LLAW6181 & JDOC6181
General Course Information
1.1 Course details
| Course code: | LLAW6181 and JDOC6181 |
| Course name: | Management and Commercialisation of Intellectual Property |
| Programme offered under: | LLM Programme / JD Programme |
| Semester: | First |
| Prerequisites / Co-requisites: | No |
| Credit point value: | 9 credits / 6 credits |
| Cap on student numbers: | 40 |
1.2 Course description
Topics include:
- Technology transfer and licensing
- Commercialization of innovations
- IP portfolio management
- IP due diligence in merger and acquisition
- IP issues in franchising and outsourcing
- IP and competition/antitrust considerations
- Trade secret management and enforcement
- IP and Artificial Intelligence
- Pharmaceutical IP and patent linkage litigation
- IP litigation strategies
1.3 Course teachers
| Name | E-mail address | Office | Consultation | |
| Course convenor | Yahong Li | yali@hku.hk | CCT 407 | By email |
| Course convenor | Haifeng Huang | hfhuang@JonesDay.com | N/A | By email |
| Course convenor | Chiang Ling Li | chiang.ling.li@tiangandpartners.com | N/A | By email |
Learning Outcomes
2.1 Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) for this course
CLO 1 The students will be able to identify and solve the most basic and common IP issues in technology transfer and commercialization.
CLO 2 They should have sound knowledge of relevant laws in various jurisdictions including but not limited to UK, Hong Kong and the mainland China.
CLO 3 They will able to apply the knowledge acquired from the course to their professional practices involving IP commercialization and management.
2.2 LLM and JD Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
Please refer to the following link:
LLM – https://course.law.hku.hk/llm-plo/
JD – https://course.law.hku.hk/jd-plo/
2.3 Programme Learning Outcomes to be achieved in this course
| PLO A | PLO B | PLO C | PLO D | PLO E | PLO F | |
| CLO 1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLO 2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLO 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Assessment(s)
3.1 Assessment Summary
| Assessment task | Due date | Weighting | Feedback method* | Course learning outcomes |
| Take home exam | 18 Dec 2022 | 100% | 1 | 1, 2, 3 |
| *Feedback method (to be determined by course teacher) | |
| 1 | A general course report to be disseminated through Moodle |
| 2 | Individual feedback to be disseminated by email / through Moodle |
| 3 | Individual review meeting upon appointment |
| 4 | Group review meeting |
| 5 | In-class verbal feedback |
3.2 Assessment Detail
To be advised by course convenor(s).
3.3 Grading Criteria
Please refer to the following link: https://www.law.hku.hk/_files/law_programme_grade_descriptors.pdf
Learning Activities
4.1 Learning Activity Plan
| Seminar: | 3 hours / week for 11 teaching weeks |
| Private study time: | 9.5 hours / week for 11 teaching weeks |
Remarks: the normative student study load per credit unit is 25 ± 5 hours (ie. 150 ± 30 hours for a 6-credit course), which includes all learning activities and experiences within and outside of classroom, and any assessment task and examinations and associated preparations.
4.2 Details of Learning Activities
To be advised by course convenor(s).
Learning Resources
5.1 Resources
| Reading materials: | Reading materials are posted on Moodle |
| Core reading list: | TBA |
| Recommended reading list: | TBA |
5.2 Links
Please refer to the following link: http://www.law.hku.hk/course/learning-resources/