Opening of "Chi-Tekijuku" for legal professionals
In April 2013, under the leadership of the Intellectual Property Center, Osaka University will open " Chi-Tekijuku ," which will serve as a liaison office at Nakanoshima Center between the university and the legal community.
Chi-Tekijuku aims to assist in the strategic use of intellectual properties with the increase in companies advancing overseas and with cross-boundary movements in industries. Moreover, Chi-Tekijuku aims to nurture lawyers and patent attorneys who can respond to the increase in intellectual property conflicts while providing practical intellectual property education for lawyers and patent attorneys.
[Note: "chi" means "intellectual." The original Tekijuku is one of OU's historical roots.]
Specifically, the functions of Chi-Tekijuku will include:
- Development of curriculum for subjects related to legal practice in intellectual property law programs at the Graduate School of Law and Politics.
- Development of curriculum for legal practice regarding intellectual property for the Law School.
- Implementation of legal clinic internship programs in which individuals who have passed the bar exams and/or patent attorney exams can obtain some experience on campus in things such as registering intellectual property and practical experience in the prevention of and solutions for legal conflicts.
- Upgrade the IPrism system into the latest education system in order to develop practical business-related curriculum materials and their management and to improve the intellectual property education system by including e-learning in accordance with the level of the students, from undergraduate students through to professional lawyers and patent attorneys.
- Promotion of more effective learning through the inclusion of measures improving student-teacher communication, such as the establishment of a contact teacher system.
Intellectual Property Center（IPrism）Outline
Purposes
IPrism aims to nurture intellectual property specialists who can promote university-wide intellectual property education, use and develop intellectual property as well as specialists in a variety of fields who have knowledge about intellectual property.
Outline
IPrism aims to provide all students with opportunities to learn about intellectual property education. To this end, the center provides professional education at the School of Law and nurtures specialists in intellectual property law at the Graduate School of Law and Politics. Furthermore, as a Graduate Program for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, IPrism nurtures specialists in fields where knowledge and skills of intellectual property play important roles. Additionally, IPrism provides night courses for working people interested in a practical education in intellectual property management. Moreover, IPrism is also involved in the development of new teaching materials and curriculum, the improvement of information infrastructure and the collection of information about intellectual property, and, finally, the establishment of an environment enabling e-learning education.
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