The LL.M. is structured in three different phases stretching over 9 months, from June 2007 to February 2008.
The first phase consists of courses offered through distance learning via the Internet. This initial stage provides the participants with a preliminary and homogeneous background. Three distance learning modules are offered from the beginning of June to the end of August 2007. They are based on the successfully tested WIPO Academy “General Course on Intellectual Property” (DL-101), “IP and Electronic Commerce” (DL-202) and “Copyright and Related Rights”
(DL-203). The DL-101 has an online examination while the advanced courses will require of a written exam.
The second phase marks the residential part of the program. It offers face-to-face classroom teaching, held at ITC-ILO, in Torino from September 3 to December 18, 2007. Building on an introductory review of economic analysis of law, this phase analyzes IP protection both at a national and international level. Lectures will be offered by professors and tutors as well as IP experts. Participants will be required to make seminar-presentations. This provides for active interaction and participation among the students, tutors and the professors. Class teaching will be complemented by case-study sessions, experiments in legal drafting and submission of a first draft of a research paper. Three intermediate exams will be held during this phase of the program. The exam at the beginning of the second phase is intended to assess the level of knowledge attained by students during the first phase.
The third phase consists of the submission of the final version of the research paper. This section stretches from December 19, 2007 to February 28, 2008. Each participant will be required to submit the final version of the research paper initially presented during the
second phase. Submission and grading of the final research will conclude the program.
A Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Intellectual Property will be awarded upon successful completion and fulfilment of the requirements of the program.