Certificate Requirements
IP: General
To earn a Certificate in General Intellectual Property, a student must complete the eighty-six (86) semester hours required for the Juris Doctor degree and satisfy all JD requirements. Within the elective course work required for the JD degree, a student must fulfill the following requirements:
- Complete at least fifteen (15) credit hours from the listed Intellectual Property courses
- Complete the courses listed under one of the following two options:
- Students must take Intellectual Property Law Survey and two of the following courses:
- Patent Law
- Copyright Law
- Trademark and Unfair Competition Law
- Students must take all of the following courses:
- Patent Law
- Copyright Law
- Trademark and Unfair Competition Law
- Choose two electives, one of which must be a seminar or practicum
- Earn a minimum GPA of 3.2 in all IP courses
- All courses are three (3) credits unless otherwise indicated. Certificate courses may not be audited
- Please note that if a student takes more than six IP courses, all IP grades will be factored into the GPA requirement
- Occasionally new seminars or courses may be added or available on a one-time basis which would be appropriate electives for this certificate. Students may contact Professor Barbara Bressler to seek approval for elective credit for such courses
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OPTION 1
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OPTION 2
Contact
Barbara B. Bressler
Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology (CIPLITŪ)
Clinical Associate Professor of Law;
Supervisor, Technology/Intellectual Property Legal Clinic (TIP Clinic®);
Deputy Director, Field Placement Program
Roberta R. Kwall
Co - Director of Center for Jewish Law and Judaic Studies ;
Founding Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology
Barbara B. Bressler
Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology (CIPLITŪ)
Clinical Associate Professor of Law;
Supervisor, Technology/Intellectual Property Legal Clinic (TIP Clinic®);
Deputy Director, Field Placement Program
Roberta R. Kwall
Co - Director of Center for Jewish Law and Judaic Studies ;
Founding Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology
Elective Courses, Seminars and Practicum
- Law 250: Seminar: Advanced Concepts in Copyright Law*
- Law 250: Seminar: Cultural Property*
- Law 250: Seminar: Intellectual Property & Antitrust*
- Law 250: Seminar: Telecommunications Law*
- Law 250: Seminar: Advanced Concepts in Intellectual Property*
- Law 333: Music Law
- Law 455: Advanced Legal Writing: Trademarks
- Law 455: Advanced Legal Writing: Patents
- Law 470: Advanced Patent Law
- Law 469: Litigation Strategy: Intellectual Property
- Law 514: Legal Clinic: Technology & Intellectual Property (TIP ClinicŪ)+
- Law 250: Publicity and Moral Rights Seminar*
- Law 250: Comparative Approach to Software, Business Methods & Database Protection*
- Law 337: Biotechnology Patent Strategies for the New Millennium
- Law 338: Intellectual Property for Corporate Transactional Lawyers
- Law 250: Data Privacy Seminar
- Law 999: Electronic Commerce Law
- Law 341: Cyberlaw
- Law 495: Law & the Mass Media
- Law 355: Theater Law
- Law 357: Entertainment Law
- Law 454: International Intellectual Property
- Law 535: Art & the Law
- Law 543: Telecommunications Law & Policy
- Law 271: Trademark and Unfair Competition Law
- Law 200: Non-Profit Organizations
- Law 401: Advanced Antitrust: IP Issues and Competition
- Law 352: The Law of Film and TV Production and Distribution
- Law 524: Externship in IP Law (must be approved by Professor Bressler)+
- Law 533: Patent Law Moot Court+
Application for Admission (NON - JD Student)
* Satisfy the senior seminar requirement. Please note that not every seminar is offered every year.
+ Courses marked with a + are considered "Practicum" courses
Note:
Students may only apply for one certificate.
Students may only apply for one certificate.
