Intellectual property rights:
A new master's program
for the National Consulting Electronic Center
for Intellectual Property Management (IPMASTER)
Project number:
144628-TEMPUS-2008-SE-JPCR.
Duration of the project:
from January 2009 to January 2012.
Grant amount of the Tempus program:
€ 550 292.
Target group:
Students, graduate students and teachers of legal disciplines of universities of Ukraine.
Grant recipient:
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Kingdom of Sweden.
Project consortium:
- Swedish Council for Higher Education, Kingdom of Sweden;
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Kingdom of Sweden;
- University of Alicante, Kingdom of Spain;
- University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
- University of Ljubljana, Republic of Sloven;
- National Aerospace University "Kharkiv Aviation Institute", Ukraine;
- Khmelnytskyi National University, Ukraine;
- National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine;
- Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Ukraine;
- Ministry of Education and Science, Ukraine.
The purpose and tasks of the project:
- training of a new generation of professional lawyers who are able to provide practical services in the field of intellectual property law.
Areas of activity under the project:
- development and implementation of an international master's program (6 courses) in international and comparative intellectual property law for Ukrainian universities;
- creation of a national consulting electronic center for intellectual property management;
- introduction of a permanent two-way student mobility scheme at partner universities;
- organization of courses and training seminars on intellectual property issues to order.
Obtained results:
1. Introduction of an international master's program in international and comparative intellectual property law for Ukrainian universities;
2. Involvement of 400 students in studying at the master's program through distance learning tools;
3. Creation of a national consulting electronic center for intellectual property management;
4. Introduction of a scheme for two-way mobility of students.