Intellectual Property Law LLM

Gain detailed knowledge and skills in intellectual property rights law, management and policy to embark on an exciting career at the forefront of innovation and development.\
As the pace of change accelerates, intellectual property experts are crucial for guarding the rights of creators and companies, and for ensuring consumer protection.\
Explore traditional intellectual property topics such as industrial property, artistic works, and brands, as well as emerging policy areas including the digital economy, artificial intelligence, and biotechnology.\
You’ll explore international norms and institutions related to intellectual property and consider the broader social and economic implications. You’ll be able to tailor your course to your specialism too – across areas as diverse as health, culture, education, technology, innovation, and economic development.\
Global in nature, the programme also reflects the growing importance of international developments in intellectual property and confronts the surrounding controversies. These include the relationships between intellectual property and human rights norms, access to knowledge, new technologies and economic development.\
Leeds is a centre for legal research excellence and benefits from close ties with industry and our global alumni network. Our teaching is informed by cutting-edge thinking and delivered by experts in the field. And all this means you’ll be set up for career success across law firms, corporate legal teams, government or academia.