Master's in Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Industrial Agreements

Master's Degree (Year 2) in Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Industrial Agreements

SEMESTER 3

> SKILLS: REVIEW OF PRIOR LEARNING
Module 1 - Review of prior learning: business law and civil law (70 hours of tutorials - 5 credits)
General Theory of a Company’s Intellectual Assets (Know-how and General Rules Governing Trade Secrets, Patents and Plant Variety Certificates, Trademarks, Industrial Designs, and Copyright) / General Theory of Property Law / Contract Law (30 hours of e-learning) / General Theory of Contracts and Special Contracts: Formation of Contracts, Effects of Contracts, Remedies for Breach of Contract, International Contract Law (Applicable Law, Competent Court) / Corporate Law (e-learning, 20 hours) / Insolvency Law (e-learning, 20 hours)

> SKILLS: INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACTS
UE 2   - Agreements and Contracts on Industrial Rights (50 hours of tutorials - 12 credit hours)
Patent Contracts (Confidentiality Agreements; Licenses; Assignments; Coexistence Agreements; Corporate Transactions; Consortia; Joint Ventures) / - Contracts on Unpatented Know-How (Trade Secret Law) / Legal Framework for Employee Inventions   - Corporate Transactions / - Copyright Contracts /
Trademark and Trademark Portfolio Contracts (License; Assignment; Non-Opposition Agreement; Corporate Transactions) / - Design Contracts (License; Assignment) / - English Legal Vocabulary for Intellectual Property.

> LANGUAGE SKILLS
UE 3 - English (10 hours of tutorials) 1C
+ TOEIC or TOEFL required

> PRE-PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
UE 4 - Legal Research 4C
Legal Monitoring (AssessedTutored Project ) 150 hours

 SEMESTER 4

> SKILLS: INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENTS AND THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
UE5   - Industrial Agreements and the Business Environment (50 hours of tutorials - 12 credits)
Competition Law as Applied to Contracts for the Exploitation of Intellectual Property (Abuse of Dominant Position; Cartels; Exemption Regulations; FRAND Licenses) / Applied Finance Law (Intellectual Property as a Financing Tool: Exchange Platforms; securitization) / Security Interests (Intellectual Property as Collateral) / Taxation of Intellectual Property Contracts / Insolvency Law and Transfer of Intellectual Property (Transfer of Intellectual Property Assets in Restructuring Transactions) / Methods of Contract Dispute Resolution: Judicial Resolution and Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods (Domestic and international arbitration—ad hoc arbitration and institutional arbitration (WIPO, ICC)) / Applied international law (National intellectual property portfolios; Conflicts of laws and jurisdiction); Litigation involving European Union trademarks and designs; Litigation involving European patents with unitary effect and European effect; Comparative law.

> SKILLS: INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENTS SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN FIELDS
UE6 - Industrial Agreements Specific to Certain Fields (50 hours of tutorials - 12 credits)
Pharmaceutical Patent Licensing / Software Licensing / - Open Data; Open-Source Licenses / FRAND Licenses / Patronage, Sponsorship, and Endorsement (Corporate Promotional Investment) / SATT Partnerships / Legal Preservation of Biological Materials (Biobanks and Scientific Collections), Contracts for Access to and Use of Biological Material / Scientific Interest Groups.

> LANGUAGE SKILLS
UE7 - English (10 hours of tutorials) 1C

> PRE-PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
UE8 - Practical Management of Corporate Intellectual Assets (10 hours of tutorials - 6 credits)
- Practical Case Studies and Contract Law (Drafting Contracts)
- Reasoned Analysis
- Legal Monitoring.

UE 9 - Career Placement (7C)
- 7-week to 3-month internship or work-study program (apprenticeship contract or professional training contract)
- Introduction to careers (talks by professionals)
- Assistance with resume preparation.

Or UE 9 - Career Development (5C) + Student Engagement (2C)