Intellectual Property (IP) Transactions: Law and Practice
Course
In London
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Intermediate
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Location
London
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Class hours
29h
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Duration
5 Days
This five-day course focuses on the legal and practice issues that are directly relevant to transactional IP practitioners.
Each day focuses on a different market or practice area, providing:
instruction on legal and commercial topics relevant to IP transactions in that area
an introduction to the IP agreements that are encountered
The course is both academically rigorous and very practical in its focus.
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About this course
The course is primarily aimed at practitioners who are in the early stages of a career in IP transactions.
Most people attending the course will be qualified English solicitors and barristers with between zero and two years’ post-qualification experience.
The course is also open to:
more experienced practitioners
other IP practitioners, including patent attorneys, trade mark attorneys and licensing executives
overseas practising lawyers who wish to learn more about English law in this area
You'll be assessed by a two-hour exam.
You'll receive a Certificate in IP Transactions from the Institute of Brand and Innovation Law if you complete the course and pass the exam.
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Subjects
- IT Law
- Intellectual Property
- Transactions
- Law
- Property
- IP
- English Law
- Jurisdiction
- Technology
- Copyright
- Copyright rights
- Licensing
Course programme
The legal aspects of the course focus on English law. However, some sessions will make occasional reference to differences under other systems of law and the session on dispute resolution will look at choice of law and jurisdiction.
The course will cover the following topics:
- IP aspects of mergers and acquisitions
- Information technology contracts
- Agreements in the life sciences sector
- Contracts with universities and government bodies
- Agreements in the media and consumer goods sectors
The course as a whole is designed to cover:
- all the main types of IP - including patents, copyright, database rights, registered and unregistered designs, trade marks and confidential information
- the main types of IP transaction - including licensing, assignment, sale of IP products, and IP aspects of corporate transactions
- various areas of commercial law that affect all kinds of IP transactions - including competition law, insolvency and tax
Intellectual Property (IP) Transactions: Law and Practice