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M2 Intellectual Property and Business Law

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  • Places available
    25
  • Language(s) of instruction
    English
    French
Présentation
Objectives

The Master 2 Intellectual Property and Business Law (M2 PIDAN) trains students to deal with current and future legal challenges linked to the growth of information technologies. It explores both the theoretical issues and the contractual, legal and technical practices of the sector to meet growing demands in the contemporary practice of national, European and international business law. Students will learn to identify legal strategies to promote “digital” and “intellectual” corporate heritage.

To this end, the seminar programme combines basic training in business law and specialised courses for intellectual property and digital law. The programme also focuses on acquiring additional interdisciplinary knowledge, for example in the digital and economic fields. Also, some courses are given in English. Depending on their career plan, students can choose to specialise either in intellectual property law or in digital law through various optional subjects and individual work.

This Master’s degree will help students develop the skills essential to professional practice and rapid recruitment. They will complete an internship and practical exercises (contract negotiation, production of writing games, participation in advocacy contests).

This Master 2 also prepares students for a PhD course by encouraging individual research (writing of a Research Master thesis) and collective research (during each seminar). The students will also learn to master research tools – in particular legal databases – and be able to participate in many scientific events.

Course Prerequisites

The programme is intended primarily for students who have acquired legal training and who demonstrate a specific interest in digital law and intellectual property law. It welcomes international students who are fluent in French. It is also open to engineering students and applicants from business or political science schools (Acquis Validations - validated credits). Selection on a case-by-case basis (including a motivation questionnaire) and interview with a panel. Procedure available on the University of Paris-Saclay website: https://apply-tc.ecp.fr

Skills
  • Understand the fundamentals.

  • Assimilate international issues.

  • Promote intangible heritage.

  • Understand the legal framework for data exploitation (AI and algorithms).

  • Carry out a professional insertion and/or research project.

  • Understand the environment of the digital economy.

Post-graduate profile

The PIDAN (Intellectual Property and Digital Business Law) study path provides "generalist" training in business law in the area of intangible heritage. This involves in-depth understanding not only of the common law applicable in this sector, as in any other, but also of the ad hoc legal rules developed to back the special law conditions that apply to the digital world. The Master's degree provides multidisciplinary training (public law, private law, informatics, information sciences) structured around four modules concerning: the flow of intangibles; the various digital business models; the regulation of these fields; and lastly, the technical and legal security of intangible assets. The aim is both to educate students in the culture of traditional intellectual property, a source of intangible value, and to make them aware of the legal issues surrounding the commodification of information and data (Big Data). International by its very nature, this Master's allows students to develop their specialisation in internet and network law, while also training them to show creativity in the use of common law tools in order to meet the daily challenges of technological developments. Such "creativity" requires alertness to both technical and legal news in the sector(s) impacted by information technologies. To follow this course, students must show a high degree of motivation, since it demands a fundamental and ongoing interest in continuously evolving laws. The programme combines the fundamental theoretical teaching – subjects that are new to most students (personal data law, security of information systems, responsibility of technical intermediaries , etc.) – with very practical teaching supervised by professionals working in the field (mock negotiations, mock disputes, mock trials and advocacy, written exercise competitions, case studies, blog posts, etc.). The programme culminates with an internship and a dissertation (not an internship report), the purpose of which is to familiarise students with the rigour required in the legal environment and to demonstrate their analytical skills and writing to potential employers. The teaching team, made up of teachers and legal professionals, boasts a great deal of expertise in this field and is recognised both academically (most of the lecturers have law PhDs) and in the active professional world. Some exercise as consultants for public institutions (Ministry of Culture, National Assembly, etc.) or professional associations. Armed with this portfolio of knowledge and experienced in putting it into action, both in a mock situation and in a real-life situation, students can swiftly respond to demand from the professional field – a sector with which they will have already made contact via the teaching team and the various opportunities for interaction arising over the course of the programme(conferences, participation in competitions, prizes, events).

Career prospects

The PIDAN Master's 2 programme responds to a twofold market demand requiring, on the one hand, specialisation in digital law and intellectual property law and on the other, a detailed knowledge of business law. Graduates can access job opportunities in the content industries: film production and distribution, audiovisual, music, video games, publishing, press, image, IT, databases, Big Data, Open source, Open Data, etc. There are also ample opportunities in the services sector: banks, digital services companies, insurance, network and telecommunications companies, communication, e-reputation, online marketing and advertising, online sales, digital archiving, technical intermediation, digital distribution platforms, IT security, etc. Beyond these opportunities in the business sector, graduates can also access a number of professions and work as lawyers, industrial property advisors, data protection officers (DPO), or even technology transfer coordinators in public institutions. Lastly, this Master 2 prepares graduates to further their studies at doctoral level. All the theses carried out over the last few years have received funding (doctoral contracts, research agreements, CIFRE).

Collaboration(s)
Laboratories

Laboratoire de Droit des Affaires et Nouvelles Technologies.

Programme

Les grands enjeux de la propriété intellectuelle et des affaires numériques.

Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Actualité et perpectives en droit de la propriété intellectuelle 5 35
Mise en oeuvre des libertés fondamentales à l'ère du numérique 2 20
Protection des données à caractère personnel 3 25
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Cybercriminalité 3 15
Droit de la consommation 3 15
Droit du travail et Nouvelles technologies 2 10
Noms de domaines 2 10
Contrats d'affaires dans l'univers digital (B2B) 4 40
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Connaissance des systèmes informatiques et des réseaux 2
Crytptologie et signature électronique 2
Sécurité des systèmes de l'information (en anglais et en français) 2 15

Mettre en pratique les grands enjeux de la propriété intellectuelle et des affaires numériques.

Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Contrats spéciaux de la PI 5 40
Convergence : Droit des télécommunications, audiovisuel & communication 3
Droit de la concurrence et innovation (en anglais et en français) 3
Responsabilité des intermédiaires techniques et droit de la presse 3
Valorisation PI (contenus numériques : Open source/open data/ open science) 2 12
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Cycle de conférences 2
Stage + mémoire 6
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Digital ligitation (option 1/2) (en anglais) 3
Droit du commerce électronique 3
Flux financiers dématérialisés (option1/2) 3
Informatique appliquée aux professions juridiques ou judiciaires 3
International and European IP Law 3
Modalités de candidatures
Application period
From 15/05/2024 to 15/06/2024
Compulsory supporting documents
  • Motivation letter.

  • Motivational questionnaire.

  • All transcripts of the years / semesters validated since the high school diploma at the date of application.

  • Curriculum Vitae.

  • Detailed description and hourly volume of courses taken since the beginning of the university program.

Additional supporting documents
  • Certificate of French (compulsory for non-French speakers).

  • VAP file (obligatory for all persons requesting a valuation of the assets to enter the diploma).

  • Supporting documents :
    - Residence permit stating the country of residence of the first country
    - Or receipt of request stating the country of first asylum
    - Or document from the UNHCR granting refugee status
    - Or receipt of refugee status request delivered in France
    - Or residence permit stating the refugee status delivered in France
    - Or document stating subsidiary protection in France or abroad
    - Or document stating temporary protection in France or abroad.

Contact(s)
Course manager(s)
Mélanie CLEMENT FONTAINE - melanie.clement-fontaine@uvsq.fr
Valérie-Laure Benabou - valerie-laure.benabou@uvsq.fr
Administrative office
Angelique Detaille-Dhallu - angelique.detaille@uvsq.fr
Admission