1. Introduction to intellectual property; 2. History of patent law; 3. Bargain theory; 4. Management of patents; 5. Ownership; 6. Statutory subject matter; 7. Utility; 8. Specification; 9. Novelty; 10. Obviousness; 11. Filing and prosecution; 12. Post-grant; 13. Assignments, licences and other conveyances; 14. Jurisdiction of the Federal Court and other litigation consideration; 15. Construction; 16. Infringement; 17. Remedies for infringement; 18. Pre-empting allegations of infringement; 19. Defences to infringement; 20. Abuse of rights; 21. Special procedures for pharmaceutical; 22. Paten treaties; 23. Ethics.