International Studies in Intellectual Property Law TU Dresden

Overview

The LLM program International Studies in Intellectual Property Law at TU Dresden is a one year postgraduate course offering students specialized knowledge on Intellectual Property Law, in particular Copyright, Data Protection, Trade Mark and Patent Law. Our attention lies on legal questions associated with new technologies, multimedia and the internet.

Study Program

Founded in the academic year of 1999/2000 the program is offered in a completely English language version since 2018. At the end of the programme, successful participants will obtain a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in “International Studies in Intellectual Property Law“. In order to ensure high-quality mentoring, there is a limited number of participants. The program is unique in offering participants not only a practice-oriented specialization in the field of Intellectual Property Law, but also the opportunity to acquire an excellent knowledge of foreign languages and legal terminology.

Program Curriculum

The one-year program is divided into four parts. Besides a semester at TU Dresden (summer semester) students spend their winter semester at one of our partner universities. Part of the program is also a mandatory internship as well as the completion of a final master thesis. Students can start their studies either in the summer semester or in the winter semester.

Studies at TU Dresden (summer semester)Students spend the summer term, starting in April, at the Technische Universität Dresden. In Dresden students have to choose either to take part in the German track (taught in German) or in the International Track (taught in English).

The International Track offers a practice-oriented education in European and international intellectual property law.

Courses in the German Track focus on German and European intellectual property law. With the participation in the German Track, also the requirement of acquiring the theoretical knowledge for the Fachanwalt "Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz" is fulfilled.