Overview

The Intellectual Property Law programme from Masaryk University aims to give the doctoral students an extensive offer of courses to help them study their preferred area(s) of interest, as broad and deep as possible.

The programme is based on common philosophic and methodologic grounds, whereas legal pragmatism provides for core methodology and information philosophy serves as substantive philosophical fundament. On this basis, there are developed relatively independent courses in main areas of intellectual property law that should provide for complex understanding of dominant regulatory phenomena of Intellectual Property law – namely copyrights, patents, trademarks and designs.

Career opportunities:

Intellectual property law is a well-established area of legal practice. Thus, it is likely that graduates of this doctoral programme will mostly aim at high-profile positions namely in professional legal service (soliciting or in-house practice) in national or multinational commercial establishment as well as in the specific administrative bodies dealing with the intellectual property law related issued (Industrial Property Office).

Nevertheless, there is a significant academic and scientific agenda in this field as well, so it is the primary aim of the programme to generate fully qualified academics and researchers and motivate them to engage in further academic work in the field of intellectual property law.

The study programme of Intellectual Property Law does not (cannot) replace professional preparation for regulated occupations (patent attorney, attorney-at-law, notary, judge etc.).

Programme Structure

After successfully completing his/her studies the graduate is able to:

understand and creatively analyse philosophical and methodological background of intellectual property

understand and develop fundamental concepts of intellectual property incl. fundamental rights

critically analyse legal regulatory framework of creative markets

critically compare fundaments of intellectual property in dominant legal cultures of the world

critically analyse the influence of technological and societal development on intellectual property

understand and resolve conceptual links of intellectual property to other regulatory areas

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-15 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

240 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus, Online

Campus Location

Brno, Czech Republic

Disciplines

Patent & Intellectual Property Law Business Law Legal Studies

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Master’s degree in Law or some other similar Master’s degree;

research publications, or other activities (lectures, projects) in the relevant field or in a related field, or such activities that attest the candidate’s interest in the field;

the applicant’s ability for independent scholarly work in the relevant field;

proficiency in the English language at C1

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

25000 CZK / year

≈ 25000 CZK / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

25000 CZK / year

≈ 25000 CZK / year

Living costs

Brno

Czech Republic

13555 - 21979 CZK / month

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