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 may be eligible to sit for the New York 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 |
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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 | 7 | |
Select three from the following | ||
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 |
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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 | 7 | |
Copyright Law | ||
Intellectual Property Crimes | ||
Intellectual Property Management | ||
Mining Patent Information in the Digital Age | ||
Patent Strategies for Business | ||
Trademarks and Deceptive Practices | ||
Trade Secrets Law | ||
Additional Electives Selected from a List Provided by Program Director | ||
Total Credits | 24 |
Code | Title | Credits |
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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 | 8 | |
Intellectual Property Crimes | ||
Intellectual Property Management | ||
Mining Patent Information in the Digital Age | ||
Patent Law | ||
Patent Practice and Procedure I | ||
Patent Practice and Procedure II | ||
Patent Strategies for Business | ||
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.