Business Law assignment

BC0125 BUSINESS LAW (3CH/ 4 ECTS) Task brief & rubrics

Task

Summative assignment 2

This assignment is worth 60% of all marks for this course and you have to complete it individually.

Submission and Deadline: You should submit your assignment as a PDF document using Turnitin on Moodle by the deadline of Monday 10th May 2021 at 14.00h CEST

Word count: Every student should write one essay of between 2,000 to 2,250 words (not including the bibliography) on the following title. Part a should be between 1,250 and 1,500 words and part b should be between 500 and 750 words.

Title:

Part a: What are the different forms of intellectual property rights and under what circumstances do they operate? Why are intellectual property rights important for promoting economic growth?

Part b, problem question: James has designed a sofa and is seeking a patent for the design. What conditions must James´ design meet before a patent can be obtained for his design?

Research and referencing: Your work should be fully referenced using the Harvard referencing system.

Plagiarism: You must ensure that your work does not fall foul of EU Business School´s plagiarism rules or you risk seeing your grade either being capped or you risk failing this summative assignment.

Rubric

Exceptional 90-100

Good 80-89

Fair 70-79

Fail <70

Knowledge & understanding

(35%)

Student demonstrates a systematic and thorough understanding of the theory delivered in class, applying relevant knowledge to the question.

Student demonstrates good understanding of the theory delivered in class, applying some relevant knowledge to the question (some minor details might be missing)

Student demonstrates some understanding of the theory delivered in class, applying some knowledge to the question (key details might be missing and there may be some irrelevance)

Student demonstrates an insufficient understanding of the theory delivered in class. Key knowledge is not applied to the in question and information is of little or no relevance.

Critical evaluation

(35%)

Student critically engages with theory and its application, considering alternative perspectives/ possibilities with authority.

Makes excellently sound judgements in the absence of complete data

Student makes a good attempt at critically engaging with theory and its application, considering alternative perspectives/ possibilities.

Makes good judgements in the absence of complete data

Student makes some attempt at critically engaging with theory and/or its application.

Makes some judgements in the absence of complete data

Student makes no attempt to critically engage with theory or application.

Fails to make judgements in the absence of complete data

Communication

(20%)

Student communicates their ideas extremely clearly and concisely, making excellent use of visuals to support their message.

Student communicates their ideas clearly and concisely, making good use of visuals to support their message.

Student communicates their ideas with some clarity and concision. Visuals are used to support their message successfully at times.

Student fails to communicate their ideas clearly and concisely. Visuals are poor and do not support the message.

Synthesis

(10%)

Student synthesizes the content of their presentation with exceptional clarity and concision

Student synthesizes the content of their presentation with some clarity and concision

Student synthesizes the content of their presentation, although work lacks clarity and/or concision

Student makes an insufficient attempt to synthesize, with a lack of clarity and concision.