1. In the Law Student category, Alyssa Gaffen, won for her entry, “Refining The Saccharin Doctrine: A Call for Clarity and Predictability in Canada’s Extraterritorial Patent Law”.
2. In the Graduate Student category there were no entries.
3. In the Professional category, the judges did not select a winner for this year’s Challenge.

The winner will be receiving a prize of $1,000 and, in addition to having her winning article showcased here on the IPilogue, the article will be considered for publication in the  or the .  We would like to thank our esteemed intellectual property experts who served as judges for the Challenge:

The Honourable Roger T. Hughes QC

We look forward to next year’s IP Writing Challenge and continuing to help ignite a more vibrant public policy discussion on all facets of intellectual property law and technology.

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Our goal is to further enhance thoughtful and well-researched intellectual property public policy scholarship and discussion. We encourage a broad range of perspectives and topics can be from within the various categories of intellectual property law including patents, trademarks, industrial design and copyright.

There are three categories for entrants this year:

Law student category (LL.B, J.D., BCL, and LL.L students)
Graduate student category (LL.M, S.J.D. and PhD students)
Professional category (legal and business professionals who have been practicing 7 years or less, including patent agents and trademark agents)
The winner from each of category will be eligible for:

A prize of $1,000 (CAD)
Publication on the IP Osgoode website (iposgoode.ca)
Consideration for publication in the Canadian Intellectual Property Review and/or the Intellectual Property Journal.

The deadline is Canada Day, Monday, July 1, 2019, 5 PM EDT.

More details on Canada’s IP Writing Challenge are available .

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1. In the Law Student category, Stephen Cooley, won for his entry, “Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Copyright: Barriers to, and Solutions for the Commercialization of Expressive AI”. Stephen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently enrolled in Osgoode’s flagship Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program.
2. In the Graduate Student category, Wissam Aoun, won for his entry, “Conflicted Regulation, The Public Interest and Canadian Patent Agency – Patent Agent Regulation at a Crossroad”. Wissam received his LLM degree at the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law, and is currently a PhD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

3. In the Professional category, the judges did not select a winner for this year’s Challenge.

The winner will be receiving a prize of $1000 and, in addition to having her winning article showcased here on the IPilogue, the article will be considered for publication in the  or the .  We would like to thank our esteemed intellectual property experts who served as judges for the Challenge:

The Honourable Roger T. Hughes QC

We look forward to next year’s IP Writing Challenge and continuing to help ignite a more vibrant public policy discussion on all facets of intellectual property law and technology.

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Do you have a paper from a recently completed intellectual property class? A case note on a intellectual property related decision? If so, Canada’s IP Writing Challenge is the perfect opportunity to showcase your writing. We are looking for thoughtful and well-researched papers on intellectual property and public policy scholarship to enhance our discussion. We encourage a broad range of perspectives and topics can be from within the various categories of intellectual property law including patents, trademarks, industrial design, copyright and related issues. Please note that the set topic for the professional category is a case note on an intellectual property related decision issued after January 1, 2017.

There are three categories for entrants:

Law student category (LL.B, J.D., BCL, and LL.L students)
Graduate student category (LL.M, S.J.D. and PhD students)
Professional category (legal and business professionals who have been practicing 7 years or less, including patent agents and trade-mark agents)

More details on Canada’s IP Writing Challenge 2018 are available .

We look forward to reading your work!

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Do you have a paper from a recently completed intellectual property class? A case note on a intellectual property related decision? Canada’s IP Writing Challenge is the perfect opportunity to showcase your opinions and gain recognition from the greater Canadian intellectual property community.  We are looking for thoughtful and well-researched papers on intellectual property and public policy scholarship to enhance our discussion. We encourage a broad range of perspectives and topics can be from within the various categories of intellectual property law including patents, trademarks, industrial design and copyright.   Please note that the set topic for the professional category is a case note on an intellectual property related decision issued after January 1, 2016.

There are three categories for entrants:

Law student category (LL.B, J.D., BCL, and LL.L students)
Graduate student category (LL.M, S.J.D. and PhD students)
Professional category (legal and business professionals who have been practicing 7 years or less, including patent agents and trade-mark agents)

More details on Canada’s IP Writing Challenge 2017 are available .

We look forward to reading your work!

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