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There are MANY examples of children in the age range that this class is aimed at inventing or producing works that are worthy of Intellectual Property Law protection. Find out how to protect your legal interests in your creativity and ingenuity before you amaze the world with your talents. 

Likewise, find out what the legal limitations are on referring to or modifying the works and inventions of others, so that you do not get yourself in legal trouble by accident. Good people make innocent mistakes all the time and find themselves in legal trouble due to ignorance of the law. After this multi-day class, you will not be one of them!

I will screen share slides from Google Slides, and samples of music to demonstrate copyright infringement when applicable.

Day 1: 
COPYRIGHT:
- Musical & Literary Copyright - Find out how even famous artists have committed copyright infringement without intending to! We are subconsciously influenced by the media we absorb in a world with ever-increasing access to media that we have to be careful not to copy the work of someone else who already has a claim to it. We will explore the difference between an original artistic expression of an existing work versus an infringement upon said piece. Duration and piracy are also factors that will be discussed.

Just a few bars from each of the following 8 songs will be played as audio files only in order to demonstrate the cases and copyright law we are discussing, therefore parents/guardians should listen to them first to determine that they are happy with these audio files:

“Ring My Bell” by Anita Ward (chorus)
“Ring My Bell” by Collette (chorus)
“Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gumtree” (less than a dozen bars)
“Down Under” by Men At Work (less than a dozen bars)
“Bittersweet Symphony” by The Verve (approximately 26 bars)
“The Last Time” by The Rolling Stones (approximately 26 bars)
“Constant Craving” by K.D. Lang (chorus)
“Anybody Seen My Baby?” by The Rolling Stones (chorus)

- Employees, Journalists, Academics and Copyright - When is your work legally yours? How can we refer to or use part of someone else’s work to complete our own without infringing upon it? Who owns photographs?

- Craftsmanship - Find out what the differences between these are, when they are covered by copyright law, or when a claim to a design or patent is necessary in order to protect your interests:
    -Building;
    -Drawing;
    -Engraving;
    -Painting;
    -Sculpture.

We will also discuss the intellectual property issue of confidential information as it pertains to the topics covered in this class.

Day 2:
DESIGNS:
Find out when you require a registered design to protect your Intellectual Property and how this relates to Copyright Law.
We will also discuss the intellectual property issue of confidential information as it pertains to the topics covered in this class.

Day 3:
TRADEMARKS:
Find out when you need one and how to get one, and when similar TM can qualify as infringement.
We will also discuss the intellectual property issue of confidential information as it pertains to the topics covered in this class.

Day 4: 
PATENTS:
Find out what a patent is, when you need one, and how to get one.
We will also discuss the intellectual property issue of confidential information as it pertains to the topics covered in this class.

Day 5:
CIRCUIT LAYOUTS:
Circuit layouts can be found in most electronic devices, including common items, such as pacemakers and personal computers. Circuit layout rights protect the designs of integrated circuits and computer chips, just as copyright law protects original works. Legal protection can also extend to the finished product.
We will also discuss the intellectual property issue of confidential information as it pertains to the topics covered in this class.

Day 6:
PLANTS:
If you are interested in a career in breeding plants and protecting heritage seeds, or if it is just a hobby or an interest, then this is the class for you! 

If you are interested in food security and finding out who owns the seeds that grows the food for most of the world, then this is also the class for you.

Plant law is a really interesting niche of the legal profession, and it is likely to become a bigger issue in intellectual property law as the legal monopolisation of plant varieties increases.

"Plant variety" is a legal term, following the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) Convention. Recognition of a cultivated plant (a cultivar) as a "variety" in this particular sense provides its breeder with some legal protection, so-called plant breeders' rights, depending to some extent on the internal legislation of the UPOV signatory countries.

We will also discuss the intellectual property issue of confidential information as it pertains to each of the topics covered in this class.