BSDES3192 Legal Issues for Designer
"This course provides an opportunity to consider the various ways designers can obtain legal rights in their aesthetic design work and conversely how such designers might risk infringing against the legal rights in the work of others. It is designed to raise awareness of intellectual property issues in various fields of aesthetic design. It will permit those who successfully complete the course to identify those issues, be better placed to retain economic value from unique design and assess the legal risk from infringing activity. Beginning with an overview of the commercial law and regulatory terrain that a design-dependant firm operates within, the course explores four types of intellectual property likely to be relevant to such a firm: (i) confidential information; (ii) copyright; (iii) design registration; (iv) trade marks. In this there will be a detailed study of the complex relationship between copyright and design registration and an examination of the scope for international protection in each of the four areas."
Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) unit fee
A Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) is one that is subsidised by the Australian Government, which means students only pay the student contribution amount of the tuition fee. CSPs are only available to eligible domestic students.
The student contribution amount depends on the unit and how much funding the Government provides. Each unit is classified into a band based on its discipline (which may be different to your overall course discipline).
2025 student contribution amount: $2,124
2025 grandfathered student contribution amount (for students who commenced before 1 Jan 2021*): $997
* If you are a continuing student (who commenced your course before 1 January 2021) you will continue paying the same amount as you would have, had legislative reforms not been implemented for any units that would otherwise have an increased student contribution amount.