International Business Law - Interaktive Studienpläne der TU Ilmenau

No specific requirements  

Students have acquired a fundamental knowledge of the global and EU legal framework in which businesses and economics enterprises operate today. In addition, they are familiar with core questions that relate to fair trade, competition rules, intellectual property and ethical/sustainability standards.

The students have a broad understanding of the functioning and logic of the law. Students have acquired a basic legal methodology and can understand how this interacts with economic principles and practices.

Students are able to analyse and evaluate pressing current questions independently, ranging from monetary and competition policy to intellectual property and ethical debates related to data and sustainability. They can implement their knowledge autonomously to express their own thoughts and concerns in a manner that is sensitive to and informed by the facts and the legal framework.

I. WTO-Law and international trade treaties (GATT; TRIPS): understand the international economic order

(2 weeks)

II. The European Union and the internal market  

• Institutions of the EU
• The fundamental freedoms and the internal market
• EU monetary policy
• EU Digital Single Market
  
  (6 weeks)
  

• Written essay -
  
   III. International and EU Competition law

• Fundamental rules and important cases
• Mini-moot court
  
  (4 weeks)
  
   IV. International intellectual property law: copyright, trademarks and patents, data
  
  (2 weeks)
  
  V. Exam prep 
  

Lecture (Vorlesung), PowerPoint-Präsentation, In-class and online exercises, zur Vor- und Nachbereitung, research, academic writing, presentations (ie moot court engagement)

• Narlikar, A Very Short Introduction to the World Trade Organisation, OUP 
• Van Bossche/ Prévost, Essentials of the WTO, CUP, 2nd ed. 2021.

• Arnauld, A Very Short Introduction to EU Law, OUP
• Chalmers/Monti/Davies, European Union Law, 4th ed, 2019

• Ezrachi, A Very Short Introduction Antitrust and Competition law, OUP
• Several OECD Resources
• Whish/Bailey, EU Competition Law, 10th ed, 2021 

• Vaidhyanathan, A Very Short Introduction to IP, OUP
• Several IPO Resources

Aplin/Davies, Intellectual Property Law, 4th ed. OUP

Written examination on theorectical concepts and questions and short case study.  

Written examination on theorectical concepts and questions and short case study.