Intellectual Property LL.M.

The Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Intellectual Property is designed to provide graduates of foreign law schools with a deep understanding of the doctrine and policy of United States intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.

Intellectual property has become a focus in the global marketplace and information economy, presenting some of the most important and complex issues facing legal systems, as well as the business, entertainment and technology communities.

The one-year program requires full-time attendance and 24 hours of course credits. Students are required to take the Foreign Graduate Seminar**, which is specially designed for LL.M. students to provide them with a broad understanding of subjects, such as U.S. constitutional law, judicial review, administrative law, the U.S. federal system and the interaction between common law and legislative law. Students are also required to take at least three of these four courses:

• Patent Law
• Trademark Law
• Copyright Law
• Cyberlaw

Students also must satisfy a thesis requirement by satisfactorily completing a substantial paper in connection with the Intellectual Property LL.M. seminar. The remaining credits can be satisfied through courses from the law school's Center for Law, Technology and the Arts curriculum.

Eligibility

Candidates must have at least a foreign university-level degree in law and a TOEFL score of 100 (250, 600) or IELTS of 7. Foreign patent attorneys who do not have an L.L.B. but are working in Intellectual Property are also welcome to apply. Admission is determined by the director of Foreign Graduate Studies.

**Please Note: if the Foreign Graduate Seminar was successfully completed at Case Western Reserve University Law School for another program, the student will choose elective courses as approved by the director of the program.