Intellectual Property Law

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The degree of LLM in Intellectual Property Law offers advanced study of a range of law or law-related subjects, with an opportunity to develop more detailed knowledge, understanding and research skills in a chosen dissertation topic.
The core subjects of the programme are intended to equip students with both an advanced knowledge of substantive intellectual property law and of the place and role of intellectual property within a domestic, regional and international context, laying a foundation for a specialised dissertation.

The programme spans comparative study of the laws of patents, copyright, trade marks, designs, database protection, breach of confidence, passing off and related sui generis rights, as well as investigating a range of issues which underpin contemporary intellectual property law. The programme allows the students to explore intellectual Property law not just in its legal but also social, ethical, cultural and commercial contexts.

By the end of their studies for this degree, students will have acquired a high level of knowledge in the field of intellectual property law, a sophisticated awareness of the problems in the area and of the differing approaches to their solution.

Programme Structure
The LLM in Intellectual Property Law may be taken on campus over 1 year full time or 2 years part-time. This LLM may also be taken by distance learning over a period of 1, 2 or 3 years.
Students are required to complete 180 credits in order to achieve the LLM (120 credits from courses and 60 credits for the dissertation). At least 80 credits must be taken from the core courses listed below. A third course worth 40 credits (or two modules worth 20 credits) may be chosen either from the list of optional courses below or from the wider portfolio of LLM courses.

LLM Intellectual Property Law Courses
Core Courses

At least 80 credits must be taken from these core courses: On-campus courses (20 Credits)

* Intellectual Property Law 1: Copyright and related rights
* Intellectual Property Law 2: Industrial Property
* Intellectual Property - Law & Society
* Information: Control and Power
* International Intellectual Property System
* Regulation of Innovation: Advanced Issues in Competition and Intellectual Property Law

Optional Courses

The balance 40 credits can be taken from below or from the wider portfolio of LLM courses offered by the School of Law On-campus courses (20 credits)

* Data Protection & Information
* International Climate Change Law
* Law and New Technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Risk and the Law 1
* Law and New Technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Risk and the Law 2
* Legal Challenges of Information Technologies
* Principles of Competition Law for Innovation
* Privacy Law of E-Commerce
* Medical Jurisprudence
* Risk Society & Regulatory Frameworks
* Sport and Law

On-line Learning

On-Campus students may be able to take up to 40 credits from the list of on-line modules, although they may take no more than one 20 credit on-line module per semester and cannot take courses in one medium which are wholly or substantially the same as those they have already taken in the other. On-line modules (20 Credits)

* Biotechnology, Law and Society
* Forensic Computing and Electronic Evidence
* Information Technology, Investigation and Evidence
* Information Technology and Legal Reasoning
* International Public Health Law and Security
* Managing Intellectual Property

Please note that certain courses and modules may restrict access to students studying for another nominate degree such as the LLM Commercial Law.

A UK 2:1 honours degree or its equivalent if outside the UK. English language standard: 7.00 IELTS or equivalent. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 7 IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa. The IELTS test is most widely accepted by universities and is also accepted for Tier 4 visas to the UK- learn more.

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Edinburgh Law School will offer five Tercentenary Awards for Excellence across all the LLM and MSc Programmes in the School starting in 2012, including the LLM in Law. This award will provide funding of £1,000 towards tuition fees.