Intellectual Property and the Digital Economy

Within the rapidly globalising environment of intellectual property and digital commerce, this programme provides you with a unique opportunity to specialise in this increasingly important area of law.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

- You will develop a critical understanding of a wide range of issues concerning the legal regulation of intellectual property and the digital economy.

- Benefit from access to and engagement with the Law School’s leading UK Copyright and Creative Economy Research Centre: CREATe.

- Interact with leading academics presenting their most recent, influential research in our CREATe Public Lecture Series.

- You will have the opportunity to take part in CopyrightX: Glasgow, an intensive twelve-week network course offered in affiliation with Harvard Law School and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society.

- Apply for summer internships or visitorships at firms and international organisations specialising in intellectual property. In previous years, students benefited from work experience with (i) Burness Paull & Williamsons, a top tier Scottish commercial law firm with extensive expertise in IP, IT and Information Law; (ii) Cloch Solicitors, a boutique Scottish IP law firm; and (iii) the World Trade Organisation.

- Benefit from our excellent facilities including the dedicated School of Law library. Our main University Library also contains our extensive collection of legal materials and official publications. and is a European Documentation Centre.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

You are required to take at least five courses from the following list (plus one other) and to submit a dissertation as falling within the area. Courses are delivered through a blend of lectures and seminar style teaching.

Courses
Contemporary Issues In Intellectual Property Law
Copyright In The Digital Environment
Information Law and Policy
Intellectual Property, Technology and Communities
International and Comparative Intellectual Property Law
International Competition Law
Patents and Innovation
Trade Marks and Brands

One additional course may be chosen from other subjects within the School of Law's LLM portfolio.

*Please note, if you are taking this programme you cannot take the course Intellectual Property and the Market.