美国知识产权 IP Law法学院留学排名及课程设置

　　在众多的法律方向里，知识产权法Intellectual Property Law是一大类也吸引了很大部分学生学习。IP Law在科技时代的现在，重要性自然不言而喻。从美国的情况来讲，2000年开始的的“tech boom”带动了IP Law的发展;越来越多的法律从业者也开始关注IP方面的机会。通常来说，知识产权法涉及以下几个主要方面：

　　Trademark

　　Copyright

　　Trade Secret

　　Patent

　　Licensing

　　鉴于很多同学对IP Law挺好奇也有意学习这个方向，那么智课选校帝今天将对美国法学院IP方向的课程与特点做一个盘点。

　　美国知识产权法院校排名

　　U.S.News对法律的各细分方向做了一个排名，其中就包含IP Law。根据2018年最新的法学专业排名，IP知识产权法方向的排名前20院校分别是：

　　#1 University of California—Berkeley

　　#2 Stanford University

　　#3 New York University

　　#4 George Washington University

　　#4 Santa Clara University

　　#6 University of New Hampshire School of Law

　　#7 Texas A&M University

　　#8 University of Houston

　　#9 Boston University

　　#10 University of Washington

　　#11 American University (Washington)

　　#12 Duke University

　　#12 University of Pennsylvania

　　#12 Yeshiva University (Cardozo)

　　#15 Georgetown University

　　#16 Harvard University

　　#17 Columbia University

　　#17 University of California—Irvine

　　#19 The John Marshall Law School

　　#20 Fordham University

　　#20 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent)

　　美国知识产权法课程设置

　　在课程的设置上不得不提的就是NYU：针对IP方向有40多门课程。在纽大，IP方向也叫作IP and Information Law，而其中的特色课程更是涉及Fashion Law and Business。

　　而位于NYU之后的T4—乔治华盛顿，也有着相当强的IP方向的课程：GWU针对IP有超过25个的不同课程，从基础课到专业方向的高阶课程都有(比如Patent Appellate Practice)。

　　“The George Washington University Law School has been a leader in intellectual property education and scholarship for more than a hundred years. When GW Law established a Master's of Patent Law program in 1895, its alumni had already written the patents for Bell's telephone, Mergenthaler's linotype machine, and Eastman's roll film camera, among hundreds of other inventions, and dozens more alumni had worked in the Patent Office. Over the intervening century, GW Law has bolstered its expertise in patent law with complementary strengths in copyright, trademark, communications, computer and internet regulation, electronic commerce, and genetics and medicine.

　　具体来说，GWU IP Law的基础课程有：

　　Antitrust Law (6402)

　　Intellectual Property (6470)

　　Patent Law (6471)

　　Copyright Law (6472)

　　Trademark Law and Unfair Competition (6474)

　　高级的课程包括：

　　Computer Crime (6369)

　　International Copyright Law (6473)

　　Entertainment Law (6475)

　　Patent Strategies and Practice (6476)

　　The Federal Circuit (6477)

　　Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights (6478)

　　Chemical and Biotech Patent Law (6480)

　　Design Law (6481)

　　Patent Enforcement (6482)

　　International and Comparative Patent Law (6490)

　　International Intellectual Property (6491)

　　Advanced Trademark Law (6492)

　　Intellectual Property Antitrust Seminar (6494)

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