MSL-IP Courses

All candidates for the M.S.L.-IP degree must complete a minimum of 24 total credit hours, including Fundamental Issues in U.S. Law (6694) and a minimum of 14 credits from the following courses is required. M.S.L.-IP candidates are not required to write a thesis, but are required to write a 2-credit research paper of at least 8,000 words. Non-U.S. graduates also are required to take Legal Research and Writing for International LL.M. Students I (6692), in addition to Fundamental Issues in U.S. Law (6694), and a minimum of 14 credits from the list of required courses.


Courses

  • Intellectual Property (6470)
  • Patent Law (6471)
  • Copyright Law (6472)
  • International Copyright Law (6473)
  • Trademark Law and Unfair Competition (6474)
  • Entertainment Law (6475)
  • Patent Strategies and Practice (6476)
  • The Federal Circuit (6477)
  • Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights (6478)
  • Chemical and Biotech Patent Law (6480)
  • Design Law (6481)
  • Patent Enforcement (6482)
  • Patent Appellate Practice (6483)
  • Computer Law (6484)
  • Law in Cyberspace (6485)
  • Art, Cultural Heritage, and the Law Seminar (6488)
  • Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the U.S. International Trade Commission (6489)
  • International and Comparative Patent Law (6490)
  • International Intellectual Property (6491)
  • Advanced Trademark Law (6492)
  • Intellectual Property Antitrust Seminar (6494)
  • Intellectual Property Law Seminar (6496)
  • Government Procurement of Intellectual Property Seminar (6512)
  • Legal Drafting (IP) (6652)

Courses Related to Intellectual Property Law

Please note: The courses below do not count toward the 14-credit Intellectual Property curriculum requirement.

  • E-Commerce (6283)
  • Sports and the Law (6295)
  • Antitrust Law (6402)
  • Communications Law (6412)
  • Telecommunications Law (6414)
  • Information Privacy Law (6486)
  • Formation of Government Contracts (6502)
  • Genetics and the Law (6616)
  • Law and Medicine (6617)

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