Intellectual Property Rights in Biotechnology

Department

Master's Program Biotechnology

Course unit code

BT_MA16_3_15

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1.0

Name of lecturer(s)

Dr. Friedrich Rainer

Mode of delivery

face-to-face

Recommended optional program components

none

Recommended or required reading

Bygrave, W. D., Zacharakis A.: Entrepreneurship, Hoboken, 2007
Foster, N.: Austrian Legal System and Laws, Routledge-Cavendish, 2003.
Heller, K.: Austrian Business Law, Springer, 1984
databases: NCBI, Science Direct, esp@cenet

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam

Level of course unit

Master

Year of study

Fall 2025

Semester when the course unit is delivered

3

Language of instruction

English

Learning outcomes of the course unit

This course teaches students the legal conditions of biotechnological processes and plant operation. Students are familiarized with the most essential norms of relevant laws:

• Business law
• Basic principles of corporate law
• Basic principles of income tax law (income tax and corporate tax acts)
• Basic principles of value-added tax law

Graduates of this course know the basic principles and biotechnologically relevant characteristics of property rights.

Course contents

• Commercial property rights
• Property rights in the biotechnology industry
• Patents, registered designs, and trademarks
• Employee inventions

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

seminar

Work placement(s)

none