Intellectual Property & the Digital Economy (LLM)

Background

This programme is designed to equip students with a detailed and critical understanding of the legal issues concerning the regulation of both intellectual property and the digital economy, including the place and importance of intellectual property within the digital economy. It will also enable students to locate, understand and evaluate these legal issues within a national, regional (European), and an international context. It will provide students with an advanced-level qualification giving rise to a wide range of employment opportunities including: legal practice (both general and specialised); government service; legal advisors to private companies and NGOs; independent consultancy; specialist researchers in academic and think-tank institutions; and, further advanced level study.

In the rapidly globalising environment of intellectual property and digital commerce, the combination of regulatory, policy, and management perspectives which this programme will provide should prove highly attractive to both students and employers.

The LLM in Intellectual Property and the Digital Economy also benefits from strategic relationships with local and national law firms. One of the advantages of these relations is that the students on this LLM are able to apply for summer internships at firms that specialise in intellectual property matters. At present, our strategic partners include: (i) Burness Paull & Williamsons, a top tier Scottish commercial law firm with extensive expertise in IP, IT and Information Law; and (ii) Cloch Solicitors, a boutique Scottish IP law firm.

As part of the Taught Masters Programme, there is a compulsory one-week induction programme, tailored specifically for the LLM. This offers students information and guidance on learning methods, research skills, and on non-academic aspects of life and study in Glasgow.