C11229v1 Graduate Certificate in Intellectual Property
Award(s): Graduate Certificate in Intellectual Property (GradCertIP)UAC code: 940435 (distance) (Autumn session, Spring session)
Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 24
Course EFTSL: 0.5
Location: distance
Notes
This course is only available by distance mode. International students are not eligible for a student visa to study this course in Australia.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Course intended learning outcomes
Admission requirements
Credit recognition
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Transfer between 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 Intellectual Property program is the first at an Australian university that fulfils the entire educational requirements for registration as a trade marks 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 marks 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 marks 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.
This course enables overseas registered attorneys to undertake the necessary subjects that the Professional Standards Board requires for Australian registration.
Course intended learning outcomes
| 1.0 | An advanced and integrated understanding of a complex body of legal knowledge including the Australian legal system, social justice, cultural and international contexts, the principles and values of ethical practice, and contemporary developments in law and its professional practice. |
| 1.1 | Demonstrate specialised legal, scientific and technical knowledge of Australasian patent and trade marks law and systems to support innovation in a range of contexts. |
| 2.0 | An advanced and integrated capacity to value and promote honesty, integrity, accountability, public service and ethical standards including an understanding of approaches to ethical decision making, the rules of professional responsibility, an ability to reflect upon and respond to ethical challenges in practice, and a developing ability to engage in the profession of law and to exercise professional judgment. |
| 2.1 | Recognise, reflect upon and respond to ethical and professional responsibility issues that arise in specialist practice roles; and respond with professional judgment. |
| 3.0 | A capacity to think critically, strategically and creatively including an ability to identify and articulate complex legal issues, apply reasoning and research to generate appropriate theoretical and practical responses, and, demonstrate sophisticated cognitive and creative skills in approaching complex legal issues and generating appropriate responses. |
| 3.1 | Identify, synthesise and articulate complex legal and technical issues and apply analytical skills to identify innovation and generate clear, succinct and novel responses. |
| 4.0 | Well-developed cognitive and practical skills necessary to identify, research, evaluate and synthesise relevant factual, legal and policy issues and demonstrate intellectual and practical skills necessary to justify and interpret theoretical propositions, legal methodologies, conclusions and professional decisions. |
| 4.1 | Research, identify and evaluate technical information, legal judgments and issues to interpret, justify, or critique propositions, conclusions and professional decisions. |
| 5.0 | Effective and appropriate professional communication skills including highly effective use of the English language, an ability to inform, analyse, report and persuade using an appropriate medium and message and an ability to respond appropriately. |
| 5.1 | Communicate accurately and appropriately with multidisciplinary audiences in a range of specialised and technical formats; including productive collaboration with professional teams and clients. |
| 6.0 | A high level of autonomy, accountability and professionalism, the ability to implement appropriate self-management and lifelong learning strategies including initiating self-directed work and learning, judgment and responsibility, self assessment of skills, personal wellbeing and appropriate use of feedback and, a capacity to adapt to and embrace change. |
| 6.1 | Evaluate and implement their own professional development and incorporate personal skills in order to work with autonomy as a responsible and adaptable professional. |
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.
Previous qualifications can be in any discipline. Admission is at the discretion of the associate dean (education).
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: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 176-184.
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.
Credit recognition
General and course-specific credit recognition information regarding the Graduate Certificate in Intellectual Property is available at postgraduate course information.
Course duration and attendance
The course can be completed in a minimum of one session of full-time or one year of part-time study (timetabling restrictions apply).
All subjects within this course can be studied by distance online requiring 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 24 credit points of subjects. As part of this course, students must complete 77905 Preparing for Intellectual Property Practice.
Subjects are timetabled annually, but not all subjects are offered every session. The UTS Timetable Planner enables current and future UTS students to view subject timetables.
Course completion requirements
| CBK90712 Choice | 24cp | |
| Total | 24cp |
Transfer between UTS courses
Subjects undertaken within the Graduate Certificate in Trade Mark Law and Practice (C11130) are recognised within the Graduate Certificate in Intellectual Property. Students enrolled in C11130 may apply to internally transfer to this course. Candidates are not awarded the Graduate Certificate in Trade Mark Law and Practice but subjects undertaken are applied towards this graduate certificate.
Professional recognition
Subject to final board approval, where applicants have a requisite tertiary qualification as stipulated by the Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys, this course provides accredited subjects which satisfy the educational requirements necessary for registration as a Trade Marks Attorney or which lead to completing the educational requirements necessary for registration as a Patent Attorney in Australia.
Prospective students should check with the Professional Standards Board for specific subjects required to be completed for registration.
Other information
Further information for future students is available on:
telephone +61 2 9514 3660
email law@uts.edu.au
Further information for current students is available on:
telephone 1300 ask UTS (1300 275 887)
Ask UTS
