Curriculum

Students in the Intellectual Property Law & Policy LL.M. Program must satisfy both Graduate School and School of Law requirements. Full-time students can typically complete the course of study within one nine-month academic year. The LL.M. degree requires completion of forty-quarter hours of course credit.

• Fourteen of these credits are required core courses.
• Intellectual Property Law Core (P501) 8 credits
• Intellectual Property Innovations in Science and Technology (E589) 6 credits
• An additional requirement for international students: Comparative Legal Analysis (B550) 3 credits.
• At least sixteen additional credits must be drawn from the following list of approved elective courses.

Biotech and Health Law

• Biotechnology and the Law (H570) [3 credits]
• Global Population Health and Development (H541) [3 credits]
• Environmental Health Regulations (H593) [3 credits]
• Genetics and the Law (H520) [2 credits]
• Legal, Ethical and Social Issues in Public Health Genetics (H504) [3 credits]
• Medical Malpractice (H502) [3 credits]
• Topics in Law and Medicine (H510) [4 credits]

Business Law and Antitrust Issues

• Antitrust Law and Policy (A552) [4 credits]
• Intellectual Property and Competition Law (P509) [2-3 credits]
• International Contracting (B516) [4 credits]
• Law and Economics (A561) [4 credits]
• Law, Globalization and Multinational Corporations (E512) [3 credits]
• Representing Start-Ups (E551) [4 credits]
• Taxation of Intellectual Property (T545) [2 credits]

Copyright, Patent and Trademark

• Advanced Copyright Law Seminar (P522) [2 credits]
• Advanced Patent Law Seminar (P545) [3 credits]
• International Trademark and Copyright Law (A594) [3 credits]
• Patent Prosecution (E550) [4 credits]

E-commerce and Software

• Computer Crime (E543) 2 credits]
• Electronic Commerce and Information Technology (E541) [3 credits]
• Legal Protection of Computer Software (E547) [3 credits]
• Privacy Law (E544) [2 credits]
• Taxation of E-Commerce (T547) [4 credits]
• Workshop EU, UK, US Regulation of E-Commerce and Information Society (E539) [2 credits]

Licensing and Litigation

• Drafting Technology Contracts (E577) [3 credits]
• Litigation Strategies for Protection of Technology (E548) [3 credits]
• Strategic Technology Licensing (E552) [3 credits]

Public Policy

• Technology Law & Public Policy (E553) [2 credits]
• Technology Law & Public Policy Clinic (E554) [10 credits]
• Law, Technology and Development (P539) [2-3 credits]

Writing and Practical Experience

• Advanced Research and Writing Seminar (B589) [4 credits]
• Comparative Legal Analysis (B550) 3 credits]
• Intellectual Property Practicum (P528) [1-4 credits]
• Intellectual Property Tutorial (P590) [1-4 credits]
• Technology Law Seminar (P505) [3 credits]

Tutorials

Tutorials provide students a small and relaxed setting, sometimes one-on-one, to delve into a specialized topic and to learn from the experiences of faculty and practitioners.

• Advanced Trademark Practice
• Advertising Law
• Copyright, Trademark and Trade Secret Litigation
• Digital Arts Management
• Drafting Software Licenses
• First Amendment and Intellectual Property
• Protecting IP for Indigenous Cultures
• Video Games and Intellectual Property