Course Syllabus

Course Information：

Year-Semester	Course Number	Course Name	Phase	Credits	Hours	Required/Elective	Instructor	Class	Student NO.	Withdraw	Note
Spring Semester Year 2024	329313	Economic Analyses of Intellectual Property Rights	1	3.0	3	★	CHEN,KUANG-CHENG	GIP	2	0	英語授課

Course Plan：

Instructor	CHEN,KUANG-CHENG　Office Hours
Email	kchen34@gmail.com
Last Updated	2024-05-17 10:09:41
Course Objective	本課程將介紹經濟分析的理論與研究方法，除了探討近年來為何經濟分析的研究方法如此受到重視外，還會討論到該如何從經濟之角度，來分析各類型之智慧財產權。而課程之內容則從基礎之經濟學理論開始談起，更以經濟分析之研究方法，來具體檢視各領域之智慧財產權，包括：著作權、專利權、商標權、營業秘密，藉以達到理論與實際並重之教學目的。事實上，本課程之進行，30%以英文講授、70%以中文講授，而且課堂教材以中文為主。 This course will introduce theories of economic analyses and research methods. Not only does this course introduce why economic analyses are important in recent years, but also does how economic analyze all types of intellectual property rights. Contents of this course are started to discuss basic economic theories and research methods of economic analyses to further examine all fields of intellectual property rights, including copyright, patent, trademark, and trade secrets. Thus, these will achieve teaching purposes for balancing theories and practices. Students who do not have economic backgrounds are welcome to enroll this class. In fact, the class lectures will be in English 30% and in Chinese 70%, and the class materials are in Chinese.
Course Schedule	Week 1 (2024/2/19~2024/2/24) Importance of Law & Economics and Fundamental Theories of Law & Economics Week 2 (2024/2/26~2024/3/2) Why do Lawyers Train for Law & Economics? Week 3 (2024/3/4~2024/3/9) Microeconomics; Introductions of Economic Theories for Property Law and Coase Theory Week 4 (2024/3/11~2024/3/16) Which One is Efficiency?──Properties are Publicly or Privately Owned Week 5 (2024/3/18~2024/3/23) Introduction of the Bargaining Theory Week 6 (2024/3/25~2024/3/30) Introduction of Economic Theories for Contract Law Week 7 (2024/4/1~2024/4/6) Traditional Theories of the Tort’s Liabilities Week 8 (2024/4/8~2024/4/13) Economic Theories of the Tort’s Liabilities Week 9 (2024/4/15~2024/4/20) Economic Analyses of Copyright (I) Week 10 (2024/4/22~2024/4/27) Economic Analyses of Copyright (II) Week 11 (2024/4/29~2024/5/4) Economic Analyses of Patent (I) Week 12 (2024/5/6~2024/5/11) Economic Analyses of Patent (II) Week 13 (2024/5/13~2024/5/18) Economic Analyses of Trademark (I) Week 14 (2024/5/20~2024/5/25) Economic Analyses of Trademark (II); Economic Analyses of Trade Secrets Week 15 (2024/5/27~2024/6/1) Final Week/A Week's Classes Suspension Week 16 (2024/6/3~2024/6/8) Final Project Report Week 17 (2024/6/10~2024/6/15) Summer Vocation Week 18 (2024/6/17~2024/6/22) Summer Vocation
Evaluation and grading policy	1. Final Project Report in Chinese or English 80% 2. Class Attendance 10% 3. Class Participation and Performance 10%
Materials	All right reserved. Do not reproduce without permission. Foreign-language textbooks:No 1. Cooter, Robert & Ulen, Thomas, Law & Economics (Wen, Li-Chi & Gu, Mu-Yau trans., Hwa Tai Publishing Co. 6th ed. 2014). 2. Cooter, Robert & Ulen, Thomas, Law & Economics (Pearson Education, Inc., 2008). 3. Friedman, David D., Law’s Order: What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It Matters (Yeh, Chia-Hsing & Hsu, Yuan-Feng trans., Prophet Press 2002). 4. Landes, William & Posner, Richard, The Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law (Harvard University Press, 2003). 5. Law & Economics (Hsieh, Che-Sheng ed., 2007). 6. Posner, Richard, Economic Analysis of Law (Aspen Publishers, 2007).
The access to curricular consultation	1.E-mail of the Lecturer: kcschen@mail.ntut.edu.tw. 2.Line Group Link: 112-2 智慧財產權經濟分析
The course corresponds to the SDGs
Note	※Level 1 & 2 Epidemic Alert: Classes in Person. ※Level 3 or Above Epidemic Alert: Distance Learning. ●Teaching Method: Distance Learning through Microsoft Teams. ●Grades: 1. Final Project Report in Chinese or English (Online) 80% 2. Class Attendance 10% 3. Class Participation and Performance 10%