The Intellectual Property Law and Technology Intensive Program (IP Intensive) is a unique program offered at Osgoode Hall Law School that gives students practical, experiential education in a workplace setting for an entire term in lieu of being in the classroom.
The program begins with 2 weeks of seminars by experts prominent in the IP community. The seminars cover a wide variety of topics, from “Patent Prosecution” to “A Trial Perspective on Licensing Patents”, from “Collective Copyright Administration” to “Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Proceedings”. The seminar guest speakers include judges, representatives from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, ISED and Canadian Heritage, in-house counsel and executive officers from a broad range of industries, practitioners, and academics.
The students then participate in a 10-week internship at a placement organization. We have a wonderful array of placement partners from government agencies to music and media organizations to hi-tech companies and innovation centres. Throughout the term the students meet periodically to discuss topics relating to intellectual property law, to share their experiences in the work environment, and to participate in a cross-pollination of ideas. Students also maintain a reflective journal and blog on the IPilogue. They are also responsible to lead their own seminar presentations during the wrap-up week of the course.
To learn more about the program and application process, we invite all 1L and 2L Osgoode students to join IP Osgoode at Osgoode’s Clinical Education and Intensive Programs General Information Session and Fair on Wednesday, January 18 from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm.
The information session will kick off in the Moot Court with a brief overview of the application process and an introduction by the Program Directors to the 17 exciting and innovative programs available for the next academic year. Following the information session, students will have the opportunity to speak to the Program Directors and past students of the programs at the Information Fair in the Helliwell Centre (room 1014). Look for IP Osgoode’s booth at the fair where you can find out more information about the IP Intensive and hear from past students of the program.
If you want to read more about the different placement organizations and the students’ personal experiences in the IP Intensive then please visit IP Osgoode’s website and subscribe to IP Osgoode’s weekly e-newsletter, the IPIGRAM. During the next couple of weeks, the IPilogue will be featuring reflective blogs written by students who were enrolled in the IP Intensive program this past fall term. The reflective blogs not only provide a personal perspective on each student’s experience but also offer an insider’s glimpse of the types of projects and work culture that each student was exposed to at their respective placement organization.
A short video about the program is also available here.
The online application form for the intensive and clinical programs will be opened today through the MyOsgoode portal. The application deadline is January 25, 2017 at 4:00 pm.