Directors
Prof. Dr. Anselm Kamperman Sanders
Dr. Christopher Heath
Mr. Gonçalo Cabral

Coordinator
Bentham Fong

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The IP Law School is a unique initiative in Asia offering a taught programme in international Intellectual Property Law and its relevance for global, European and Asian economic development and innovation policy.

The IP Law School is extremely suited for trainee lawyers, Intellectual Property professionals with an economic or policy background, and master students in Intellectual Property wishing to enhance their skills at post-academic level.

Starting from the basics of the Paris and Berne conventions, the course covers the development of Intellectual Property Law all the way to the WTO TRIPS Agreement and the WIPO Copyright treaties. Attention is also devoted to regional arrangements, such as the European Patent Convention, and other new international and national initiatives. From a policy perspective free trade agreements and bilateral investment arrangements covering Intellectual Property, as well as ongoing negotiations in the area of protection of traditional knowledge will be covered.

Classes are offered in an intensive Socratic format in the course of one week by experts in the field. The main lecturers are professors Anselm Kamperman Sanders ( Maastricht University ) and Christopher Heath (Boards of Appeal, European Patent Office). Other distinguished lecturers may be invited for specific topics (please see schedule).

This challenging programme also expects students to jointly prepare and argue several moot cases in a friendly, yet competitive atmosphere, providing a unique insight in the way in which participants from various jurisdictions approach international and domestic legal problems.

The IP Law School offers an excellent opportunity to prepare or refresh one’s knowledge before the 9^th IP Seminar and the IP Master Classes.

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IP Master Classes offer the opportunity to learn from an expert in a particular sub-discipline of Intellectual Property Law. Whereas the IP Master Classes follow the same Socratic format of the IP Law School, including the opportunity to argue mock trials, they are much more topical and are taught jointly by the regular IP Law School team and other expert speakers from the IP Seminar. This means that IP Master Classes form a seamless companion programme to the annual Intellectual Property Seminar.

In all, the IP Law School, the IP Seminar and the IP Master Classes form an attractive package. You can furthermore take the entire programme at a special rate, or select a combination of modules that suit your needs.

Material will be distributed before the course, and the participants are required to prepare the case studies beforehand. The actual cases on which the case studies are based will be distributed during the course.

The mock trials will be prepared in three groups: Plaintiffs, defendants and jury. The groups will be formed on the first day, and each group should then represent the plaintiff, defendant and jury in one of the three mock trials in order to appreciate the different functions.

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Since 2000 the IEEM has been organizing every year a successful two-days seminar on Intellectual Property Law topics. In 2008 it will be Territorial Rights and Global Trade. The papers delivered by the speakers will be made available online. Upon registration you will receive the location and a password that provides access to these materials.

The seminars have attracted to Macau some of the best experts in the field and the papers presented there have been published in book form by Kluwer and Hart.

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The expected level of English proficiency either for the IPLS or Master Classes is the equivalent of a minimum of 6.0 on the IELTS/550 on the TOEFL.

IP Law School : Bachelor degree or above, preferably in law or economics. Work experience will also be considered. The number of participants is limited to 28 students for the IP Law School, with a cap of students per jurisdiction.

IP Master Classes: Master degree, comprising IP, commercial law or economic regulation. Participation in the IPLS and work experience will also be considered.

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Fees:

• IP Law School: MOP 4,800 or USD 600
• IP Seminar: MOP 4,000 or USD 500
• IP Law School + IP Master Classes + IP Seminar: MOP 10 000 or USD 1,250
• IP Master Classes + IP Seminar: MOP 6,800 or USD 850
• Each single IP Master Class module: MOP 2,000 or USD 250
• Each IP Seminar dinner: MOP 320 or USD 40

Early bird registration: Discount of MOP 600 or USD 75 for enrolment before 1 April 2008

Deadline and Cancellation Policy

Deadline for enrolment: 8 June 2008
Cancellation policy: 80% of fees paid for the IP Law School, Seminar or Master Classes will be refunded if cancellation occurs until 8 June 2008. Dinner fees are not refundable.

IEEM Academy Special

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Students have the option to receive credit, subject to university approval, for successful completion of the IEEM IP School and IEEM Academy of International Trade Law for admission to English Language LLM programmes at Maastricht University Faculty of Law, the Netherlands . For further information on applying for admission as a visiting student at Maastricht University Faculty of Law, please email to: masters@law.unimaas.nl. For general information on the Maastricht University Faculty of Law Master Programmes, please visit www.rechten.unimaas.nl

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The Hong Kong Law Society has recognized the 2008 IP School, IP Master Classes and IP Seminar for Continual Professional Development (CPD) purposes, as follows:

IP School: 32.5 CPD points;

IP Master Classes: 6.5 CPD points per day;

IP Seminar: 5 CPD points per day.

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Please contact Ms. Beatrice Lam
The Institute of European Studies of Macau
Address: Calçada do Gaio, No.6, Macau
Tel: +(853)28 354 326 Fax: +(853) 28 356 155

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Books
Intellectual Property in the Digital Age, Challenges for Asia
Industrial Property in the Bio-medical Age
New Frontiers of Intellectual Property Law
Intellectual Property and Free Trade Agreements

Publishers
www.hart.oxi.net
www.kluwerlaw.com

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