Gain a solid understanding of business and intellectual property law relevant to the creative and cultural industries. This course equips participants with the tools to identify and address legal challenges commonly faced in cultural management.
Time
Mar 12, 2026 - Jun 4, 2026
Capacity
4 ECTS (104 academic hours, of which 20 in classroom, 84 individual work, and 0 practical work)
Prerequisites
To ensure effective participation and meaningful peer learning, applicants are expected to meet the following criteria:
Study Level
Current course belongs to Master's study level
Language
The lectures and study materials are in English.
Method
Blended - Classes are held according to the schedule, sometimes in the classroom and sometimes online.
Price
€625
Location
EBS University, A.Lauteri 3, Tallinn
This course offers essential legal insight for professionals in the creative and cultural industries, equipping them with the ability to recognize and address business and intellectual property law issues. Through interactive seminars, practical assignments, and a moot court experience, students will gain hands-on knowledge to navigate legal challenges in their daily work. By connecting legal concepts directly to students’ research topics, the course ensures high practical relevance and immediate applicability.
The course welcomes cultural managers, creative project leads, producers, gallery and museum professionals, audiovisual entrepreneurs, music industry representatives, designers, and other creative professionals whose work involves copyright, licensing, contracts, or the commercial use of intellectual property.
Participants include students of the joint Cultural Management MA programme between EBS and the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, whose studies and research topics are closely connected to legal issues in the creative and cultural sectors.
The course consists of half-day study sessions held on Thursdays from 12 March to 4 June 2026.
The sessions on 23 April and 21 May will take place in the classroom and require on-site attendance; all other sessions will be conducted online.
Intellectual Property and Business Law in Creative and Cultural Industries starts at Mar 12, 2026
Kai Villemson is an attorney-at-law with extensive international experience specialising in contract law, dispute resolution and consulting the technology sector.
Kai is one of the few legal experts in Estonia who have obtained a professional certificate in the United States equivalent to a sworn advocate. Kai has practised as a lawyer in various law firms in the United States for more than 5 years, become a member of the New Jersey Bar Association, and has also served as a law clerk at the Superior Court of New Jersey in Camden.
Karl-Kristjan Kahm is one of Estonia’s top corporate law experts, specialising in large-scale mergers and acquisitions.
Karl-Kristjan has long-term experience working with leading Estonian banks, pan-Baltic investment and real estate funds, and other large international companies. Alongside day-to-day business consulting, Karl-Kristjan has an impressive track record in helping complete a variety of major transactions. He has consulted clients in acquiring loan portfolios, making real estate investments reaching into the hundreds of millions, formalising cross-border transactions, and carrying out complex acquisitions.
Elvi assists the firm’s attorney-at-law's mainly in administrative litigation, helping with tax, environmental and planning disputes.
Elvi specializes in constitutional and administrative law, as well as intellectual property. She primarily advises clients in the fields of administrative, environmental, construction, planning, and tax law. Elvi has represented clients in various disputes concerning school closures and has provided ongoing legal counsel to local governments. She has experience resolving both administrative and court disputes and representing clients in different interactions with public authorities. Elvi has worked on constitutional and state liability matters and has represented clients in several landmark cases.
Intellectual Property and Business Law in Creative and Cultural Industries
12.03.2026 - 04.06.2026
Applications are open until 10.03.2026
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