In light of the uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020-2021 edition is designed as follows:
In principle, the face-to-face component of the programme to be carried out on the Turin Campus is maintained but reduced in length, and will take place from 6 April to 16 July 2021.
By 15 December 2020, in light of the circumstances at that time, the Scientific Committee may adopt the decision that the programme will be held entirely online. The decision to deliver the entire programme online will be definitive and will imply a limited reduction of the fee.
In case no such decision is adopted by 15 December 2020, the normal TSD policy on emergency will apply.
If the programme is delivered entirely online, the curriculum will be adjusted accordingly but students will still have to engage in a highly interactive segment from 6 April to 16 July.
Emerging phenomena such as cloud computing, biotechnological inventions and big data give rise to an ongoing need to define an optimal interface between law and technology.
Learn by doing, through case studies, workshops, and group exercises
Exchange ideas with international students and faculty
Engage with experts from the ILO and other international organizations
The Master in Intellectual Property is for participants wanting to acquire the skills needed to play a leading role in intellectual property rights (IPR) practice and teaching through exposure to a comparative, international approach. IP law faces unprecedented challenges. Emerging phenomena such as cloud computing, biotechnological inventions and big data are giving rise to the need to define an optimal interface between law and technology. Similarly, IP law has become a crucial factor in economic, scientific and societal/moral decisions. In view of the above, the Master in IP attracts professionals from the public and private sectors, as well as junior academics wanting to play a leading role in the practice and teaching of IP. The curriculum includes an in-depth examination of the classic topics of IP law, as well as a specialized analysis of the latest developments in the fields of patents, trademarks, domain names, copyright and related rights, design, software and databases, integrated circuits, biotechnological patents and plant varieties, the internet and e-commerce. The diversified profiles and backgrounds of the students and lecturers make the Master a truly international forum for the exchange of knowledge and opinion, and discussion of the ideas inherent in different legal systems.
Professionals from the public and private sectors; junior academics wanting to acquire the skills required to play a leading role in the practice and teaching of IP. Candidates should have gained a first-level university degree in law, economics, engineering, medicine, chemistry, communication sciences or business administration.
Students gain the fundamental tools and competencies needed to handle the complexities of intellectual property.
The Master is structured in three parts: online learning, residential classes, and an individual research paper.
This intensive, year-long Master combines online and residential work for students at different stages of their careers.
Students learn by studying, collaborating, and observing practitioners in action.
Tutor-assisted self-study period
Turin (Italy), at ITCILO
Preparation and submission during the face-to-face period
The LL.M. is structured in three different phases stretching over 9 months, from 31 August 2020 to July 2021.
The first phase consists of courses offered through distance learning via the Internet. It consists of three WIPO modules offered through distance learning. This initial phase is designed to provide all the participants with a preliminary and homogeneous background. The three distance learning modules are delivered from 31 August to 11 December 2020. They are based on the successfully tested “Patents" (DL-301), “Copyright ” (DL-201) and “Trademarks, designs, geographical indications and unfair competition” (DL-302); all designed by WIPO experts.
25 January to 27 March
The second phase consists of the residential part of the Master. It is an intensive face-to-face classroom learning period delivered at ITCILO campus in Turin from 6 April to 16 July 2021 and at WIPO headquarters in Geneva during a three-night study visit in March. It starts with an introductory review of the current IPR regime followed by economic analysis of IPR law. This phase explores IP protection both at national, regional and international levels. Lectures on the following modules are offered by professors as well as IP experts.
A full-time tutor is assigned to the class in order to respond to participants’ clarification needs and to provide remedial support to the students, as required. Participants, on rotation basis, are expected to make weekly summary
presentations of the topics covered during the preceding week. This provides for active interaction among the participants, the tutor and the professors.
Class teaching will be enriched by case-study sessions as well as exercises in legal drafting. Submission of a first draft of a research paper is a requirement during this phase. Two written exams are held during this phase of the Master; the first carrying double the credit points of the second.
The third phase consists of the submission of the final version of the research paper.
This part stretches from 19 July to 20 August 2021. Each participant will be required to submit the final version of the research paper initially drafted during the face-to-face period. Submission and subsequent grading of the final research paper will conclude the Master.
A Master of Laws (LL.M.) in IP will be awarded upon successful completion and fulfillment of the learning requirements of all 3 parts.
To be eligible for the Master, applicants must:
The tuition fee for the 2020/21 edition is 9,000 euros.
The fee includes:
Applications will be reviewed by the Selection Committee in two different rounds of admission. Interested candidates should duly complete and submit the on-line application form and the requested documents, no later than April 15, 2020 (to be screened and evaluated for the 1st round of enrolment) or the May 15, 2020 (to be screened and evaluated for the 2nd round).
Applicants requesting WIPO sponsorship should visit and apply at the following WIPO Academy page:
https://welc.wipo.int/acc/index.jsf?page=aipCatalog.xhtml&lang=en&cc=LLM_TURIN#plus_LLM_TURIN
The residential part of the LL.M. will be held at the ITCILO Campus in Torino, Italy
The training and residential facilities consist of 21 low-rise buildings, set in ten hectares of riverside parkland. The buildings have been fully refurbished on the occasion of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games.
The ITCILO campus in Torino has advanced facilities to assist students in their learning and social activities. The Guest Relations service takes care of leisure activities, while the campus provides a wide array of services such as post office, currency exchange, medical assistance, travel agency, laundry, restaurant, bar, tennis courts, football playground, and gym.
Participants are granted access to the library of the WIPO Academy during the study visit and to the “Norberto Bobbio” library of the Turin Law School. The latter has a large endowment of texts in the field of intellectual property. Participants are given a Syllabus, which contains both suggested and mandatory readings, and two additional lists (named “our library A” and “our library B”) indicating, for every subject, recent articles and books available in Turin at the Norberto Bobbio library. Periodical updates on the new acquisitions of the Norberto Bobbio library are also provided.
Easily accessible by car, train or plane, Torino has a long tradition in the field of IP: the largest IP consultancy firm, advertising agency and car manufacturer in Italy all have their headquarters in Torino, demonstrating Torino's long tradition in housing some of the IP intensive areas of the country's economy.
First as Italy's capital and second, as the venue of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, Torino is an industrious and enjoyable city which offers a wide variety of historical attractions and places to visit, such as the Egyptian Museum, the Royal Palace, the National Cinema Museum, the Mole Antonelliana, the Automobile Museum, the Lingotto, as well as permanent and temporary art exhibitions and music festivals.
The University of Turin was founded in 1404. Today, the University has a faculty of 1,200 professors, about 800 researchers, and 70,000 students. More than 20 years ago it launched a cluster of nine international Masters jointly organized with the International Training Center of the International Labour Organization (ITCILO), including this Master of Laws in Intellectual Property (LL.M.).
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a global forum for intellectual property services, policy, information and cooperation. It is a self-funding, specialized agency of the United Nations based in Geneva. It is dedicated to lead the development of a balanced and effective international intellectual property (IP) system that enables innovation and creativity for the benefit of all. WIPO administers 26 international treaties and has 189 member states.
The WIPO Academy is a division of WIPO established in 1998. It plays a central role in WIPO’s activities to enhance the capacity of countries to use the IP system by employing an interdisciplinary approach to IP education focusing on its links with trade, innovation, health, applied sciences, information technology and creative industries. Since 1998, more than 400,000 students have participated in WIPO Academy Programmes namely, Professional
Development, Distance Learning, Academic Institutions and Executive Programmes. It responds to a wide spectrum of demand for IP education like degree programmes, custommade professional training and policy-making in IP and offers distance learning courses in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
The International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (the Centre) is the training arm of the ILO – a specialized agency of the United Nations.
ILO was established in 1919 and aims at the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights. The Centre is based in Turin and is a premium provider of capacity development and training services in the field of decent work and sustainable development. In 1991, the Centre started to offer an innovative, jobfocused and multi-disciplinary portfolio of Masters in partnership with the University of Turin. The LL.M. in IP, the LL.M. in International Trade Law, the Master in Management of Development, and the Master in Public Procurement for Sustainable Development are among the world-renowned trainings offered by the Centre.
The LL.M. in Intellectual Property is supported by partial funding from WIPO and private entities, most prominently the Compagnia di San Paolo.
