The Institute of Intellectual Property Studies' IP Essay Competition 2011 (India)

22 June 2011
The Institute of Intellectual Property Studies' IP Essay Competition 2011 (India)
Deadline: 10 July 2011

The Institute of Intellectual Property Studies (IIPS) is conducting a national IP essay competition on “THE ROLE OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE GOVERNMENT, JUDICIARY AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISES IN PROTECTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN INDIA”. In the context of the roles of any of the specific bodies mentioned above, participants may choose any one of the following topics:

A) Compulsory licensing of Copyrights: Public interest and entertainment industry

B) Is open source policy a competitive alternative to monopoly rights or can the two coexist?

C) Challenges of overlapping IPR protection- Blurred boundaries defeat the distinctiveness of developed IP laws

D) Creating value and employability out of the business of inventing- the economics of IPR protection

E) Protecting traditional arts, handicrafts and community IPRs - India’s approach on Geographical Indications protection

Submission details:

Eligibility: The competition is open to all individuals who have completed their Grade 12.

Font: Times New Roman, size 12, with 1.5 spacing

Number of words: Maximum of 5000 words (excluding bibliography, abstract and footnotes).

Send your entries to info@iips.ac.in and iips.nmims@gmail.com. The winning essays will be published in IPost, the IIPS ANNUAL IP JOURNAL. For more information, visit www.iips.ac.in. Kindly note that the deadline of 30th June, 2011 (as mentioned in the website) has now been extended by ten days.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: info@iips.ac.in or iips.nmims@gmail.com

For submissions: info@iips.ac.in and iips.nmims@gmail.com

Website: http://www.iips.ac.in
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