2023/24 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 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LAW5686M | Trade Marks, Geographical Indications, Designs and Trade Secrets | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW5697M | Patent Law | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LAW5698M | Copyright Law | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW5780M | Dissertation | 60 credits | 1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 60 credits from the following optional modules:
| LAW5222M | Intercultural Business and Organisational Communication | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW5334M | Cyberlaw: Regulation of Cyberspace | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW5445M | International Competition Law | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW5558M | Corporate Social Responsibility | 15 credits | Not running in 202324 | |
| LAW5613M | International Tax Law and Policy | 30 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LAW5655M | World Trade Organisation Law | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LAW5687M | Intellectual Property Management | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW5688M | Digital Environment: Law, Technologies & Human Rights | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW5692M | Contemporary Issues in Intellectual Property: Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW5694M | Contemporary Issues in Intellectual Property: Health, Food and Biotechnology | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LAW5952M | Central Issues in Arbitration | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Last updated: 10/07/2023 11:06:16
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