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on Monday, 09 March 2020
jointly organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization, ITCILO and the University of Turin.
Annual Conference on 9 March 2020 and Alumni Day
You need to fill in the on-line application form available on the website:
You should attach the documents requested in the Supporting Documents section of the on-line application form. Official documents should be scanned and uploaded. The compulsory documents include a copy of:
Important: The application form will be considered only if supported by the above listed documents.
You are expected to submit your application form, duly filled in, together with the requested documents no later than the May 15, 2020.
Student's profile
A total of up to 40 participants (15 selected and sponsored by the WIPO Academy and the remainder by the University of Turin) are admitted to the Master. All applications are scrutinized by a joint committee headed by the Turin Law School. The Master is very intensive.
Students need to be strongly motivated.
Essential requirements for admission:
Hold a Bachelor's Degree of a minimum duration of three years (equivalent to a three-year first level University Italian Degree) preferably in economics, business, management, political sciences, law, statistics and engineering.
Have successfully completed the equivalent number of years of education as an Italian graduate: minimum 15 years of schooling from primary school to university graduation (of at least three-year).
Very good knowledge of English language.
The validity of non-Italian degrees must be recognized under Italian law and regulations. For more information, please refer to Recognition of foreign degree.
IMPORTANT:
The Selection Committee reserves the right to interview candidates in order to validate the coherence of their professional projects with the Master.
The selection criteria take into consideration candidates' education and professional profile.
No scholarships are offered for this Master.
Regardless of the results, all applicants will be notified by the end of May 2019.
You should directly contact the Italian Embassy/Consulate of your country, which will provide you with the necessary information on how to obtain its local recognition.
In accordance with the Italian law, if you hold a Bachelor's degree awarded outside Italy, the recognition of such degree is compulsory for the enrollment at any Italian University.
The recognition is obtained through the Declaration of Value, a letter of academic eligibility and suitability issued by the Italian Embassy or Consulate in the country where the Bachelor's degree was awarded.
The Declaration of Value certifies that a foreign title of study, issued in a certain country, is legal according to the Italian legislation.
In order to obtain the recognition of your Bachelor's Degree, you need to provide us with the following documents:
IMPORTANT: The presentation of the above-listed documents is compulsory for the enrolment at the University of Turin and, therefore, for the award of the final diploma. Please do not produce or send any other documents than the ones that are strictly requested. They will not be of any value for the enrolment at the University of Turin. Obtaining them is a lengthy process: we invite interested candidates to get informed at their earliest convenience.
Subsistence fees cover single room accommodation, breakfast and laundry.
Lodging on campus is not compulsory. You are responsible for searching for and booking your accommodation. Here below you can find a list of residences that might be useful:
RESIDENCE NIZZA, Via Nizza 26, 10125 Torino, tel: +39 011 6522111
RESIDENCE RAFFAELLO, Via Belfiore 57, 10125 Torino, Ph: +39 011 6698472
SPORT HOTEL RESIDENCE, Via Nizza 51, 10125 Torino, Ph: +39 011 6694728
EXECUTIVE HOTEL - G.T. GROUP, Via Nizza 28, 10125 Torino, Ph: +39 011 6507707
HOTEL CONTINENTAL, Via Genova 2, 10126 Torino, Ph: +39 011 6964537
CAMPUS SANPAOLO, Via Caraglio 97, 10141 Torino, Ph +39 011 542096
Important: We strongly recommend not reserving any accommodation until you have received the official confirmation letter from the ITCILO.
According to ITCILO rules, accommodation is covered from the day before the beginning of the Master (from Sunday) and to the day after the end of the Master (to Saturday).
Any exception to the rule above should be approved by the Programme Manager.
The cost of accommodation on Campus is € 85 per night (bed and breakfast).
For all the information visit our 'The Turin Campus' page
Please refer to the Course Secretariat for any further clarification.
Master in Intellectual Property c/o International Training Centre of the ILO LL.M in Intellectual Property
Viale Maestri del Lavoro, 10 - 10127 Torino, Italy
Phone +39 011 693 6518 - Fax +39 011 693 6369
E-mail: llm_ip@itcilo.org