Language
  • English
Format
  • Full time
  • Part time
Start date
  • September
Location
  • Maastricht
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Advanced Master Intellectual Property Law and Knowledge Management (LLM)

Designed for law graduates and tech transfer professionals ready to take the next step in their careers, this LLM empowers you with expertise in cross-border IP litigation, focusing on comparative practice and advocacy before national courts UPC and EPO.

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Your future

The Intellectual Property Law and Knowledge Management advanced master’s programme will train you to work as a legal practitioner or in management in knowledge-intensive industries and at research institutes. Around 90% of our alumni find a job within one year of graduation.

Our alumni have found jobs at a wide variety of organisations, including the following:

  • BNP Paribas
  • Austria Wirtschaftsservice
  • European Patent Office
  • European Intellectual Property Office
  • Ministry of Trade and Industry
  • World Intellectual Property Organisation
  • Assap tax and legal services
  • Philips IP and Standards
  • AkzoNobel

 

LLM degree

As an LLM graduate, you will have the academic and legal skills to successfully compete for positions and work in an international legal environment at:

  • law firms specialised in IP law
  • research institutes and technology transfer offices
  • international economic institutions (WTO, WIPO)
  • national and international NGOs (e.g. Free Software Foundation Europe, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development)
  • European and national patent offices or trademark offices
  • European industry associations and national/transnational innovative corporations

Career prospects

You might find a position as:

  • swap & derivative negotiator
  • patent examiner or attorney
  • legal expert on EuKTS
  • consultant
  • senior business development officer
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