Postgraduate Diploma in UK, EU & US Copyright Law

The programme aims to provide you with an in-depth and up-to-date knowledge of the general principles of copyright law, mainly focusing on the law in the United Kingdom, the principles of United States copyright law and the major ‘copyright’ Directives of the European Union. Benefit from a highly relevant programme that will:

• Introduce the main international copyright conventions in the field
• Deal with rights in literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, films, sound recordings, broadcasts, cable programmes, computer programs and databases, performers’ rights and publishers’ rights
• Cover both theoretical aspects and questions which arise in practice, in particular concerning infringement and available remedies
• Include a unit devoted to the French and German laws on author’s rights and related rights
• Examine thoroughly United States Copyright Law
• Conclude with the main challenges in the field of copyright
  

You will qualify with a highly regarded Postgraduate Diploma from one of the top 10 UK Law Schools in the UK (QS World Rankings 2018)

The distance learning Postgraduate Diploma in UK, EU & US Copyright Law consists of three modules containing thirteen units. It will commence on 1st October 2020 and will extend over eight months leading to an examination in May 2021.

The first unit will be sent out on 1st October 2020 and subsequent units will then be issued every two weeks (with the exception of Units 2, 3 and 4) until April 2020 with a four-week break over Christmas. Questions will be set at the end of each unit and model answers to these will be sent with the unit that follows. In addition three compulsory assignments will be set during the programme which will count towards the final mark.

The modules come in the form of hard copy print and as PDF documents via the programme website. Materials are bound together into single units with the exception of units 2, 3 and 4 (see below).

The units are designed to be largely self-contained but recommended and further reading will be suggested. As appropriate, units will contain questions and model answers to test your knowledge as you progress. As part of the programme materials, you will receive a copy of the textbook: T Aplin and J Davis, Intellectual Property Law 2nd ed (OUP, 2013). Units 2, 3 and 4 will involve studying text from within the book with additional notes that will be sent to you with the textbook at the start of unit 2.

As part of the Programme, you are also invited to attend three optional weekend seminars. The first will be held in November 2020; the second in February 2021 and the third in March 2021. The seminars will be held in Central London.