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Course: 2025/2026

Advertising Law and Intellectual Property Law
(17119)
Master in Advertising Communication (Plan: 359 - Estudio: 326)
EPH


Coordinating teacher: RUIZ MUÑOZ, MIGUEL

Department assigned to the subject: Private Law Department

Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 3.0 ECTS

Course:
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Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)
None
Objectives
1. To convey knowledge of the legal regulations governing advertising activity, both those originating from the European Union and those at the national level. To provide an understanding of consumer and user protection laws, as well as market competition regulations. 2. To give students the ability to analyze advertising activity as an endeavor aimed at promoting the purchase of goods and services in the market, distinguishing it from other related forms such as political or institutional advertising. 3. To acquire knowledge of the legal framework governing the parties involved in advertising activity, as well as of the advertising contracts used to carry out such activity. 4. To address the different cases of unlawful advertising and the legal actions that may be taken against it, including criminal proceedings in significant cases of misleading advertising. 5. To impart knowledge of self-regulatory advertising techniques as an alternative method for resolving disputes in the advertising field, in consideration of the ethical and socio-cultural consequences of advertising activity.
Learning Outcomes
Description of contents: programme
I-Copyright and advertising creation. II-Law of unfair competition: Advertising Law. III-Industrial design law: utilitarian and aesthetic creations IV-Trademark Law: Creations of corporate distinctive signs V-Intellectual creations on the internet: use and abuse
Learning activities and methodology
LEARNING ACTIVITIES Theoretical class Theoretical-practical class Group work Individual student work Exams and assessment tests TEACHING METHODOLOGY Lectures delivered by the professor with the support of digital and audiovisual media, in which the main concepts of the subject are developed and bibliographic references are provided to complement students learning. Critical reading of texts and viewing of audiovisual materials recommended by the course instructor, such as press articles, videos, advertising campaigns, reports, manuals, and/or academic papers, either for later discussion in class or to broaden and consolidate knowledge of the subject. Resolution of practical cases proposed by the professor on communication and advertising, carried out individually or in groups. Class presentations and discussions, moderated by the professor, on topics related to the content of the subject as well as on practical case studies. Preparation of assignments and reports, either individually or in groups.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination/test 50
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 50




