Intellectual Property Law Postgraduate Certificate at Brunel University of London

The Brunel Intellectual Property Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) is a unique, part-time programme with two separate routes designed for trainee patent attorneys with STEM degrees or for trainee trade mark attorneys. It is also suitable for people wishing to pursue a more general career in intellectual property law and practice. The PGCert is accredited with IPREG and provides two separate routes of Foundation Level Qualification (Patents) and a Foundation Level Qualification (Trademarks).

Faculty: College of Arts, Law and Social Sciences  |  Department: Department of Social and Political Sciences  |  Duration: 8 months part-time; 1 year part-time  |  Study mode: part-time  |  Intake: January; September  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The Intellectual Property Law PgCert consists entirely of compulsory modules which are delivered on-line. Compulsory modules include Copyright, Design and Allied Rights, Patent Law and Practice, Trade Marks and Allied Rights, Managing Intellectual Property.

Career pathways

You will leave Brunel with a firm grounding in Intellectual Property Law. After you graduate, you will be well equipped to get into the specialist area of intellectual property as a practitioner or adviser at national or international level or as a lawyer, patent or trademark attorney, IP portfolio manager, IP examiner, or IP paralegal.

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