Requirements for registration as a patent and trade marks attorney

The Faculty of Law teaches all units which are accredited by the Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys to satisfy the knowledge requirements for registration as a Patent Attorney or a Trade Marks Attorney. 

Students seeking patent attorney registration need to complete requirements for 9 topics (topics A-I).

Students applying for seeking trade mark attorney registration only must satisfy requirements for Topic Groups A, B, C, D.

Students should contact the Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys for information about exemptions and required application procedures.

Note: There has been some restructuring of these units in 2012 to remove Topic Group B from LAW7224 Trade mark practice and include it in a new unit LAW7477 Legal process and professional conduct.

Accredited units in 2012 are:

• LAW7477 Legal process and professional conduct (Group A1 and Group B) [Completion of LAW7212 Australian legal system also satisfies the knowledge requirements for Topic Group A1 but has no accreditation for Topic Group B. New students should enrol in LAW7477. Students with undergraduate law degrees may be entitled to exemption from this unit and should seek advice from the PSB before enrolment]
• LAW7223 Overview of intellectual property (Part Group A2) [Some students may be entitled to exemption from this unit and should seek advice from the PSB before enrolment]
• LAW7075 Trade marks and commercial designation (Group C)
• LAW7224 Trade mark practice (Group D)  [Completion of the offering of this unit in 2011 or earlier satisfies the knowledge requirements for both Topic Groups B and D]
• LAW7119 Patents for inventions (Group E)
• LAW7452 Patent Practice (Group F)
• LAW7465 Drafting patent specifications (Group G)
• LAW7466 Interpretation and validity of patent specifications (Group H)
• LAW7254 Design law and practice (Group I)

Please refer to the current timetable for unit start dates.

How to enrol?

Units can be taken as part of one of the following options:

• Master of Laws (Intellectual Property) (for law graduates)
• Master of Intellectual Property (for non-law graduates)
• Graduate Diploma in Law (Intellectual Property)
• Single unit enrolment 

More information

Law Postgraduate Student and Academic Services Office
Monash University Law Chambers
555 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Phone: 03 9903 8500
Email: law-postgraduate@monash.edu