Complete a Masters with Monash Law and earn credit for patent and trade marks attorney qualifications

The course

Monash Law School offers a Master of Intellectual Property Law for non-law graduates. This program is ideal for those who would like to gain a qualification as a Trade Marks or Patent Attorney.

The course may be completed by undertaking eight coursework units, with at least five in the area of intellectual property law. All units are taught at Monash University Law Chambers, 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne in the heart of the city’s legal precinct.

The units

Monash Law School teaches all of the accredited units that are required to obtain registration as a Trade Marks Attorney. It also teaches all but three of the units required to obtain registration as a patent attorney.

The following units will meet the specialisation requirements for your masters, as well as being accredited by the Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys to your qualification as a Patent or Trade Marks Attorney. All units are offered annually.

• Australian legal system (Part Group A)*
• Overview of intellectual property (Part Group A)*
• Trade mark practice (Group B and D)* 
• Trade marks and commercial designation (Group C)*
• Patents, trade secrets and allied rights (Group E)#
• Design law and practice (Group I)*

* Units are offered in semester 2 or on an intensive basis in summer semester 2006.
# Unit will be offered in 2007 on an intensive basis.

In addition to those listed, three more units are required to complete your training as a Patent Attorney. Any two of these will enable you to complete the Master of Intellectual Property Law at Monash.

• Patent systems (Group F)
• Drafting patent specifications (Group G)
• Interpretation and validity of patent specifications (Group H)

Monash Law does not teach these units, but you may gain credit for any two of these units to fulfil the requirements for your masters degree if they are satisfactorily completed at the Academy of the Institute of Patent Attorneys or any other PSB accredited providers.

More information

Postgraduate Studies Office
Monash University Law Chambers
472 Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Phone: 03 9641 6206
Email: graduate@law.monash.edu.au

For details on the specific requirements involved with the patent and trademark attorney qualification, please contact the Professional Standards Board of Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys via www.psb.gov.au.