Intellectual Property Law

Learners will find out how to protect their own intellectual property interests in an increasingly competitive world, as well as how to protect themselves from accidentally infringing upon the intellectual property of others so as to avoid unnecessary legal entanglements.

Pamela is a lawyer in Australia, and she has homeschooled her own children for the past 8 years and will continue to do so for at least another 17 years (her youngest child is 1y as of 2022). 

I have degrees, post-graduate, and professional qualifications in the following:

- Law - Bachelor of Laws, Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, Admission as a Lawyer;

- TESOL - I have completed 8 out of 8 units towards the 150-hour qualification. When I receive my official professional certificate from Arizona State University I will update this here;

- Criminology;
- I.T. Security;
- Applied Linguistics;
- Investigative Services;
- Security, Terrorism and Counterterrorism.

I have also completed the following short courses which are relevant to the classes I teach here:

- How Forensic Science should speak to the Court;
- Introduction to Key Constitutional Concepts and Supreme Court Cases (USA);
- An Introduction to American Law (USA);
- English Common Law: Structure and Principles (UK);
- Economic Growth and Distributive Justice;
- Reason and Persuasion: Thinking Through Three Dialogues By Plato;
- Technology and Ethics;
- Sustainable Agricultural Land Management;
- Nutrition, Health, and Lifestyle: Issues and Insights;
- ADHD: Everyday Strategies for Elementary Students;
- The Clinical Psychology of Children and Young People;
- Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing.

Day 1: Find a copyright law case from your own jurisdiction to share with the class in the online classroom or in the next live class.
Day 2: Find a case dealing with designs from your own jurisdiction to share with the class in the online classroom or in the next live class.
Day 3: Find a case dealing with trademarks from your own jurisdiction to share with the class in the online classroom or in the next live class.
Day 4: Find a case dealing with patents from your own jurisdiction to share with the class in the online classroom.
Day 5: Find a case dealing with circuit layouts from your own jurisdiction to share with the class in the online classroom or in the next live class.
Day 6: Find a case dealing with plants from your own jurisdiction to share with the class in the online classroom or in the next live class.

OPTIONAL: 
When submitting your homework assignment (of finding and sharing a case) learners are encouraged to also either write a paragraph summarising their case, or a video of no more than 1 minute speaking about the case and summarising it. This is to ensure that learners who prefer to speak can do this, and learners who prefer to write can do that instead.

45 minutes per week in class, and an estimated 0 - 1 hours per week outside of class.

The relevant legislation and caselaw will be cited, including but not limited to:
- Designs Act 2003 (Australia)
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Registered Designs Act 1949 (UK)
- Industrial Design Act 1985 (Canada)
- Designs Laws and Regulations Report 2022 (China)
- Circuit Layouts Act 1989
- Plant Variety Rights Act 1987 (Australia)
- Plant Varieties Act 1997 (UK)
- Plant Variety Protection Act 1970 (USA)
- Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act 2001 (India)