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Visit us at www.nujs.edu for terms and conditions of the competitionMail us at [email protected]

FIRST PIPCOMPETITION,2012

The MHRD IP Chair at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS),

Intellectual Property and Technology Law Society (IPTLS) & Spicy IP proudly

announce the First PIP (Pondering Intellectual Property) Competition, 2012

Topic

Should the process of creating an inventionor work determine its protectability as anintellectual property?

Entries close on July 14th, 2012

Entries should not be more than 5,000 words(inclusive of footnotes & references)

Prizes*

First : `25,000 ($500)Second : `12,500 ($250)

Third : `7,500 ($150)* Please note the winning entry will be eligible for

publication at the NUJS Law Review

All queries have to be addressed [email protected]

Judges

Entries will be adjudged by a 5 member panel consisting of renowned international experts in the field of intellectual property.

PROFESSOR DAVIDVAVER

Professor of IP Law,Osgoode Hall Law

School

PROFESSOR LIONELBENTLY

Director of the Centrefor IP Law, University

of Cambridge

JUDGE RANDALL R.RADER

Chief Judge of theUnited States Court of

Appeals for the

Federal Circuit

PROFESSOR GRAEMEDINWOODIE

Director of the OxfordIntellectual Property

Research Center,

University of Oxford

PROFESSORSHAMNAD BASHEER

MHRD Chair Professorin IP law at the

National University of

Juridical Sciences,

India


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announce the First PIP (Pondering Intellectual Property) Competition, 2012

TERMS & CONDITIONS1. ELIGIBILITY

Students currently enrolled in accredited fulltime programs in law anywhere in the world(where the program of study counts as their firstdegree in law). Students pursuing LLMs orhigher degrees in law are not eligible.

2. Only one entry may be submitted per student. Co-authorship is permitted so long as the co-authorsare also individually eligible under the terms ofthis competition.

3. WORD LIMITa. Entries should not be longer than 5,000 words

(inclusive of footnotes & references).b. Entries exceeding the word limit would be

automatically disqualified.

4. SUBMISSION FORMATAll entries should have a cover page containingthe following:

a. Full name;b. Institution, country, date of birth, degree and

year of study;

c. Email address; andd. Telephone number.

5. All entries should be submitted in .doc formatwith the following specifications:

a. Font Type : Times New Romanb. Spacing : 1.5 inch spacingc. Font Size : 12 points

6. PRIZES*First : `25,000 ($500)Second : `12,500 ($250)Third : `7,500 ($150)* Please note the winning entry will be eligible for

publication at the NUJS Law Review

7. CLOSING DATEThe closing date for entries is July 14, 2012 at12:00 PM (IST).

8. MODE OF SUBMISSIONAll entries have to be mailed to [email protected] the closing date. Late submissions will notbe considered.

9. JUDGESEntries will be adjudged by a five member panelconsisting of international and national experts inintellectual property laws. The decision of thepanel is final.

10. RESULTSThe results of the competition will be notified onor before September 15, 2012.

11. COPYRIGHTSBy entering the competition, the authorundertakes to:

a. Grant an exclusive license in the entry to theorganizers until the announcement of results,and

b. Seek prior consent from the organizers for anyuse of the prize-winning entries including anysubsequent publication or distribution afterthe announcement of results.

12. The organizers reserve all rights to modify any ofthe abovementioned terms and conditions.


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announce the First PIP (Pondering Intellectual Property) Competition, 2012JUDGES

Entries will be adjudged by a 5 member panel consisting of renowned international experts in the field of intellectual property.

PROFESSOR DAVID VAVERProfessor of IP Law, Osgoode Hall

Law School, York University

Prof. Vaver is Emeritus Professor

of IP & IT in the University ofOxford and a former Director ofOxford IP Research Centre. He hasadvised governments and writtenextensively on national andinternational IP law and policy.Among his works are IntellectualProperty Law(2nd ed., 2011) and a5-volume edited workIntellectualProperty: Critical Concepts in Law(2006). Prof. Vaver is the editor ofIntellectual Property Journalandhas been awarded the Pattishall

Medal for Teaching Excellence inTrademark and Trade IdentityLaw, presented every four yearsby the International TrademarkAssociation.

http://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/facu

lty/full-time/david-vaver

PROFESSOR LIONEL BENTLYDirector of the Centre for IP Law,

University of Cambridge

Prof. Bently completed his B.A.

(Law) from Pembroke College,Cambridge in 1986. He hasdelivered numerous invitedlectures in universities across theglobe including the DarwinLecture Series and Annual MangesLecture at Columbia University in2007. He was the Co-ordinator tothe WIPO Standing CommitteeReport on Patents in 2010 and amember of the Copyright ExpertPanel. He is the co-author of one ofthe leading treatises on

intellectual property law and theSeries Editor to the CambridgeStudies in Intellectual Property.

http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/people/

academic/l-a-f-bently/1109

JUDGE RANDALL R.RADERChief Judge of the United States

Court of Appeals for the Federal

Circuit

Judge Rader was elevated from theUnited States Claims Court(currently U.S. Court of FederalClaims) in 2010. His is the authorof innumerable path breaking IPdecisions and the co-author of oneof the leading commentaries onPatent Laws.

Judge Raders contributions to thefield of IP laws have won himmany accolades including theJefferson Medal from the New

Jersey Intellectual PropertyAssociation and the SedonaLifetime Achievement Award forIntellectual Property Law in 2009.

http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/judg

es/randall-r-rader-chief-judge.html

PROFESSOR GRAEMEDINWOODIEDirector of the Oxford Intellectual

Property Research Centre,

University of Oxford

Prof. Dinwoodie holds an LLBfrom Glasgow University, an LLMfrom the Harvard Law School, aJSD from the Columbia LawSchool. Before returning to the UKin 2009 to take up the IP Chair atOxford, he taught at several U.S.law schools. In 2008, ProfessorDinwoodie was awarded thePattishall Medal for Excellence inIP Teaching . He has served as aconsultant to WIPO and UNCTAD

and is the current President of theAssociation of Teachers andResearchers in IntellectualProperty Law (ATRIP).

http://www.spc.ox.ac.uk/Staff/69/Staff.html?StaffId=266

PROFESSOR SHAMNADBASHEERMHRD Chair Professor in IP law at

NUJS, India

After an undergraduate degreefrom NLS, Bangalore, Prof.Basheer completed the BCL andMPhil at the University of Oxfordwith distinction as a WellcomeTrust scholar. He has won severalawards in the past for his articleson Indian patent law. He is thefounder of SpicyIP, one of Indias

leading IP blogs and IDIA, amovement to foster access to legaleducation for the underprivileged.

He was nominated last year as oneof the intellectual property expertson the global advisory council ofthe World Economic Forum(WEF).

http://www.nujs.edu/faculty/shamnad-basheer.htm

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