Business Law and IPR (5 cr)

Objective

- You are able to explain to the seller and buyer how a binding sales contract is made and what their rights and obligations are in the sale of goods nationally and internationally.
- You understand the importance of protecting your intellectual property and know how to avoid infringing IPR rights.

Content

- How is a binding sales contract made and under what conditions will a contract be invalid?
- What are the rights and obligations of the seller and buyer in the sale of tangible goods?
- How do B-to-B sale and consumer sale differ?
- How can a business protect its rights?
- How should intellectual property rights be taken into account in marketing?
- How is the appearance of products, industrial inventions, computer programs, music, photos, texts and know-how protected and how is exclusive right to their use acquired?

Evaluation

You know how to
- systematically use professional vocabulary
- look for information in the key information sources of the field
- work together with customers, users and target groups
- apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.

Course material

www.finlex.fi

Consumer protection act

Study forms and methods

Student can choose:
local lessons, tasks within lessons, literature and test
independent studies: tasks, literature and test

Timing of exams and assignments

Learn-test

Student workload

135 hours

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Number 1-5