content. It is then puzzling that the Internet end-user or any other entrepreneur, without a thought, appropriates, steals, lifts, and passes off as his or her own, the industrial property of others. Why unfair business practices would be acceptable in the virtual world of e-commerce?

The e-commerce and intellectual property attorney will have daily contact with the subjects of business method patents, domain name conflicts, licensing, and trade secret protection. Infringement and dilution of the clients’ brands or trademarks now have international consequences and the remedies in one country will have to be preceded by a question of jurisdiction; balanced by the questions of where and when the patent, trademark, or copyright was registered. E-Commerce site owners may be forced to defend their intellectual property rights in foreign forums.

The e-commerce attorney should be familiar with abbreviations for a large number of associations like, WIPO, ICANN, and UDRP, and their policy on Internet intellectual property rights. It will be important to know how the rules are constructed, as well as knowing what initiatives are under way that will influence intellectual property rights in the future.

The purpose of this course is to cover the following issues:

REGISTER

COURSE MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION OF THE MODULES

ASSESSMENTS

DIPLOMA

INTEREST AND ELIGIBILITY

FEES AND SCHEDULE

BOOKING CONDITIONS

COURSE MATERIALS:

This Diploma has been developed and customized with the specific needs of the online community in mind – timely information that can be immediately used for e-business practice. Experts and experienced practitioners, from around the world, have designed the materials for the Intellectual Property Focus on E-Commerce Diploma.

Each module contains text material, study guide instruction, and weekly interactive participation. Text material may contain a combination of code sections, cases, and commentary materials or news articles that are available on the Internet. Study guides contain commentary materials upon the text materials with exercises and assignments to be completed independently.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE MODULES:

  1. Business Method Patents
    • Business method patents claims
    • Business method patents for e-commerce and software
    • Business method patents involving cardless transactions
    • Business method patents involving honor systems
  2. Trademarks, Trademark Infringement and Dilution
    • Trademark Law
    • Registering Marks/Trade Dress
    • Multinational Trademark Regulation
    • Trademark Infringement and Dilution
  3. Domain Names
    • Domain Names
    • Cyberpiracy
    • Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act
    • International Protection
    • Domain Names and Alternative Dispute Resolution
    • ICANN, the UDRP and WIPO RFC
  4. Copyrights, Copyright Infringement and Remedies
    1. Copyrights and Copyright Infringement
      • Copyrights
      • Registration Regulations
      • Limitations on Exclusive Rights
      • Database Copyright Protection
      • Copyright Infringement
      • Direct/Contributory/Vicarious
    2. Remedies
      • Hyper-linking and Framing
      • Remedies for Copyright Infringement
      • Litigation Defenses
  5. Licensing, Franchising
    • Licensing
    • Click-wrap Agreements
    • Technology Licensing
    • Franchises - Licensing of Business Services, or Products
  6. Trade Secrets and Industrial Designs
    • Trade Secrets
    • Industrial Designs and Design Marks
  7. Ownership of Intellectual Property
    • Ownership of IP made for hire
    • Ownership of IP in Government Contracts
  8. Intellectual Property Legislation in the European Union and the United States
    1. The European Union
      • Trademark Protection in the European Union
      • European Union Digital Copyright Bill
      • European Union Copyright Directive
    2. The United States
      • Current Legislation and Policies
      • Digital Millennium Copyright Act

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ASSESSMENTS:

The program is assessed by submission of weekly written assignments or a final writing paper. The student may choose either of these assessment methods; yet, writings must be in English. Weekly assignments must answer the assignment questions in two to five pages, doubled-spaced, Times New Roman letter and be submitted at the end of the module. Final papers must be minimum fifteen doubled-spaced pages, Times New Roman. Final papers are due one week after the course is completed. This paper may be published in the IBLS News Portal section.

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DIPLOMA:

Upon completion and passing the assessment, a Diploma in Intellectual Property Focus on E-Commerce is awarded. This Diploma is awarded by E-Commerce University in cooperation with Global E-Commerce Council GECC www.eCommerceCouncil.org

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INTEREST AND ELIGIBILITY:

This program is of interest to all professionals including but not limited to attorneys, computer experts, law enforcement agents, and business executives and entrepreneurs who need to increase skills and competence in areas concerning Intellectual Property Focus on E-Commerce.

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FEES AND SCHEDULE:

The tuition for the Diploma Program is US$980; this fee includes professor's instructions and all course materials.

This diploma course employs the Socratic Method. Students are responsible for self-study the reading assignments. The course professor is available for live online discussions via discussion board or forum twice a week during the office hours he or she selects. Students in different time zones may send their questions or comments by e-mail if they cannot participate in live online discussions. This course is taught by distinguished law professors who are experts in this and other legal fields that they practice.

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BOOKING CONDITIONS:

PAYMENT OF FEES:

Fees must be paid in full in U.S. Dollars upon enrolment along with completed application.

CONTRACT:

The completion and submission of an application form does not constitute a contract between E-Commerce University and the candidate. A contract shall exist only on acceptance by the E-Commerce University in writing of the candidate’s application form and shall incorporate these booking conditions. The laws of USA shall apply in all respects and the courts of USA shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

COPYRIGHT:

The copyright of all study materials remains that of E-COMMERCE UNIVERSITY. Such materials may not be reproduced either in whole or in part, by any method whatsoever, without permission having been given in writing by the E-COMMERCE UNIVERSITY. Once enrolled, study materials become accessible only to the candidate to whom they paid for the course and may not be used by any other person.

MATERIAL:

The Diploma involves 8 weekly modules that are delivered and accessed online and Black Board specifications. Each module will contain text material, study guide instruction, and weekly interactive participation. Text material may contain a combination of code sections, cases, and commentary materials or news.

LANGUAGE:

All study materials and assessments are supplied in the English language only.

ASSESSMENT PAPERS:

Candidates will receive written comments from E-Commerce University on their performance.

CANCELLATION:

Candidates may cancel their registration by notice in writing to E-COMMERCE UNIVERSITY (provided such notice is received by E-COMMERCE UNIVERSITY before release of their ID and Password for accessing the course materials), whereupon the candidate shall be entitled to a refund of the fee for the course and course materials in question less an administrative fee of $100. No cancellation will be permitted after the release of ID and Password for accessing the course materials.

VARIATION IN DIPLOMA PROGRAM:

The E-COMMERCE UNIVERSITY Diploma Program is offered subject to demand. E-COMMERCE UNIVERSITY reserve the right to vary the module contents or cease offering any or all of the module contents for any of E-COMMERCE UNIVERSITY Diploma Program

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E-COMMERCE UNIVERSITY CONTACT INFORMATION:

For more information, please send an email to info@ibls.com

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