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ÖZH 516 - Legal Responsibility for Copyright Infringements

Graduate Education Institute · Private Law · Master

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Arş. Gör. Fatih ÖLMEZ

Course Objective

First, the nature and scope of rights to be defined in the fields of legal regulation, personification, bringing, science and literature, music, fine arts and cinema will be covered. Subsequently, in the event of a infringement of the third person by such rights, which are referred to as "copyrights", the subjects that are subject to certain private law sanctions due to these actions and requests of the perpetrator will be weighed together with the sample court decisions.

Course Content

First, the nature and scope of rights to be defined in the fields of legal regulation, personification, bringing, science and literature, music, fine arts and cinema will be covered. Subsequently, in the event of a infringement of the third person by such rights, which are referred to as "copyrights", the subjects that are subject to certain private law sanctions due to these actions and requests of the perpetrator will be weighed together with the sample court decisions.

Required Resources

Fırat Öztan, Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Hukuku

Recommended Resources

Hamdi Yasaman, Fikri ve Sınai Mülkiyet Hukuku

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. If the rights of the owner are abused, he / she will have an idea about which legal possibilities will be applied.
  2. According to the ıntellectual property rights, the work knows what it means.
  3. They have information about the types of works in the Copyright Law.
  4. The student has the idea of what the rights of the owner are.

Core Area Distribution

(38) Law%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussion

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16348
Out of Class Study Period167112
Midterm111
Quiz000
Assignment13030
Practice000
Final122

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Introduction to the law of intellectual property rightsReading related part of book
2Concept of works according to law of intellectual property rightsReading related part of book
3Requirements for accepting an idea product as workReading related part of book
4Works according to Copyright Act.Reading related part of book
5Generally ownership of worksReading related part of book
6Moral rightsReading related part of book
7Economic rightsReading related part of book
8Ara SınavAra Sınav
9The limits of the rights of the owner.Reading related part of book
10Opportunities to be taken in case of infringe of the rights of the owner.Reading related part of book
11Generally civil lawsuitsReading related part of book
12Action of trespassReading related part of book
13Action for prevention of infringementReading related part of book
14Suits for damagesReading related part of book
15Prevention of infringement of intellectual propertyReading related part of book
16Final SınavıFinal Sınavı