Course Syllabus

Course Information：

Year-Semester Course Number Course Name Phase Credits Hours Required/Elective Instructor Class Student NO. Withdraw Note

Fall Semester
Year 2025 351996 Economic Analyses of Intellectual Property Rights 1 3.0 3 ★ CHEN,KUANG-CHENG GIP 7 0 　

Year-Semester	Course Number	Course Name	Phase	Credits	Hours	Required/Elective	Instructor	Class	Student NO.	Withdraw	Note
Fall Semester Year 2025	351996	Economic Analyses of Intellectual Property Rights	1	3.0	3	★	CHEN,KUANG-CHENG	GIP	7	0

Course Plan：

Instructor CHEN,KUANG-CHENG　Office Hours

Email kchen34@gmail.com

Last Updated 2025-05-23 23:43:22

Course Objective This online 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 (114/9/8~114/9/13) The Mid-Autumn Festival Week 2 (114/9/15~114/9/20) Importance of Law & Economics and Fundamental Theories of Law & Economics; Why do Lawyers Train for Law & Economics? Week 3 (114/9/22~114/9/27) Microeconomics; Introductions of Economic Theories for Property Law and Coase Theory Week 4 (114/9/29~114/10/4) Which One is Efficiency?──Properties are Publicly or Privately Owned Week 5 (114/10/6~114/10/11) Introduction of the Bargaining Theory Week 6 (114/10/13~114/10/18) Introduction of Economic Theories for Contract Law Week 7 (114/10/20~114/10/25) Traditional Theories of the Tort’s Liabilities Week 8 (114/10/27~114/11/1) Economic Theories of the Tort’s Liabilities Week 9 (114/11/3~114/11/8) Economic Analyses of Copyright (I) Week 10 (114/11/10~114/11/15) Economic Analyses of Copyright (II) Week 11 (114/11/17~114/11/22) Economic Analyses of Patent (I) Week 12 (114/11/24~114/11/29) Economic Analyses of Patent (II) Week 13 (114/12/1~114/12/6) Economic Analyses of Trademark (I) Week 14 (114/12/8~114/12/13) Economic Analyses of Trademark (II) Week 15 (114/12/15~114/12/20) Economic Analyses of Trade Secrets Week 16 (114/12/22~114/12/27) Conclusions Week 17 (114/12/29~115/1/3) Final Project Report (I) Week 18 (115/1/5~115/1/10) Final Project Report (II)

Evaluation and grading policy 1. Final Project Report in Chinese or English (Online) 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: 114-1 智慧財產權經濟分析

The course corresponds to the SDGs SDG4：優質教育（Quality Education）
SDG10：減少不平等（Reduced Inequalities）
SDG16：和平正義與有力的制度（Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions）

Does the course incorporate AI AI2：鼓勵學生使用生成式AI工具（Encourage students to use generative AI tools）
AI4：簡單介紹AI的基本概念（Briefly introduce the basic concept of AI）

Note
Taiwan SDGs Goal: Quality Education

Instructor	CHEN,KUANG-CHENG　Office Hours
Email	kchen34@gmail.com
Last Updated	2025-05-23 23:43:22
Course Objective	This online 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 (114/9/8~114/9/13) The Mid-Autumn Festival Week 2 (114/9/15~114/9/20) Importance of Law & Economics and Fundamental Theories of Law & Economics; Why do Lawyers Train for Law & Economics? Week 3 (114/9/22~114/9/27) Microeconomics; Introductions of Economic Theories for Property Law and Coase Theory Week 4 (114/9/29~114/10/4) Which One is Efficiency?──Properties are Publicly or Privately Owned Week 5 (114/10/6~114/10/11) Introduction of the Bargaining Theory Week 6 (114/10/13~114/10/18) Introduction of Economic Theories for Contract Law Week 7 (114/10/20~114/10/25) Traditional Theories of the Tort’s Liabilities Week 8 (114/10/27~114/11/1) Economic Theories of the Tort’s Liabilities Week 9 (114/11/3~114/11/8) Economic Analyses of Copyright (I) Week 10 (114/11/10~114/11/15) Economic Analyses of Copyright (II) Week 11 (114/11/17~114/11/22) Economic Analyses of Patent (I) Week 12 (114/11/24~114/11/29) Economic Analyses of Patent (II) Week 13 (114/12/1~114/12/6) Economic Analyses of Trademark (I) Week 14 (114/12/8~114/12/13) Economic Analyses of Trademark (II) Week 15 (114/12/15~114/12/20) Economic Analyses of Trade Secrets Week 16 (114/12/22~114/12/27) Conclusions Week 17 (114/12/29~115/1/3) Final Project Report (I) Week 18 (115/1/5~115/1/10) Final Project Report (II)
Evaluation and grading policy	1. Final Project Report in Chinese or English (Online) 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: 114-1 智慧財產權經濟分析
The course corresponds to the SDGs	SDG4：優質教育（Quality Education） SDG10：減少不平等（Reduced Inequalities） SDG16：和平正義與有力的制度（Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions）
Does the course incorporate AI	AI2：鼓勵學生使用生成式AI工具（Encourage students to use generative AI tools） AI4：簡單介紹AI的基本概念（Briefly introduce the basic concept of AI）
Note	Taiwan SDGs Goal: Quality Education