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TPB2012-024
Module C [LWM28C]
Sequence: module A must be attempted before module C
Registered trade marks
Registered trade marks: a comparative perspective
Systems of registration: first to file v. first to use
Registered trade marks in Europe: the Community Trade Mark; national registrations (United
Kingdom; France; Germany); the role of the European Court of Justice
Registered trade marks in the United States
Other jurisdictions
Current trends: dilution; domain names
Module D [LWM28D]
Sequence: modules A, B and C must be attempted before module D
Special topics in trade marks
Industrial designs; relationship to other forms of protection; Community Design Regulation; Hague
Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs, as amended
Appellations of origin
Trade marks and competition: parallel imports; functionality and the interface between trade marks
and other intellectual property rights; comparative advertising
Cultural issues: advertising; character merchandising; symbols of indigenous communities
International and comparative social justice
(not yet available – this course is not expected to be available before 2014) †
Deleted: –)
Module A [Code not yet available]
Advancing the international protection of social justice †
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966 and the mythology of the
“Generation of Rights” theory
The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
The minimum core
Module B [Code not yet available]
Sequence: module A must be attempted before module B
The ambit of social justice rights under international law †
The right to the highest standard of health
The right to food and water
The right to shelter and adequate housing
The right to social security rights
Module C [Code not yet available]
Sequence: module A must be attempted before module C
Regional protection of social justice rights †
The European Union
The European Social Charter of the Council of Europe
The Protocol of San Salvador
The African Union and social justice rights
Module D [Code not yet available]
Sequence: module A must be attempted before module D
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