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

Coordinator
Beatrice Lam

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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 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 2010 it will be the 11^th seminar and the topic chosen is Leading IP Personalities and Institutions. A group of distinguished speakers will be invited to talk about cases that shaped the IP landscape. 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.

Past 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 events venue will be posted in this webpage asap.

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The expected level of English proficiency is the equivalent of a minimum of 6.0 on the IELTS/550 on the TOEFL.

IPLS: Bachelor degree or above, preferably in law or economics. Work experience will also be considered. The number of participants is limited to 24 students for the IP Law School, with a cap of 4 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.

The IEEM reserves the right to cancel the IP Law School or the IP Master Class modules should there be insufficient registrations.

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Fees:

• IP Law School US$ 850
• IP Seminar US$ 750
• IP Law School and IP Master Classes + Seminar US$ 2000
• Three days IP Master Classes: US900
• Every single IP Master Class module US$ 375
• Each IP Seminar dinner: US$ 40

Early bird registration: Discount of US$ 100 (registration and payment before 14 May 2010).

Deadline and Cancellation Policy

Deadline for enrolment: 11 June 2010

Cancellation policy: 80% of fees paid for the IP Law School, Seminar or Master Classes will be refunded if cancellation occurs until 11 June 2010. Dinner fees are not refundable.

IEEM Academy Special

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The IEEM will apply to the Hong Kong Law Society for accreditation for CPD purposes.

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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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Macau Foundation

EUBIP (EUROPEAN UNION BUSINESS INFO PROGRAMME)

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