2020/21 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue
LLM Intellectual Property Law
| Programme code: | LLM-LAW/IPLF | UCAS code: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: | 12 Months | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Cesar Ramirez-Montes | Contact address: | C.J.Ramirez-Montes@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 180
Entry requirements:
Good second class honours or equivalent (i.e. alternative academic qualifications and/or relevant professional experience). A previous degree in law is desirable, but not essential.
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
Law
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
Law
Programme specification:
The programme will offer international and comparative perspectives on intellectual property law and policy. It will examine the evolving impact of intellectual property on the international stage, especially in respect of trade, economics, politics, development and culture. As such, it is by necessity interdisciplinary. However, interdisciplinarity will not be at the expense of legal rigour as is appropriate and to be expected from a programme offered by a university law school.
PROGRAMME AIMS:
- Demonstrate in-depth specialist knowledge of the key principles, rationales and functions of intellectual property law and their shifting nature
- Exhibit competence in articulating this knowledge
- Comprehend the international architecture of the international intellectual property regime
- Understand how intellectual property law is made at the international level and the political and diplomatic challenges faced by governments and stakeholders
- Exhibit competence in the exercise of subject-specific and more general intellectual abilities
- Evaluate current issues, controversies and research in the discipline
- Formulate evidence-based points of view concerning complex issues in IP law and policy and defend these views
- Demonstrate an advanced understanding of techniques applicable to their own research, advanced scholarship or area of specific interest within the broader discipline.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| LAW5662M | Postgraduate Legal Research Skills | 15 credits | 1 Jan to 31 May | |
| LAW5686M | Trade Marks, Geographical Indications, Designs and Trade Secrets | 15 credits | 1 Jan to 31 May | |
| LAW5697M | Patent Law | 15 credits | 1 Jan to 31 May | |
| LAW5698M | Copyright Law | 15 credits | 1 Apr to 31 Aug | |
| LAW5780M | Dissertation | 60 credits | 1 Jan to 31 Oct |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 60 credits from the following optional modules:
| LAW5222M | Intercultural Business and Organisational Communication | 15 credits | 1 Apr to 31 Aug | |
| LAW5334M | Cyberlaw: Regulation of Cyberspace | 15 credits | 1 Jan to 31 May | |
| LAW5445M | International Competition Law | 15 credits | 1 Apr to 31 Aug | |
| LAW5655M | World Trade Organisation Law | 15 credits | 1 Jan to 31 May | |
| LAW5687M | Intellectual Property Management | 15 credits | 1 Apr to 31 Aug | |
| LAW5688M | Digital Environment: Law, Technologies & Human Rights | 15 credits | 1 Apr to 31 Aug | |
| LAW5692M | Contemporary Issues in Intellectual Property: Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions | 15 credits | 1 Apr to 31 Aug | |
| LAW5694M | Contemporary Issues in Intellectual Property: Health, Food and Biotechnology | 15 credits | 1 Jan to 31 May | |
| LAW5952M | Central Issues in Arbitration | 15 credits | 1 Apr to 31 Aug |
Last updated: 07/12/2020 15:01:04
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