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Intellectual Property & Human Rights
Intellectual Property & Human Rights
Training Provider: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
Course Reference: TGS-2024051458
S$5,400
About This Course
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
(i) understand the foundational principles and theories underlying both intellectual property law and human rights law, as well as their historical development;
(ii) conceptualize and analyze the relationship between intellectual property and human rights, exploring potential conflicts and determining which rights might take precedence in specific contexts;
(iii) critically examine specific intersections between intellectual property and various human rights, such as freedom of expression, the rights of Indigenous peoples, the right to education, and the right to health; and
(iv) assess the influence of human rights law on intellectual property law, evaluating the extent to which human rights perspectives have reshaped or limited the scope of intellectual property protections.
What You'll Learn
This course provides a critical introduction to the intersection of intellectual property law and human rights law. It will begin by describing both intellectual property law and human rights law, discussing their development as well as outlining the core theories that justify and inform each area. The course will then proceed by introducing participants to various ways through which the relationship between intellectual property and human rights could be conceptualized. As part of these discussions, participants will consider which set of rights should take priority in the event of conflict (and on what basis), and whether intellectual property rights should be considered to be human rights. Next, this course will introduce participants to a number of specific intersections of intellectual property and human rights, including: intellectual property and freedom of expression, intellectual property and the rights of Indigenous peoples, intellectual property and the right to education, intellectual property and the right to a clean environment (and related rights), intellectual property and the right to health, and intellectual property and the rights of persons with disabilities. In the final seminar, participants will critically examine the question of whether and the extent to which human rights law has been successful in reshaping or restraining the application of intellectual property law.