Intellectual Property Certificate Application
This application must be submitted before the beginning of the third semester of classes for full-time students, or
the fifth semester of classes for part-time students, unless otherwise approved by the IP Center Director. Please
complete the following information, meet with the IP Center Director for course planning, and obtain
signatures approving your application toward admission into the Certificate program.
Name: __________________________________________ Student ID #: _______________ Date: _______________
Zips Email: ___________@zips.uakron.edu Cell Phone #: _________________________
Full-Time: Part-Time: Credits Completed Toward JD: _____________ Cumulative Law GPA: ___________
Undergraduate School and Degree: _____________________________________________________________________
Graduate School and Degree (if applicable) _______________________________________________________________
What area(s) of IP law do you wish to study and practice? _________________________________________________
What locale would you like to ultimately practice law? ______________________________________________________
What type of setting would you prefer? ________________________________________________________________
(law firm, government, in-house, other)
Do you plan to take the Patent Bar Exam? ___________________ If yes, when? __________________________
Do you plan to take the Bar Exam? _________________ If yes, which state? ______________________
When do you expect to graduate with your JD? (month/year) _______________
Once complete, please return this application and course selection, tracking, and approval list to Law
Student Affairs in the administrative suite to obtain the Assistant Dean’s signature. After the application has
been reviewed, you will be notified of admission status via UA email.
Signature of Applicant and Approval by IP Center
Director / Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
Date
Law Student
Director of the Intellectual Property Center
Charles Oldfield
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
Revised 7/31/2018
IP Certificate Course Selection, Tracking, and Approval List
Student Name: ___________________________________________________ Student ID: _______________________
A student should plan to take Fundamentals of Intellectual Property Law as early as possibleusually the third or fourth
semester for full-time students or fifth semester for part-time students.
1.
Application Signatures - We have met and discussed a curriculum plan for the IP Certificate; the student
understands all requirements of the IP Certificate detailed below:
_
Signature of Student
Date
Date
Course planning for a total of 15 IP course credits is advised to be in the following order:
Prerequisite Course:
Term
Course #
Title
Grade
Credits
________
9200:800
Fundamentals of IP Law
______
3
Core IP Courses (1 of 3 courses) additional courses in this category apply as elective credits:
Term
Course #
Title
Grade
Credits
________
9200:801
Patent Law & Policy
______
3
________
9200:802
Trademark Law
______
3
________
9200:803
Copyright Law
______
3
Complete a minimum of 9 additional IP elective, 1 of which must relate to international IP, in courses designated
as part of the IP law curriculum and approved by your IP faculty advisor. Core IP course credits beyond the 3
required also count toward the 9 additional credits. Courses noted with a * satisfy the international credit.
Term
Course #
Title
Grade
Credits
_______
9200:674
International Business Transactions
______
3
_______
9200:675
Entrepreneurship
______
3
_______
9200:684
Sem: Corporate Legal Department Skills
______
3
______
9200:694
IP Moot Court
______
1-2
______
9200:698
IP Individual Studies & Research (ISR)
______
2-3
_______
9200:804
Trade Secrets
______
3
_______
9200:805
Licensing IP
______
3
_______
9200:806
International IP*
______
3
_______
9200:807
Patent Prosecution
______
3
_______
9200:809
Complex IP Litigation
______
3
_______
9200:810
Cyberlaw
______
3
_______
9200:814
Current Issues Affecting IP Law
______
3
_______
_______
9200:816
9200:824
International Patent Law*
International Patent Prosecution*
______
______
1
1
_______
9200:826
Patent Claim Construction
______
3
_______
9200:827
Patent Office Litigation
______
3
_______
9200:881
Sports Law
______
3
_______
9200:882
Entertainment Law
______
3
_______
9200:884
Sem: IP Valuation
______
1-3
_______
9200:896
Trademark Clinic
______
2
Other courses if approved by IP Center
Director with signature
IP Director
Approval
_______
9200:696
IP Externship: ______________________
______
2-3
____________
_______
9200:___
Other: ______________________
______
___
____________
Earn a 2.3 or higher cumulative GPA for 15 credits of IP courses.
2.
Certificate Requirements Successfully Completed:
Revised:
07/31/2018
Signature of IP Center Director Date