Intellectual Property
Master of Laws (CPD programme)

Students must have completed a relevant German or foreign exam, have professional experience and, if applicable, also have above-average tutorial grades. Relevant doctorates are welcome.

Professional experience can be substantiated through internships, law clerkships or similar.

The number of participants is limited to a maximum of 25. Participants are selected by the course and exam board.

Organisation:

Generally weekend blocks (Fridays 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. / Saturdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

Course fees:

EUR 8,000 (part scholarships based on academic criteria)

The programme teaches the relevant rules of national, European and international intellectual property law, academic knowledge, practical skills and methodologies. Well-known lecturers who work as judges, at authorities, as lawyers and academics ensure a combination of theory and professional practice that is unique in Germany.

The curriculum covers the following areas: brand, design, copyright, patent, utility model, employee invention, antitrust, competition and royalties law.

The programme is composed of compulsory courses and electives from the following areas:

• Patent law
• Utility model law
• Employee invention law
• Brand law
• Copyright law
• Design law
• Competition law
• Anti-trust law
• Royalties law

It is possible to acquire the theoretical knowledge to become a specialist lawyer in intellectual property law.

The programme gives graduates new professional prospects in the promising professional field of intellectual property law.