Hamburg, Germany

Licensing Transactions in Intellectual Property

when 1 July 2024 - 19 July 2024
language English
duration 3 weeks
credits 10 EC
fee EUR 2200

This program is organized jointly by Bucerius Law School (Hamburg, Germany), UC College of the Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings College of the Law) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (Geneva, Switzerland). It is designed to be an intensive, three-week, English-taught program for upper division students and young practitioners.

The program is designed to build practical skills for transacting technology licenses in a transnational context. It will provide a thorough understanding of the core IP and licensing concepts, including industry practices, and will familiarize students with both the legal and business perspectives of licensing.

Topics covered include an overview of IP laws relevant to licensing in various jurisdictions (primarily the US and the EU, with references to relevant developments in other jurisdictions), securing IP rights internationally, IP management and monetization, the mechanics and legal aspects of transferring IP rights (including a focus on EU competition regulations), structuring international license agreements, international dispute resolution and industry-specific licensing strategies.

These theoretical concepts will be applied in a licensing workshop. In teams supervised by experienced practitioners, students will negotiate a transnational technology license based on a real life fact pattern and develop the transaction's term sheet.

Two site visits to major German/European enterprises, with discussions of each company's own international licensing experience and strategies, will round out the program.

Course leader

Academic Directors:

Prof. Dr. Dana Beldiman - Bucerius Law School
Prof. Jeff Lefstin, PhD - UC College of the Law San Francisco

Target group

Law students and young professionals

Course aim

The program is designed to build practical skills for transacting technology licenses in a transnational context. It will provide a thorough understanding of the core IP and licensing concepts, including industry practices, and will familiarize students with both the legal and business perspectives of licensing.

Credits info

10 EC
The course-credit system is based on the American Bar Association (ABA) guidelines, with one credit hour being equivalent to 700 minutes of classroom time. European students are able to earn ECTS points.

All participants follow one set curriculum that earns them 5 ABA / 10 ECTS credits.


If you are seeking to transfer credit, be sure to consult with your home institution before committing to the program to ensure that your participation will be recognized. Your academic advisor may be required to approve a foreign course of study in advance of the program.

Fee info

EUR 2200: Early Decision Deadline: March 1 (15% discount)

In addition to tuition, we recommend budgeting at least EUR 1550 for your stay in Hamburg. While all extracurricular activities are provided free of charge for participants, accommodation, travel expenses to/from Hamburg, etc. are not included in the cost of tuition.

Scholarships

Alumni, students from partner universities and applicants who are officially recommended by Bucerius alumni or faculty also receive a discount of 15%.
Some limited funding is available for partial need-based scholarships for highly-qualified applicants.

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