Trinity College Dublin - International and European Intellectual Property Law

Course Overview/Contact:

The LL.M. is directed at well-qualified graduates in law and related disciplines. It seeks to promote critical analysis of, and reflection on, different aspects of national, European and international intellectual property law.  This programme is delivered over one academic year. Students are examined in six modules and complete a research dissertation of up to 25,000 words on an approved theme relating to some aspect of International and/or European intellectual property law to be submitted by 29^th June 2018.  

The modules offered might typically include the following:  

Comparative Elements of Unfair Competition and Trademark Law, Comparative Product Liability: Common Law, EU and US Perspectives,Contemporary Issues in International Law, Copyright and Innovation, Copyright in the EU Digital Single Market: Law, Policy and Business Practices, Digital Technologies, Privacy and Security of Information, Essential and Emerging Technologies - International and European Law, EU Consumer Law, EU Trademark and Design Law, Freedom of Expression and Intellectual Property Law, International and European Copyright Law, and Policy,International Business Tax Law, International Economic Law, International Trade Law,Patent Law in the Globalized World

The Law School reserves the right to vary the above list and, in particular, the right to withdraw and add modules.  Note that modules are offered in one semester only and timetabling considerations may also restrict choice. Further information on the precise modules available in a given year is available on the LLM website.  

Course Options:

Course Url

http://www.tcd.ie/Law/postgraduate/taught-programmes/

Course Director

Professor Blanaid Clarke

Course Email

law.postgraduate@tcd.ie

Next Intake

September 2017

Note: The application process is not currently open for this course. If you wish to apply, please contact law.postgraduate@tcd.ie

Programme Outcomes:

Having successfully completed this programme, students should be able to:

• Identify, evaluate and synthesise jurisprudential theories and concepts as they apply to intellectual property and information technology law at a level appropriate to masters graduates;
• Use appropriate legal theories, doctrines and concepts to identify, formulate, analyse and solve legal problems within national and international contexts;
• Critically analyse the interplay between law and social change in a variety of different contexts as they pertain to international and domestic intellectual property and information technology law;
• Conduct effective and targeted research in case law, legislation and academic legal commentary in areas pertaining to intellectual property and information technology law at both national and international levels at a level appropriate to masters graduates;
• Discuss and debate different perspectives on legal problems, theories and doctrines in the area of intellectual property and information technology law;
• Communicate effectively in oral and written modes in professional and academic settings and work effectively in multi-disciplinary settings;
• Demonstrate flexibility, adaptability and independence in order to engage productively with a changing, commercial and technological environment; and
• Have the capacity to engage in life-long learning, including vocational training for the legal profession.

Entry Requirements:

As a minimum requirement, candidates for the LL.M (International and European Intellectual Property Law) degree must hold a very good honors law or law-based interdisciplinary degree. Assuming that this basic pre-requisite is in place, thereafter, admission to the programme is at the discretion of the LL.M. Sub- Committee who will decide on questions of admission having regard to the totality of all application files and the objectives of ensuring a diverse LL.M. class of the highest possible academic calibre.