Target level of study
BAC +5
ECTS
120 credits
Duration
2 years
Training structure
Faculty of Law and Political Science
Presentation
Intellectual Property Law specialization
- Master's degree in intellectual property and digital law
Course coordinator: Agnès Robin
Objectives
This Master's program is designed for anyone with a passion for creation and communication, and who wants to understand the legal issues and mechanisms involved.
It is the act of creation, as well as the fruit of this act, that are at the heart of the issues addressed by the Intellectual Property and Digital Law Master's program.
The object of the law is intellectual creation, and the mechanisms used to apprehend it are those of intellectual property law, conceived as a special law nevertheless articulated with the principles of common law (liability law, special contract law, property law, etc.). What matters is creation, whether classic or of a new kind: transformative creations, musical or olfactory trademarks, plant breeders' rights, commercial "tricks", etc. - creation confronted with contemporary questions and challenges: online dissemination of hate content, illegal downloading, filtering and net neutrality, collaborative platforms, open data, open innovation, open source, etc.
Program
The Master's degree takes place over two years and 4 semesters, during which a number of skills are acquired:
GENERAL SKILLS
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIGITAL LAW SKILLS
PRE-PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY SKILLS (IP/IT)
DIGITAL LAW SKILLS (IT)
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Transversality
The teaching approach is therefore cross-disciplinary, covering all areas of intellectual property. It covers
- copyright,
- performers' rights,
- design rights,
- patent law,
- trademark law,
- plant variety rights,
- and finally database law.
This approach is linked to a practical reality which shows that a legal situation is rarely confined to one of the fields of intellectual property. We are witnessing the necessary cross-fertilizations that require the specialized lawyer to master the interplay of mechanisms. It would be inconceivable, for example, to analyze a case in the field of design or ready-to-wear clothing without at the same time invoking copyright, design law and trademark law.
Dematerialization
The training philosophy is, moreover, global in the age of dematerialization: for example, genetic resources are just as much a part of digital databases as museum works, which can then be circulated via communication networks...
Intellectual property law is now necessarily and intimately linked to information and communication technology (ICT) law, or digital law. Digital libraries and open science projects are concrete examples of this. Beyond this, it is the dissemination of information that is also the focus of attention, both in terms of liability (especially for technical service providers) and personal data protection.
Ubiquity
Finally, as an intangible object, intellectual creation has a ubiquitous dimension, reinforced by the digital revolution, which makes the application of national (or territorial) rules complex, and therefore requires knowledge of the rules of public and private international law. The specialized lawyer is therefore also confronted with the international dimension of intellectual property, and must, in particular, master the Community sources of the European Union.
- Is trademark infringement on the Internet via an online sales site or e-commerce platform accessible from France governed by French law or by another law?
- Which court has jurisdiction when the offence is multi-localized?
All these issues justify the course's emphasis on international law and the procedural aspects of intellectual property law.
Calendar of the year
► Sept.1 to Oct.1: on-the-job training
► October1 to December 15: academic training
(Intellectual property practice, intellectual property contracts, European and international intellectual property law, substantive and procedural infringement law, pix + IT)
► December 16 to January 14: on-the-job training
► January 17 to March 31: academic training
(Innovation management and strategy, online communication law, online business law, IP/IT law, tutored project).
► April1 to August 31: on-the-job training
Select a program
Master of Intellectual Property and Digital Law
Here, there is no chapel, no "religious war": patent versus copyright, or copyright versus copyright... What matters is creation, whether classic or new: transgenic animals and "chimeras", opera or multimedia creations, musical trademarks, olfactory trademarks, new plant varieties as commercial "tricks"... - creation confronted with contemporary questions and challenges: the Internet, digital creations, valorization of research... With teachers from the University, the CNRS, the Bar or business, from France and abroad.
For example, genetic resources are just as likely as museum works to be integrated and circulated within digital databases... Intellectual property law is now necessarily and intimately linked to communication law.
Initially a Research Master's degree, and after three years of combining the two courses (research/pro), the Master 2 "Intellectual Property Law and ICT" has now been transformed into a Professional Master's degree. The emphasis will be on developing partnerships with practitioners in the fields of intellectual property law (lawyers, companies, institutions, collecting societies, research establishments, etc.) and communications law (communications and software companies, Internet rights forums, etc.).
This transformation does not call into question our desire to reconcile theoretical reflection and practical application, which, as always in most of our legal disciplines, are mutually enriching. The reconciliation of the two approaches also leaves open the possibility for our students to pursue, if they so wish and provided they have the necessary qualifications, a research project in the form of a thesis. To give them the opportunity to demonstrate their aptitude for research, each student will be required to write a research dissertation.
And to give them the chance to enter the world of work, students will be offered a three-month internship with a partner of their choice, provided the internship focuses on intellectual property and/or communications law.
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4 creditsTD EU Business Law
Insolvency law group 2 (ST)
Intellectual property law (ST)
EU Distribution Dt
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UE Professional Integration
Your choice: 1 of 2
Internship
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Private digital law (ST)
Optional
Intellectual property practice
8 creditsIntellectual property contracts
7 creditsEuropean and international IP law
6 creditsSubstantive and procedural counterfeiting law
6 credits"Legal professions PIX
3 credits
Dissertation/Tutored project
Your choice: 1 of 2
Memory
4 creditsTutored project
Elective UE
Your choice: 1 of 2
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