Basic Bibliography
  • ADI: Marcial Pons/. Actas de Derecho Industrial y Derecho de autor, . Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. -
  • Candelario Macías, I.,. La creatividad e innovación empresarial: la tutela del diseño industrial en el mercado interior.. Bilbao: Eurobask, . 2007
  • De Miguel Asensio, P.A.,. Régimen jurídico de la publicidad transfronteriza, . Iustel, Madrid, . 2005
  • De Miguel Asensio, PA, . Derecho privado de Internet, . 3ª ed., Civitas: Cizur Menor, . 2012
  • De la Cuesta Rute, J.M.,. Curso de Derecho de la Publicidad,. EUNSA, Pamplona,. 2002
  • Fernández-Novoa, C., . Tratado de derecho de marcas,. 2ª ed., Marcial Pons: Madrid, . 2004
  • Fernández-Novoa/Otero Lastres/Botana Agra,. Manual de la propiedad industrial, 2ª ed., . Marcial Pons: Madrid,. 2014
  • García Vidal, A. (Coord.), . El diseño comunitario. Estudios sobre el Reglamento (CE) núm. 6/2002.. Cizur Menor: Thomson Reuters/Aranzadi, . 2012
  • García Vidal, A., . Derecho de marcas en Internet, . Tirant lo blanch: . 2008
  • Lara González, R., . La denigración en el derecho de la competencia desleal, . Cizur Menor, Aranzadi,. 2007
  • Larriba Hinojar, B., . La tutela penal del diseño industrial,. Tiant lo Blanch: Valencia, . 2006
  • Lastiri Santiago, M., . La comercialización del nombre de dominio, . Marcial Pons: Madrid,. 2013
  • Lema Devesa, C., . Problemas jurídicos de la publicidad,. Marcial Pons, Madrid. 2007
  • Lence Reija, C., . La protección del diseño en el Derecho español,. Marcial Pons: Madrid, . 2004
  • Lobato García, M., . Comentario a la Ley 17/2001, de Marcas, . Civitas: Madrid, . 2002.
  • Otero Lastres, JM, . El diseño industrial según la Ley de 7 de julio de 2003, Tratado de Derecho Mercantil dir. Olivencia, Fernández-Novoa, Jiménez de Parga), T. 19, v. 2º,. Marcial Pons: Madrid, . 2003.
  • Pe.i.: . Revista de propiedad intelectual. -. -
  • Pérez de la Cruz, A., . Derecho de la propiedad industrial, intelectualy de la competencia, . Marcial Pons: Madrid, . 2008
  • Ramos Herranz, I.,. La publicidad en el sector audiovisual, . Thomson Reuters/Aranzadi, Cizur Menor,. 2015
  • Ramos Herranz, I., . Marcas versus nombres de dominio, . Iustel: Madrid, . 2004
  • Ruiz Muñoz, M. (Direc.). Derecho de la propiedad intelectual. Derecho de autor y propiedad industrial. Tirant lo Blanch. 2017
  • Ruiz Muñoz, M., . ¿Derecho de la publicidad y globalización: publicidad transfronteriza, libertad de expresión y derechos aplicables¿, . Revista de Derecho Mercantil, 263, p. 115-165.. 2007
  • Ruiz Muñoz, M., . ¿Diseño industrial y derecho de autor en Europa (La acumulación en algunos Derechos nacionales armonizados)¿, Actas de derecho industrial y derecho de autor, T. 27 (2006-2007), 2007, p. 381-424.. -. 2007
  • Ruiz Muñoz, M., . ¿Sobre propiedad industrial y exclusión de la responsabilidad de los intermediarios en Internet: enlaces y buscadores (A propósito del conflicto judicial francés Louis Vuitton Malletier v. Google)¿. Revista de la Contratación Electrónica, 99, 2008, p. 61 ss.. 2008
  • Saiz García, C., . ¿La obras audiovisuales de carácter publicitario y derecho de autor, Actas de Derecho Industrial y derecho de autor, T. 19, 1998, p. 245 ss.. -. -
  • Santaella López, M., . Derecho de la publicidad, . Madrid,. 2003
  • Stalman, A., Brandoffon.. El branding del futuro,. Gestión 2000: Barcelona, . 2014
  • Tato Plaza, A., . La publicidad comparativa,. Marcial Pons, Madrid, . 1996.
  • VVAA, dir. Bercovitz/García Cruces,. Comentarios a la Ley de marcas,. 2ª ed., Aranzadi: Cizur Menor,. 2010
  • VVAA, Coord. Lázaro Sánchez, . Los contratos publicitarios, . Civitas, Cizur Menor,. 2011
  • VVAA, coord. R. Bercovitz, . Manual de propiedad intelectual, . 6ª ed., Valencia: Tirant lo blanch, . 2015
  • VVAA, coords., M.A. Encabo/R. Rolli, . Publicidad y derechos de autor en algunos países de Europa,. Ariccia: Aracne, . 2015
  • VVAA, dir. García-Cruces, . Tratado de derecho de la competencia y de la publicidad,. Tirant lo blanch, Valencia. 2014
  • Vivas Tesón, I. . ¿La tutela del diseño industrial por el derecho de autor¿,30,. Revista Aranzadi de Derecho patrimonial, 2013, p. 407 ss.. 2013
Additional Bibliography
  • Mühlendahl/Botis/Maniatis/Wiseman. Trade mark law in europe. Oxford University Press. 2016
  • Ruiz Muñoz, M. (Direc.). Derecho de la propiedad intelectual. Derecho de autor y propiedad industrial. Tirant lo blanch. 2017
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