LL.M. in Intellectual Property Rights 

at Aurora's Legal Sciences Academy, Bandlaguda, Hyderabad

Overall seats across various courses at Aurora's Legal Sciences Academy, Bandlaguda goes up to 220. Aurora's Legal Sciences Academy, Bandlaguda offers Degree courses including 3 UG and 2 PG courses. These programs are offerred in Full Time mode.

Aurora's Legal Sciences Academy, Bandlaguda offers Degree courses including 3 UG and 2 PG courses. These programs are offerred in Full Time mode. Aurora's Legal Sciences Academy, Bandlaguda has specializations such as LL.M. specializations in Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Law.

Aurora's Legal Sciences Academy, Bandlaguda has below criteria for taking admissions to it's various courses:

Courses	Eligibility
LL.B.	Candidate must have passed any Graduate Degree with (10+2+3 pattern) of a recognised University or any other examination recognised as equivalent by the Universities concerned with 45% of aggregate marks for General category, 42% for OBC category and 40% for SC/ST. If any candidate secured less than 45%, 42% and 40% respectively in graduation as stated above, theye should have secured same percentage or more on the aggregate in any Post Graduation or B.Ed. The percentage of 44.5% and above for General category, 41.5% or above for OBC, 39.5% and above for SC/ST will be considered as 45%, 42% and 40% of aggregate marks respectively. Candidates who have passed Degree examination by single sitting without undergoing three years course either through regular or private or correspondence and those who obtained the degree through open University directly without having any basic qualification are not eligible. There shall be no age restriction.
B.A. LL.B.	Candidate must have passed two year Intermediate Examination (10+2 pattern) or any other examination recognised as equivalent by the University concerned or the Board of Intermediate Education, T.S. with 45% of aggregate marks for General category, 42% for OBC Category, and 40% for SC/ST. The percentage of 44.5% and above for General category, 41.5% or above for OBC, 39.5% and above for SC/ST will be considered as 45%, 42% and 40% of aggregate marks respectively. There shall be no age restriction.
LL.M.	Candidate must have passed LL.B./B.L. 3 year/5 year degree from a recognised institute/university. Candidates who have appeared/appearing for LL.B./B.L. final year examination are also eligible.

One of the most popular job profiles after completing a course in Intellectual Property Law is to become a lawyer in the same field. Some other job profiles include:

• Patent Officer
• Copyright Officer
• Registrar for Patents and Copyrights
• IPR Lawyer
• Legal Associate
• IPR Consultant

Hi, For practicing as an IPR lawyer, first of all, you need to have a law degree and a license from the Bar Council thereupon. A specialization in IPR is advisable so that you could handle better. Also under IPR, there are fields as to patents trademarks, Geographical Indications, etc. You need to start practicing for atleast one to become an IPR expert and thereupon you might get clients having IPR issues.

Some popular areas where Intellectual Property Laws are applicable are Copyright, Patents, Trademarks, Industrial Design Rights, Plant Variety Rights, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets etc. Laws related to Intellectual Property control who can use creations such as new products, artistic works as well as designs. The reason why intellectual property laws were formulated was to allow individuals who create/ invent things to genuinely profit from their creations/ work.

IPR professionals should have both soft and technical skills including:

Soft Skills

1. Good understanding of laws and their implications
2. Excellent negotiation skills
3. Good at keeping an eye on competitor's strategy
4. Good at relationship-building with clients, media, press, and PR agents
5. Decision-making skills
6. Analytical skills
7. Precise attention to detail
8. Ability to perform a lot of research and draw conclusions
9. Experience in conducting due diligence
10. Research skills

Technical Skills:

1. Experience in legal and technical writing
2. Detailed knowledge of IP protection laws
3. Knowledge of drafting patent applications
4. Expertise in using tools like Questel similar patent search tools, Questel inventor portal, Orbit prior art search tool, etc.
5. Experience in the maintenance and generation of research & technical reports
6. Ability to draft assignment's licensing and agreements
7. Skilled in creating valuation of intellectual property
8. Knowledge and experience in handling infringement and misappropriation cases
9. Basic knowledge of taxation and accounting esp. the ones related to IP
10. Expertise in maximizing royalty amounts
11. Requisite knowledge of handling pre-grant and post-grant opposition 
12. Ability to safeguard client's business by obtaining legal injunctions
13. Knowledge of international laws and systems
14. Good knowledge of mortgaging and pledging
15. Portfolio management skills