Application for Certificate

REQUIREMENTS FOR A CERTIFICATE IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

To be eligible for a Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, a student must satisfy all the requirements listed below.

A.   A student must complete all of the following Intellectual Property Law Core Courses:

1.	Patent
2.	Trademark and Unfair Competition
3.	Copyright

B.   A student must complete at least five credits of the following Intellectual Property Law Related Courses:

1.	Administrative Law
2.	Antitrust
3.	Communications Law
4.	Cyberlaw
5.	Ecommerce
6.	Entertainment Law
7.	Intellectual Property Licensing
8.	International Intellectual Property
9.	Patent Practice and Procedure
10.	College of Law externship placement dealing directly with Intellectual Property law, subject to the advanced joint approval of the Director of the Externship Program and the Faculty Coordinator, for a maximum of three credits
11.	Advanced Topics/Seminar in Intellectual Property Law, subject to the advanced approval of the paper topic/project by the Faculty Coordinator, provided that an Advanced Topics/Seminar applied towards satisfaction of the Intellectual Property Law Related Course requirement may not be applied towards satisfaction of the Research and Writing Component in Intellectual Property Law
12.	Any other Intellectual Property Law course added to the curriculum on an experimental or permanent basis, if approved by the Dean for inclusion as a Related Course

C.   A student must complete one of the following Research and Writing Components:

1.	Advanced Topics/Seminar in Intellectual Property Law, subject to the advanced approval of the paper topic/project by the Faculty Coordinator, provided that an Advanced Topics/Seminar applied towards satisfaction of the Research and Writing Component in Intellectual Property Law may not be applied towards satisfaction of the Intellectual Property Law Related Course requirement
2.	Independent Research (with paper) in Intellectual Property Law, subject to the advanced approval of the paper topic/project by the Faculty Coordinator
3.	Participation in Moot Court competition in Intellectual Property Law, if the Faculty Coordinator determines that the amount and quality of student's participation has been sufficient to be counted as completion of a Certificate Research and Writing Component

D.   A student must have a 3.0 cumulative grade point average in all Intellectual Property Law Core and Related Courses completed, except that a course graded only on a pass/fail basis shall not be included in the grade point average computation.