home > postgraduate study > taught courses > odip
	text:  larger  smaller		The Oxford Diploma in IP Law and Practice is a masters-level vocational course for people embarking on a career in IP law and practice.  It is a one-year, part-time course designed to give junior practitioners a grounding in the fundamentals of IP law and practice.  It is taught by senior practitioners and academics, and represents a unique collaboration between the Oxford Law Faculty and the Intellectual Property Lawyers’ Association. The Diploma comprises a two-week residential programme held in September at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, and a series of weekend workshops held from October to March in London law firms.  It is taught by a mix of practising and academic lawyers, and covers the full range of IP subjects (including Patents, Trade Marks, Unfair Competition and Passing Off, Trade Secrets, Designs, Copyright and Moral Rights) as well as key aspects of litigious and non-litigious IP practice and procedure. The Diploma is assessed by four written assignments (50%) and two two-hour written public examinations (50%). The Residential Programme and Workshops Admission to the Diploma : requirements and procedures, fees, links to forms, etc. The course brochure for 2009/10 is now available to download in PDF format: Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice [810 KB]. The Diploma programme specification [PDF: 65KB]: an official document setting out the Diploma's objectives and learning methods in a standard format. Examiners' report: the most recent examiners' report for the Diploma   More about the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre Current students only: Log on to the ODIP intranet