David I. Bainbridge is Emeritus Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Aston University and an honorary member of Hardwicke Building, Lincoln’s Inn. He is a member of the British Computer Society and the Intellectual Property Bar Association and also has an extensive background in Engineering and Information Technology. Claire Howell is Senior Lecturer in Law at Aston Unversity. She has teaching experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate level of Company Law; Sale of Goods and Agency, Contract law, Employment Law and Intellectual Property Law.

• 1. Introduction and Nature of IP.  2. Copyright.  3. Confidentiality.  4. Patents.  5. Registered and Unregistered Design.  6. Business goodwill and reputation.  7. Exploitation of IP.  8. Intellectual property Audit [Housekeeping].  9. IP and employees.  10. What if IP rights are infringed?  11. Competition law and Intellectual property

David I. Bainbridge is Emeritus Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Aston University and an honorary member of Hardwicke Building, Lincoln’s Inn. He is a member of the British Computer Society and the Intellectual Property Bar Association and also has an extensive background in Engineering and Information Technology. Claire Howell is Senior Lecturer in Law at Aston Unversity. She has teaching experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate level of Company Law; Sale of Goods and Agency, Contract law, Employment Law and Intellectual Property Law.

• 1. Introduction and Nature of IP.  2. Copyright.  3. Confidentiality.  4. Patents.  5. Registered and Unregistered Design.  6. Business goodwill and reputation.  7. Exploitation of IP.  8. Intellectual property Audit [Housekeeping].  9. IP and employees.  10. What if IP rights are infringed?  11. Competition law and Intellectual property

David I. Bainbridge is Emeritus Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Aston University and an honorary member of Hardwicke Building, Lincoln’s Inn. He is a member of the British Computer Society and the Intellectual Property Bar Association and also has an extensive background in Engineering and Information Technology. Claire Howell is Senior Lecturer in Law at Aston Unversity. She has teaching experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate level of Company Law; Sale of Goods and Agency, Contract law, Employment Law and Intellectual Property Law.

• 1. Introduction and Nature of IP.  2. Copyright.  3. Confidentiality.  4. Patents.  5. Registered and Unregistered Design.  6. Business goodwill and reputation.  7. Exploitation of IP.  8. Intellectual property Audit [Housekeeping].  9. IP and employees.  10. What if IP rights are infringed?  11. Competition law and Intellectual property