Intellectual Property, Technology, and Telecommunications Law LLM Program

Ranked #5 in the US for Legal Technology (National Jurist), Colorado Law’s faculty includes experts in the core intellectual property subjects of patent, copyright, and trademark law. Our program in telecommunications law is one of the strongest in the world and benefits from the fact that Colorado is home to some of the country’s largest telecommunications companies, as well as dynamic startups. Our IP and telecom offerings build off of our traditional strength in antitrust (with our past antitrust professors including Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Neil Gorsuch). Students also benefit from our research and course offerings in emerging issues of technology such as:

  • fintech (including payment systems),
  • regtech,
  • information privacy,
  • cybersecurity, and
  • computer crime.

In addition to traditional courses in these areas, Colorado Law offers a variety of experiential courses, which allow students to develop drafting, counseling, and negotiation skills. LLM students have the option of appling for admission to Colorado Law's National Telecommunications Moot Court Team, our New Venture Challenge program, and/or enroll in graduate-level courses in CU Boulder's Department of Computer Science, ATLAS Institute, Interdisciplinary Telecommunications program, or the College of Media, Communication, and Information. 


Students benefit from networking opportunities and the intellectual climate created by Boulder’s large startup environment, the large technology companies (such as IBM and Google) with research campuses in Boulder, and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office’s new regional office in Denver. The Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship hosts regular meetings and research and policy projects in the intellectual property, tech, and telecom arenas in addition to a variety of programming and networking opportunities for Colorado Law students.

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LLM - Intellectual Property, Tech, and Telecom Quotes

Harry Surden

“We have one of the top technology, intellectual property, and entrepreneurial law programs in the United States. Our faculty has a wide range of expertise in important emerging areas ranging from privacy law, patent and copyright law, and artificial intelligence and law. These strengths mean that international students who acquire an LLM at Colorado Law will be well equipped to handle future challenges posed by technology, intellectual property, and law.”

Harry Surden
Associate Professor

Kristelia Garcia

"In today’s technological age, intellectual property plays a bigger role than ever in business, in health and social services, and in legislation at both the state and federal levels. With its amazing faculty and ideal location in the Front Range, Colorado Law offers students the unique opportunity to not only study the doctrine and theory of copyright, patent and trademark, but also to apply that knowledge hands-on in a range of experiential courses that focus on practice and policymaking."

Kristelia Garcia
Associate Professor of Law
Former Director, Universal Music Group

Blake Reid

"Colorado Law’s national leadership in technology policy, comprehensive faculty expertise in intellectual property, and its setting as a gateway to the vibrant entrepreneurial scene on the Front Range serve as a foundation for courses in telecommunications law and policy; copyright, patent, and trademark; privacy; cybersecurity; and venture capital. We also offer experiential learning opportunities.”

Blake Reid
Assistant Clinical Professor
Director, Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic