Intellectual Property (M.I.P.)

https://law.unh.edu/program/mip/intellectual-property

The MIP 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. 

The Master’s 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. 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. 

Total credits required: 30

Residential Candidate Requirements
LIP 801Graduate Legal Research and Information Literacy1
LIP 894American Legal Process and Analysis I3
LIP 895American Legal Process and Analysis II2
Required Elective Courses7
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 Director17
Total Credits30

Online Candidate Requirements - Patent Track
LCR 923International Legal Research2
LIP 944Fundamentals of Intellectual Property3
LIP 913International and Comparative Intellectual Property3
LIP 954Patent Law3
LIP 961Patent Practice and Procedure I3
LIP 962Patent Practice and Procedure II3
Elective Courses13
LIP 906
Mining Patent Information in the Digital Age
Copyright Law
Trademarks and Deceptive Practices
Trade Secrets Law
LIP 957
Intellectual Property Management
Additional Electives Selected from a List Provided by Program Director
Total Credits30

Online Candidate Requirements - Copyright/Trademark Track:
LCR 923International Legal Research2
LIP 944Fundamentals of Intellectual Property3
LIP 913International and Comparative Intellectual Property3
LIP 912Copyright Law3
LIP 977Trademarks and Deceptive Practices3
Additional Course Designed by Director Copyright/Trademark Law and practice2-3
Elective Courses14
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
LIP 957
Additional Electives Selected from a List Provided by Program Director
Total Credits30-31

UNH Franklin PierceLaw graduates from the IP interdisciplinary Master’s or certificate program will demonstrate familiarity with 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 as a lawyer or other type of professional to clients or other relevant stakeholders 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 or other professions focused on the practice or other use of intellectual property law domestically or internationally.