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BTC3300
Faculty of Business and Economics
6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL
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| Level | Undergraduate |
| Faculty | Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Organisational Unit | Department of Business Law and Taxation |
| Offered | Clayton First semester 2013 (Day) |
| Coordinator(s) | Mr Mark Bender |
Synopsis
The legal framework which operates in relation to marketing decisions and practice. The impact of common law, legislation and self-regulating codes of practice in the market place. Particular topics include intellectual property rights, product development and promotion, product safety and quality, the regulation of unfair and anti-competitive conduct, franchising and electronic marketing and the law.
Outcomes
The learning goals associated with this unit are to:
- identify and analyse the consumer protection laws and apply those laws to a range of marketing and advertising strategies
- identify and analyse the laws protecting intellectual property and apply those laws to the development and marketing of new products and ideas
- identify, analyse and apply the laws regulating a range of competition practices including pricing and distribution
- develop an ability to research and critically evaluate developments in marketing law.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination: 70%
Chief examiner(s)
Contact hours
3 hours per week
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