Study:	Civil Law - 10. semester
Code:	61270
ECTS:	4.0
Course coordinators:	prof. dr. sc. Igor Gliha prof. dr. sc. Romana Matanovac Vučković

Literature:

Ivan Henneberg; Autorsko pravo; Informator d.d. (2001), str Zakon o autorskom pravu i srodnim pravima; , str Bernska konvencija za zaštitu književnih i umjetničkih djela; , str Međunarodna konvencija za zaštitu umjetnika izvođača, proizvođača fonograma i organizacija za radiodifuziju (Rimska konvencija); , str Ugovor o autorskom pravu Svjetske organizacije za intelektualno vlasništvo (WCT); , str Ugovor o izvedbama i fonogramima Svjetske organizacije za intelektualno vlasništvo (WPPT); , str Sporazum o trgovinskim aspektima prava intelektualnog vlasništva (TRIPS); , str

Optional literature:

Igor Gliha; Copyright in Croatia; Thomson Reuters/West (2010), str. 1-93 Michel M. Walter (ur.); Europaeisches Urheberrecht - Kommentar; Springer (2001), str Copinger and Skone James on Copyright; Sweet and Maxwell (2004), str

Description:

Concept, historical development, place in the legal system, legal nature. Sources of copyright. The influence of the EU law on Croatian copyright law. The subject matter of protection. The author and other copyright owners. The content of copyright. Enforcement of copyright inter vivos and mortis causa. Related rights: the right of artist performers, the right of producers of phonogram, the right of movie producers (producers of videograms), the right of organisations for radio-diffusion, the right of database makers, the right of publishers. Legal protection of copyright and related rights. Individual and collective management of copyright. Content-related and temporal limitations of copyright and related rights. Copyright in the EU (acquis communautaire). Conventional copyright. Unification of copyright. The influence of globalization on copyright order.

Cognitive Skills:

Knowledge and understanding

After successful mastering of the course, students will be able to:

- define and explain intellectual property and copyright,

- define and explain the author, copyright and related rights, content-related and temporal limitations of copyright and related rights, management of copyright and related rights, enforcement of copyright, disposal of copyright and related rights and civil law protection of copyright and related right,

- explain the relation between copyright and the right of ownership,

- explain historical development of copyright.

 

Application

After successful mastering of the course, students will be able to:

- adequately explain regulations that determine copyright and related rights,

- apply legal regulations to concrete life situations,

- select an adequate manner of civil law protection,

- illustrate bodies competent for the enforcement of protection.

 

Analysis

After successful mastering of the course, students will be able to:

- analyse legal sources and rules that regulate copyright and related rights,

- distinguish copyright by categories,

- compare tasks of management of copyright and related rights,

- connect the subject-matter of copyright and related rights with the courses. Civil law, general part and law of obligations; Civil law II: law of property and law of inheritance, and Civil law - contractual obligations.

 

Synthesis

After successful mastering of the course, students will be able to:

- draw individual contracts on management of copyright and related rights,

- propose a solution for a concrete case.

 

Evaluation

After successful mastering of the course, students will be able to:

- recommend an aptimal manner of the enforcement of copyright and related rights,

- conclude which are legal consequences of entering into individual types of contracts,

- assess and evaluate justifiability of individual institutes of copyright.

 

 

 

 

Practical and Generic Skills:

After successful mastering of the course, students will be able to:

- find relevant legal sources,

- research court practice,

- express their own attitudes towards the application of legal rules to concrete cases,

- draw a contract.

Matching Assessments to Learning Outcomes:

Learning outcomes are assessed through an oral examination. The examination consists of an interview with the student within which learning outcomes connected with knowledge and understanding, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation are tested. E-learning system Merlin for the distribution of teaching materials is used in the teaching.

Consultations schedule:

• prof. dr. sc. Igor Gliha:

  Tuesday 16:00 - 17:30

  Location: Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, room 31/II
• prof. dr. sc. Romana Matanovac Vučković:

  Tuesday, 16:00 - 17:30

  Location: Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, room 32/II