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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Engineering Sciences and Design
Instructor(s)
Tanaka Yoshitoshi 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Intensive ()  
Group
-
Course number
ESD.H408
Credits
2
Academic year
2017
Offered quarter
3Q
Syllabus updated
2017/9/25
Lecture notes updated
2017/11/29
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

Business law is a practical learning area involving many legal fields from enterprise establishment to growth expansion, IPO, Closing. Especially in recent years, the legal system and practice in competitive fields such as venture creation, financing, M & A, intellectual property, overseas expansion, etc. are gaining attention as an important area. In this semester, we will concentrate on intellectual property law and its management area. The lecture time was from 4:50 pm to 8 pm, so temporaly students were set up for easy time to participate. Furthermore, in order to advance the lecture by 2 units each time in the following schedule, we made it possible to attend in a short period of time.
I would like to think together with you about the meaning and practical use of incorporating the use of intellectual property in strengthening the competitiveness of companies that start their own businesses.

Student learning outcomes

Deepen understanding of intellectual property related laws and intellectual property management deeply related to strengthening the competitiveness of companies. When the student who took this lecture actually starts up, the goal is to be able to take effective action with knowledge on intellectual property law.

Keywords

Business law, Contract, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Law

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Business law is a practical learning area involving many legal fields from enterprise establishment to growth expansion, IPO, Closing. Especially in recent years, the legal system and practice in competitive fields such as venture creation, financing, M & A, intellectual property, overseas expansion, etc. are gaining attention as an important area. In this semester, we will concentrate on intellectual property law and its management area. The lecture time was from 4:50 pm to 8 pm, so temporaly students were set up for easy time to participate. Furthermore, in order to advance the lecture by 2 units each time in the following schedule, we made it possible to attend in a short period of time.
I would like to think together with you about the meaning and practical use of incorporating the use of intellectual property in strengthening the competitiveness of companies that start their own businesses.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Business and Law - Introduction Business and Law - Introduction
Class 2 Bird's view understandings on intellectual property protection system Bird's view understandings on intellectual property protection system
Class 3 Patent system landscape Patent system landscape
Class 4 Current status and future subjects surroundings intellectual property policy and administration Current status and future subjects surroundings intellectual property policy and administration
Class 5 Current status and future subjects on university-industry collaboration Current status and future subjects on university-industry collaboration
Class 6 Branding strategy for the growth of business Branding strategy for the growth of business
Class 7 Intellectual property management at university Intellectual property management at university
Class 8 Utilization of intellectual property retrieval system Utilization of intellectual property retrieval system
Class 9 Design strategy for the growth of business Design strategy for the growth of business
Class 10 Intellectual property information analysis, and its examples Intellectual property information analysis, and its examples
Class 11 Intellectual property strategy formulation process Intellectual property strategy formulation process
Class 12 Intellectual property management at ARMED Intellectual property management at ARMED
Class 13 Exercise of Intellectual property strategy formulation Exercise of Intellectual property strategy formulation
Class 14 Intellectual property management at NEC Intellectual property management at NEC
Class 15 Global business and related legal amendment Global business and related legal amendment

Textbook(s)

Lecture materials listed on OCWi

Reference books, course materials, etc.

(Example)
Nobuo Nkamura, Munehisa Wada, "Business Law (Second edition)", Chuo-Keizaisha
Hiroyuki Tanaka, "Business Law-Intellectual Property Law", LexisNexis
IP Trading Japan Co., Ltd., World Human Resources Co., Ltd., Intellectual Property Management Practice Handbook, Chuo-Keizaisha

Assessment criteria and methods

Report(70%), Contributions on group discussions(30%)

Related courses

  • ESD.H402 ： Social Entrepreneurship
  • ESD.H403 ： Sales Strategy and Organization
  • ESD.H405 ： Product Design and Development
  • ESD.H406 ： Marketing Science
  • ESD.H407 ： Leadership
  • ESD.H404 ： Finance
  • IEE.C532 ： Management of Technology and Intellectual Property

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Although there are no special requirements for taking courses, it is desirable that you study your basic books on intellectual property on your own.

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