C04150v4 Master of Industrial Property
Award(s): Master of Industrial Property (MIP)UAC code: 942409 (distance) (Autumn semester), 945409 (distance) (Spring semester)
Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 54
Course EFTSL: 1.125
Location: City campus
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Recognition of prior learning
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Articulation with UTS courses
Professional recognition
Other information
Overview
UTS has established expertise and a reputation for providing courses relevant to the needs of the patent and trade mark professions. The UTS Master of Industrial Property is the first course at an Australian university that fulfils the entire educational requirements for registration as a Registered Trade Mark Attorney and Patent Attorney in Australia under the relevant regulations.
The unique feature of this course is that it may be undertaken entirely online, removing the need for students to attend face-to-face classes.
Course aims
This course provides graduates with an understanding of the principles of the registered trade mark system, the protection of unregistered marks and related forms of protection against misleading or unfair trading conduct in Australia. In addition, graduates understand the content and implication of a patent specification, enabling them to advise upon possible questions of infringement, validity and compliance.
Career options
Depending on the subjects taken, graduates may seek registration as a trade mark attorney and/or patent attorney in Australia. Arts administrators or media professionals may enhance career options through building expertise in the commercialisation or management of intellectual property assets. Other career options include: patent and trade marks attorney, IP lawyer, IP portfolio manager, policy maker and government regulator.
Admission requirements
UTS Rule: Applicants must have completed a recognised Australian bachelor's degree in a related field of study, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.
For this course the equivalent qualification required is a recognised Australian bachelor's degree in any discipline. Admission is at the discretion of the Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning).
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 575 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 90 overall with a writing score of 21; or DEEP: C; or PTE: 61
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Recognition of prior learning
UTS may grant successful applicants advanced standing or exemption from one or more subjects but the Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys (PSB) has no authority to recognise, for the purpose of registration as a Patent Attorney or Trade Mark Attorney, such exemptions. Students intending to seek registration need to seek exemption from the PSB. Further information is available from:
Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
PO Box 200
Woden ACT 2606
telephone +61 2 6283 2345
fax +61 2 6285 1048
email mail.psb@ipaustralia.gov.au
www.psb.gov.au
Exemptions are generally not granted for subjects not primarily directed to Australian law.
Applicants who have completed a recognised 'legal process' type subject or a degree at an Australian law faculty and intellectual property subject which cover all major topics can claim an exemption from 77896 Legal Process and Intellectual Property Overview.
Course duration and attendance
This course can be completed in one-and-a-half years of full-time study or two-and-a-half years of part-time study. Students commencing in Spring semester require an additional semester to complete the course.
Most subjects within this course can be studied by distance online and require no on-campus attendance. 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. A number of subjects are concurrently offered in traditional face-to-face, on-campus format.
Course structure
The course requires completion of 54 credit points of subjects.
Subjects are timetabled annually, but not all subjects are offered every semester. The current timetable can be found at:
Course completion requirements
| Select 54 credit points from the following options: | 54cp | |
| 77896 Legal Process and Intellectual Property Overview | 6cp | |
| 77898 Patent Law | 6cp | |
| 77889 Trade Marks Law | 6cp | |
| 77892 Professional Conduct (Intellectual Property) | 6cp | |
| 77894 Drafting of Patent Specifications | 6cp | |
| 77890 Trade Marks Practice | 6cp | |
| 77891 Patent Systems | 6cp | |
| 77895 Interpretation and Validity of Patent Specifications | 6cp | |
| 77893 Designs Law and Practice | 6cp | |
| 78015 Global Aspects of Intellectual Property Law | 6cp | |
| 77903 Copyright Law | 6cp | |
| 77740 Research Paper | 6cp | |
| 78188 Intellectual Property Commercialisation | 6cp | |
| Total | 54cp |
Articulation with UTS courses
Subjects undertaken within the Graduate Certificate in Trade Mark Law and Practice (C11130) are recognised within the Master of Industrial Property (C04150). Students enrolled in the graduate certificate may apply to internally transfer to the master's program. Candidates are not awarded the graduate certificate but subjects undertaken are applied towards the master's program.
Professional recognition
The educational requirements for registration as a Patent Attorney and Trade Mark Attorney in Australia with the Australian Government's Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys can be fulfilled by subjects available within this course.
Other information
Further information for future students is available from:
email law@uts.edu.au
Further information for current students is available from:
