Intellectual Property Law and Policy Graduate Program
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
