Intellectual Property (LL.M.)
https://law.unh.edu/program/llm/intellectual-property
The LLM program allows student to take advantage of one of the most comprehensive IP curricula in the country and immerse themselves in a broad range of cutting-edge IP issues. You will enjoy a rich array of IP resources and programs and choose from classes in patent law, copyright, trademarks and more.
Our LLM in Intellectual Property is available through in-person and online formats. The in-person program is offered in a full-time, residential format with classes beginning in August and concluding in May. With careful planning, students who complete the in-person LLM in Intellectual Property at UNH Franklin Pierce may be eligible to sit for a US bar exam. The in-person LLM program in Intellectual Property is not designed as preparation programs for a US bar exam. However, the programs offer a flexible curriculum that allows students to design a course of study that may afford eligibility to sit for a state bar exam.
The online program offers start dates in August and January. Students can complete the program full-time in one calendar year, or part-time in up to three years.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Residential Candidate Requirements | ||
| LIP 801 | Graduate Legal Research and Information Literacy | 1 |
| LIP 894 | American Legal Process and Analysis I | 3 |
| LIP 895 | American Legal Process and Analysis II | 2 |
| Required Elective Courses | ||
| Select three from the following: | 7 | |
| Copyright Law | ||
| Fundamentals of Intellectual Property | ||
| Copyright Licensing | ||
| Technology Licensing | ||
| Patent Law | ||
| Patent Practice and Procedure I | ||
| Trademarks and Deceptive Practices | ||
| Additional Electives Selected from a List Provided by Program Director | 11 | |
| Total Credits | 24 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Online Candidate Requirements - Patent Track | ||
| LCR 923 | International Legal Research | 2 |
| LIP 944 | Fundamentals of Intellectual Property | 3 |
| LIP 913 | International and Comparative Intellectual Property | 3 |
| LIP 954 | Patent Law | 3 |
| LIP 961 | Patent Practice and Procedure I | 3 |
| LIP 962 | Patent Practice and Procedure II | 3 |
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select from the following: | 7 | |
| Copyright Law | ||
| Intellectual Property Management | ||
| Mining Patent Information in the Digital Age | ||
| Trademarks and Deceptive Practices | ||
| Trade Secrets Law | ||
| Additional Electives Selected from a List Provided by Program Director | ||
| Total Credits | 24 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Online Candidate Requirements - Copyright/Trademark Track: | ||
| LCR 923 | International Legal Research | 2 |
| LIP 944 | Fundamentals of Intellectual Property | 3 |
| LIP 913 | International and Comparative Intellectual Property | 3 |
| LIP 912 | Copyright Law | 3 |
| LIP 977 | Trademarks and Deceptive Practices | 3 |
| Additional Course Designed by Director Copyright/Trademark Law and practice | 2-3 | |
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select from the following: | 8 | |
| Intellectual Property Management | ||
| Mining Patent Information in the Digital Age | ||
| Patent Law | ||
| Patent Practice and Procedure I | ||
| Patent Practice and Procedure II | ||
| Trade Secrets Law | ||
| Additional Electives Selected from a List Provided by Program Director | ||
| Total Credits | 24-25 | |
UNH Franklin Pierce graduates from the IP LLM program will demonstrate competency at the level of an experienced attorney in these four areas:
- Knowledge and understanding of substantive and procedural law in traditional areas of intellectual property law and practice in the United States and internationally, focused on patents, copyrights, and trademarks.
- Legal analysis and reasoning, legal research, problem-solving, and written and oral communication in the context of traditional intellectual property law and practice in the United States and globally.
- Exercise of proper professional and ethical responsibilities to clients and the national and global legal systems of intellectual property rights; and
- Other professional skills needed for competent and ethical participation as a member of the legal profession focused on intellectual property practice domestically and internationally.