Intellectual Property in Body, Persona & Art
About This Course
At the end of the course; participants would be able to:
1. Demonstrate high levels of knowledge and understanding of intellectual property laws and emerging trends in this field;
2. Demonstrate high level analytical skills with respect to intellectual property policy;
3. Demonstrate high level skills of collaboration and oral communication by discussing and debating course concepts in a scholarly, reflective and respectful manner;
4. Engage in advanced critical analysis of the legal, cultural and economic significance of intellectual propertisation with consideration of emerging trends through a written assessment; and
5. Identify developing issues and apply them to hypothetical fact scenarios using advanced theoretical knowledge of intellectual property law, theory and policy by undertaking class exercises.
What You'll Learn
This course examines emerging trends to identify and analyse ways in which intellectual property laws are being used to commodify the self. Through processes of intellectual propertisation, aspects of the human body, human persona, and human expression through art can be converted from �unowned� to �owned�. Examining contemporary issues such as gene patents, fake news, authenticity and cultural appropriation, as well as emerging technologies such as transplanted and artificial body parts, cyborgs, mind downloads, blockchain and the Internet of Things, the course examines the mechanisms by which the expansion of intellectual property laws is enabling the increasing commodification of humankind.
Entry Requirements
A good Bachelor's or Juris Doctor degree in Law