[x-pubpol] IP Writing Competition

[Joly MacFie]

(via Dan Hunter)

IP Writing (PIP) Competition:

The Ministry of Human Resource Development IP Chair at the National
University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), India, Intellectual Property
& Technology Law Society (IPTLS) and Spicy IP (one of India’s leading
blogs on IP laws) are hosting the First Pondering Intellectual
Property (PIP) Competition, 2012.


This is an exclusive legal writing competition on intellectual
property open to all students currently pursuing a law degree anywhere
in the world. The best three entries will receive total prize money of
USD 850.



Topic: Should the process of creating an invention or work determine
its protectability as an intellectual property?



Word Limit: 5,000 words inclusive of footnotes & references



The deadline for the competition has been extended till October 1st,
2012 and we accept co-authored entries. The entries will be judged by
a 5 member panel comprising:



Professor David Vaver, Professor of IP Law, Osgoode Hall Law School

Professor Graeme Dinwoodie, Director of the Oxford Intellectual
Property Research Center, University of Oxford

Professor Lionel Bently, Director of the Centre for IP Law, University
of Cambridge

Judge Randall R. Rader, Chief Judge of the United States Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit


Professor Shamnad Basheer, MHRD Chair Professor in IP Law at the
National University of Juridical Sciences


For any information/clarification regarding the competition, feel free
to drop us an email at iptls at nujs.edu.

The poster  containing the topic and the relevant terms and conditions
of the competition is now available at:

 <http://nujs.edu/downloads/1st-pip-competition2012.pdf>

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