Education
At Ghent University, Ghent IP Law Institute (GIPLI) is responsible for official university courses, introductory classes and ad hoc lectures on intellectual property law.
At GIPLI, a commitment to education is in our DNA. In recent years, the realm of intellectual property (IP) law has evolved into a distinct legal domain with substantial socio-economic implications, warranting a noteworthy position in academic programs.
Taking a pioneering stance in Flanders, the Ghent University Faculty of Law and Criminology made a wise decision to integrate a comprehensive basic IP law course into the mandatory curriculum of the Bachelor of Laws program, starting from the academic year 2016-17.
In addition, the library of the Faculty of Law and Criminology of Ghent University provides our students and researchers with access to a large amount of works in the realm of IP law. Apart from numerous books and e-books, its collection comprises subscriptions to legal databases and journals all over the world.
Our courses
Today, the GIPLI team is responsible for a range of extracurricular introductory classes in IP law, as well as for a number of official courses in and outside of the Law School curricula. These courses include:
- Economic Law and Intellectual Property Rights: a compulsory cluster course in the Dutch-taught Bachelor of Laws programme, offering an overview of the main IP right regimes
- Advanced Intellectual Property Law: an elective course in the Dutch-taught Master of Laws programme, allowing interested students to satisfy their appetite for additional expertise in IP law through an in-depth study
- Contemporary Issues of IP Law: an elective course in English, offered to exchange students and as a part of the Advanced Masters (LLM) programmes, offering a panorama of current topics of IP to small groups of students
- Intellectual Property Law Introduction for IT developers: an elective course offered in Dutch in the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology (Information Engineering) and Master of Science in Computer Science programmes
Outside of the realm of Ghent University teaching, our team also provides IP lectures on an ad hoc basis.
Library subscriptions
Through the library of the Ghent University Faculty of Law and Criminology, students have access to a great variety of source material, which include some of the main Belgian, European and international legal journals on IP law and more:
- AM | Auteurs & Media (BE)
- Computerrecht (BE/NL)
- CLSR | Computer Law & Security Review (INT)
- CR | Computer und Recht (DE)
- CRi | Computer Law Review International (INT)
- EIPR | European Intellectual Property Review (EU)
- EJLT | European Journal of Law and Technology (EU)
- GRUR | Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (DE)
- GRUR Int | Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht. Internationaler Teil (INT)
- IER | Intellectuele eigendom en reclamerecht (NL)
- IIC | International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (INT)
- IRDI | Intellectuele Rechten - Droits Intellectuels (BE)
- ICIP | L'Ingénieur conseil - Intellectual property (BE)
- IR | Tijdschrift voor Internetrecht (NL)
- JIPITEC | Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law (EU/INT)
- JIPLP | Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice (UK)
- MMR | MultiMedia und Recht - Zeitschrift für IT-Recht und Recht der Digitalisierung (DE)
- MMR-Beilage | MultiMedia und Recht Beilage (DE)
- RDTI | Revue de droit des Technologies de l'information (BE)
- NJW | Nieuw Juridisch Weekblad (BE)
- TBH | Tijdschrift voor Belgisch Handelsrecht (BE)
- ZUM | Zeitschrift für Urheber- und Medienrecht (DE)
For US journals, consult HeinOnline.
EUIPO & EPO Pan-European Seal
GIPLI represents Ghent University as a member of the Pan-European Seal Programme: a partnership programme between universities on the one hand, and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) on the other. In the framework of this programme, excelling Ghent University masters students with interest in intellectual property law have access to calls for remunerated 12-month traineeships at these two international institutions.
The EUIPO and the EPO also have online learning tools available for students:
