Are you thinking about studying an LLM (Master’s in Law)? Here are three great reasons to study an LLM pathway in intellectual property law:
- You’ll interrogate who owns (and has access to) software, computer, music, medicines, data, platforms, AI systems, fashion
- You’ll understand how intellectual property (copyright, patents, brands, designs) drives and shapes contemporary economy and culture
- You’ll acquire the necessary specialist knowledge in law and its conceptual and historical contexts to know why and how intellectual property has developed and how it works.
Who is it for?
An LLM pathway in intellectual property law is ideal for you if you’re interested in practising intellectual property law or working in the creative industries. It will also give you an excellent intellectual foundation for pursuing a research degree in this field. As an LLM graduate, you’ll be equipped with an exceptional degree of in-depth knowledge and expertise required to pursue a professional or academic career in this fast-moving and important field.
And here are three great reasons to study your LLM in intellectual property law at Kent!
- You’ll benefit from a distinctively contextual approach which delineates the history, materialisations and practices of IP law and analyses its conceptual foundations
- You’ll be introduced to critical, practical and historical approaches to the framing and studying of IP in law and society (a contextual and conceptually informed approach which is unique amongst UK and international postgraduate degree programmes!)
- You’ll be taught by internationally distinguished academic specialists who cover a large and diverse range of intellectual property subjects within and beyond the field.
What will you study?
Modules at Kent may include:
- Intellectual Property: Copyright and Breach of Confidence
- Intellectual Property: Patents and Trade Marks
- Contemporary Topics in Intellectual Property Law
- Intellectual Property and Industry Practices
- World Trade Organisation (WTO) Law and Practice 1
- Privacy and Data Protection Law
- Law, Science and Society
- Cultural Heritage Law
- Economic Sociology of Law
(This list is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation and student demand.)
Recommended Reading
Intellectual Property Law (5th ed.) by Bently, Sherman, Gangjee, Johnson (Oxford University Press, 2018)
The LLM pathway in Intellectual Property Law at Kent offers students from any discipline the opportunity to explore inventive legal responses to a broad range of exciting and creative practices in the arts and sciences.
It is offered within the School’s Master’s in Law programme, the Kent LLM. The Kent LLM offers an open choice of modules and pathway enabling you to tailor your LLM study to your needs and interests. You can choose to develop in-depth expertise by studying one or two specialised subject areas (pathways) or study for a general Kent LLM with no specialist pathway. You also have the choice to begin your studies (full-time or part-time) in January or September.
Please visit our website for more information about the Kent LLM and/or about our LLM (Intellectual Property Law).
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