27360 - Commercial and Industrial Law

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be expected to understand and be familiar with the following main subjects: Business Enterprises and Firms, Partnerships, Joint Stock Companies, Cooperative Societies, "Consortiums". They will also be expected to interpret the most important novelties regarding the reform of Companies.

Course contents

COMMERCIAL LAW - Module 1 (60 hours) - Professor Gian Vito Califano (mail: gianvito.califano@unibo.it ; tel. 051 4211573) 
- The Business Enterprise and The Entrepreneur: Basic Information.
- Different Types and Forms of Business Enterprise.
- The Entrepreneur's Employees.
- The Firm: Characteristics.
- The Sale, Transfer or Lease of a Business or a Division of a Business.
- Commercial Contracts.
- Companies: General Concepts, Company Contract, Basic Information.
- Partnerships.
- Joint Stock Companies.
- Winding-up, Transformations, Mergers and Acquisitions, Spin-offs.
. Groups of Companies.
- Cooperative Societies.
- Characteristics of Documents of Title.
- The Bill of Exchange, the Cheque, the Banker's Draft and  Other Documents of Title.
INDUSTRIAL LAW - Module 2 (30 hours) Professor Marco Bonora
Introduction to the course: - Industrial Law: Subject Matter Difficult to Define. - Industrial Law and International Conventions (& Treaties). - Institutions of Industrial Law and Contractual Relationships. - Immaterial Goods.
PART 1: Management of Distinctive Marks (in particular, Business, Business Name and Trade Mark) and of Technology (Patents and Know-hows).
PART 2: Management of Cooperation Agreements (Joint Ventures and "Consortiums").
PART 3: Unfair Competition: Forgery and Deceptive Advertising.
PART 4: Competition Rules and Anti-trust,

Readings/Bibliography

COMMERCIAL LAW
L. F. PAOLUCCI, Manuale di diritto commerciale, CEDAM, Padova, last edition on sale
or: 
G. F. CAMPOBASSO, Manuale di diritto commerciale, UTET, Torino, last edition on sale
INDUSTRIAL LAW
TEXTBOOKS:
AA.VV., Diritto Industriale, Proprietà intellettuale e concorrenza, Giappichelli, Torino, last edition.
A. VANZETTI - V. DI CATALDO, Manuale di diritto industriale, Giuffrè, Milano, last edition (except the part "Il diritto d'autore").
COMMENTARY:
AA.VV., Codice della proprietà Industriale spiegato Articolo per Articolo, Esselibri - Simone, Napoli, last edition.
N.B.: The subject matters requiring an in-depth study will be signalled during the lectures.

Assessment methods

The examination will be an oral test. Students shall give proof of sufficiently knowing each part of the programme.
Attending students may moreover prepare a paper on an argument of their choice and interest. Such paper shall be agreed upon between students and professor during the course.

Teaching tools

Supplementary materials, which may help students in their preparation, will be made available during the course.
The study of textbooks is to be completed by consulting the law books mentioned in the textbooks, although many of the laws cited therein have been repealed or replaced by law (D. lgs.) 30/2005 (Legislation on Industrial Property).

Office hours

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See the website of Gian Vito Califano