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 over the academic year on an approved theme relating to some aspect of International and/or European intellectual property law. The modules offered might typically include the following: Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Chinese Legal System in Comparative Perspective, Comparative Product Liability, Common Law, EU and US Perspective, Contemporary Issues in International Law. Copyright and Innovation, Online, Corportate Governance in the EU, Creative Works and Intellectual Property, EU Consumer Law, EU Copyright, Patents and Design Law, EU Legal System and Institutions, EU Trademark Law, Freedom of Expression and Intellectual Property, Online, Intellectual Property Law and Sport, International and Comparative Trade Mark, and Unfair Competition Law, International and European Tax Law, International Dispute Resolution, International and Economic Law, International Intellectual Property Law for Practitioners, International Trade Law, Law and Bioethics. The Law School reserves the right to vary the above list and, in particular, the right to withdraw and add courses. Note that timetabling considerations may also restrict choice. Further information on the precise modules available in a given year is available on the LLM website.
