Master of Industrial Property

UTS course code: C04150
Testamur title: Master of Industrial Property
Abbreviation: MIP
Course fee: $250 per cp (local); $6,000 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 54

Graduate Certificate in Trade Mark Law and Practice

UTS course code: C11130
Testamur title: Graduate Certificate in Trade Mark Law and Practice
Abbreviation: GradCertTMLP
Course fee: $250 per cp (local); $4,000 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 24

Overview
Admission requirements
Course duration
Course structure
Course program
Articulation and progression
Professional recognition
Other information

Overview

UTS has established expertise and an existing reputation for providing courses relevant to the needs of the Patent and Trade Mark professions. The Master's and Graduate Certificate courses reflect the range of topics required for registration as a Registered Trade Marks Attorney or a Patent Attorney under the relevant regulations.

The subjects within these courses are available online by distance learning and require no on-campus attendance¹.

In pursuit of 'Flexible Learning' strategies, UTS recently adopted the latest web-based (Internet) technology and software for delivery of subjects to students anywhere in the world. All lectures, tutorials, course materials and assessments are distributed by a combination of web-based technology and electronic media. Students conduct all communication with the lecturer by electronic means.

Distance students do not require special technical skills to participate in these courses. The software that UTS has adopted is intuitive and simple basic PC and web-browsing skills are all that is required.

Recent experiences with online/distance learning systems at UTS (and many other institutions) have shown that students find online learning environments to be very rich and very personal.

On satisfactory completion of the courses, students have:

• a body of knowledge and practical skills which enables them to provide advice on the relevant category or categories of intellectual and industrial subject matters to provide appropriate protection for particular activities;
• an appreciation of the advantages of particular forms of protection as they relate to business and professional activity and the needs of commercialisation of subject matters;
• an understanding of the procedures required to obtain and maintain appropriate protection on behalf of a client; and
• acquired an understanding of the required standard of professional conduct as a Trade Marks Attorney and/or Patent Attorney.

Footnote:
1. 77890 Trade Marks Law, 77894 Drafting of Patent Specifications and 77895 Interpretation and Validity of Patent Specifications are also offered in the traditional face-to-face, on-campus format.

Admission requirements

• A Bachelor's degree, or
• an equivalent tertiary qualification.

Course duration

The Master of Industrial Property can be completed in three semesters (one-and-a-half years) for a full-time student or five semesters (two-and-a-half years) for a part-time student¹.

The Graduate Certificate in Trade Mark Law and Practice can be completed in a minimum of two semesters (one year)¹.

Footnote:
1. Students commencing in Spring semester take an additional semester to complete.

Course structure

The Master's course requires completion of 54credit points of core subjects.

The Graduate Certificate requires completion of 24 credit points of core subjects.

Subjects

All subjects are timetabled over any one year. However, not all subjects are offered in any one semester. The current timetable is on display on the noticeboard outside the Law Information Office (CM05B.3.03) and at:

http://timetable.uts.edu.au

Subject exemption

Candidates who have undertaken equivalent study may apply for subject exemption. An Application for Advanced Standing is available at the Law Information Office or online at:

www.sau.uts.edu.au/current/forms.html

Course program

Articulation and progression

Graduate Certificate candidates who wish to transfer to the Master's program should complete an Internal Course Transfer Application form. An Internal Course Transfer Application form is available on request from the UTS Student Info & Admin Centre, the Law Information Office or online at:

www.sau.uts.edu.au/current/forms.html

Candidates do not take out the Graduate Certificate but transfer to the Master's with advanced standing.

Professional recognition

The Master's is recognised by the Professional Standards Board of Trade Marks and Patent Attorneys as fulfilling the educational requirements necessary for registration as a Registered Trade Mark and Patent Attorney.

The Graduate Certificate is recognised by the Professional Standards Board as fulfilling the educational requirements necessary for registration as a Registered Trade Mark Attorney.

Other information

For information about application procedures, attendance, assessment, subject exemptions, concurrent study, internal course transfer, leave of absence, assignments and results, see the introductory information under Coursework programs – General information.

See the Faculty information section for details of the Law Information Office, the Law Students' Society, prizes and scholarships, the Law Library Collection, and contact details for the Faculty's other academic program areas. The Faculty information section also contains information concerning computer access, studying as an international student, contact details for other units of the University, parking at UTS, University forms and the Rules of the University.

Contacts

Industrial Property Course Coordinator
Professor Philip Griffith
telephone (02) 9514 3757
fax: (02) 9514 3400
email phil@law.uts.edu.au

or

Law Information Office
telephone (02) 9514 3444
email info@law.uts.edu.au

www.law.uts.edu.au/courses/postgraduate/