Graduate Diploma in Applied Intellectual Property

Program Overview

This program provides an opportunity for the specialised study of intellectual property law and policy with a focus on the practical application of the law in various commercial contexts.

 It is designed for professionals across a wide range of disciplines who are seeking detailed knowledge about applied intellectual property law including:

• Professionals working with intellectual property but who may not have a background in the law, such as scientists, researchers, research managers, and those working in the culture industries;
• legal practitioners working in intellectual property and innovation law.

The program will appeal to both local and international students wanting to learn about the practical application of intellectual property in greater depth. The Grad Dip Applied IP will not itself lead to a professional qualification for legal practice but will enable a student to acquire expertise in intellectual property law and the context in which it operates.

Candidates for entry must have been awarded a Bachelors degree.  Work experience will be taken into account for admission purposes where a candidate can demonstrate extensive work experience in the area of expertise.

Program duration

The Grad Dip Applied IP may be taken full time in two semesters or part time in a minimum of three semesters.

Program Structure

Students must complete a total of 36 units of credit (6 courses) in order to complete the requirements for the degree.  All 36 units of credit must be from Postgraduate Law courses.

Compulsory courses

1. (1) Students whose undergraduate degree is from a discipline other than Law must satisfactorily complete the following courses:

• Legal Concepts, Reasoning & Research
• Intellectual Property Law and Innovation

(2) Students whose undergraduate degree is in Law must satisfactorily complete the following course:

• Intellectual Property Law and Innovation
• unless an exemption is obtained from the program Director/s based on prior recent completion of an undergraduate course in Australian intellectual property law.

2. All students must satisfactorily complete the following three courses:

• Commercial Transactions involving IP
• IP Licensing and Commercialisation
• IP Strategy and Management

The courses listed in section 1 above are all pre- or co-requisites for these three courses in section 2.

Electives

3. Any remaining courses are to be taken from the following:

• Advanced Topics in Intellectual Property
• Comparative Patent Law
• Comparative Trade Mark Law
• International & Comparative Intellectual Property
• Law and the Culture Industries
• Research Thesis 

The courses listed in section 1 above are all pre-requisites or co-requisites for these electives.