MLS with Certificate in Intellectual Property & Technology Law
The Intellectual Property & Technology Law curriculum allows on-campus MLS students to study introductory and advanced intellectual property law and to scrutinize the politics affecting those areas of the law under the guidance of leading scholars in the field. The approved courses for this certificate draw from a variety of intellectual property and technology law courses, including patent, trademark, and copyright issues. In addition, students have the opportunity to consider new and emerging technologies as they relate to other areas of the law.
Students must earn 9 credits from the below list as part of the 24 credit units required for the LLM. Students cannot earn a certificate without completing the LLM degree.
- Administrative Law
- Advanced Patent Drafting
- Advanced Patent Law
- Advanced Privacy Law and Theory
- Copyright and Related Rights
- Digital Civil Liberties Seminar
- Foundations of Intellectual Property
- Information Privacy Law
- Intellectual Property Seminar
- IP Licensing: Planning & Drafting
- IP Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- IP Protection of Computer Software
- Media Law
- Patent Claim Construction and Invalidity, Infringement Assessments and Legal Opinions
- Patent Claim Prosecution
- Patent Drafting
- Patent Law
- Patent Research & Strategy
- Social Media & Content Regulation
- Survey of Intellectual Property
- Trade Dress and Design Law
- Trademarks and Unfair Competition
- Trademark Practice