The Engineering Intellectual Property Law graduate certificate program is designed to bridge the gap between the intricate domains of engineering and law, empowering engineering professionals with the legal expertise required to protect their inventions, designs, and innovations and as well as providing them with the needed foundation for IP protection related jobs. Key areas covered in the program include patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and contracting, providing understanding of the legal framework surrounding these rights and strategies to apply them to engineering fields.
The Engineering Intellectual Property Law Graduate Certificate program provides 12 graduate credit hours of coursework through a partnership between the Tickle College of Engineering and UT College of Law.