{"id":285,"date":"2023-11-24T15:09:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T20:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/iposgoodedev\/?page_id=285"},"modified":"2024-11-11T10:47:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T15:47:41","slug":"contests-and-competitions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/iposgoode\/contests-and-competitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Contests and Competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Canada's IP Writing Challenge 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/iposgoode\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/2024\/11\/Writing-Challenge-2024-1024x327.png\" alt=\"Canada's IP Writing Challenge, IPIC &amp; IP Osgoode logos\" class=\"wp-image-41048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/iposgoode\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/2024\/11\/Writing-Challenge-2024-1024x327.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/iposgoode\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/2024\/11\/Writing-Challenge-2024-400x128.png 400w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/iposgoode\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/2024\/11\/Writing-Challenge-2024.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[<em>NOTE: This year's competition is now closed. The winners have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/iposgoode\/2024\/11\/11\/announcing-the-winners-of-canadas-ip-writing-challenge-2024\/\">announced<\/a>!]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sponsored by Intellectual Property Institute of Canada and IP Osgoode, Canada\u2019s IP Writing Challenge 2023 will award one winning entry from each of three separate author categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Law student author category (LLB, JD, BCL, and LLL students)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate student author category (LLM, SJD and PhD students)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professional author category (legal and business professionals who have been practising seven years or less, including patent agents and trademark agents).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The winner from each of category will be eligible for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A prize of $1,000 (CDN);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Publication on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iposgoode.ca\/\">IP Osgoode website;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consideration for publication in the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/ipic.ca\/cipr\">Canadian Intellectual Property Review<\/a><\/em> and\/or the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/store.thomsonreuters.ca\/en-ca\/products\/intellectual-property-journal-book---multiple-format-30908418\">Intellectual Property Journal<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Challenge Rules<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Eligibility<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The IP Challenge is open to any <strong>Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident <\/strong>that is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Category 1: A <strong>full-time law student <\/strong>who is pursuing an LLB\/JD, BCL, LLL (or equivalent degree), articling or clerking in Canada during the 2023\u20132024 academic year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Category 2: A <strong>graduate student <\/strong>pursuing an LLM, SJD or PhD (or equivalent degree).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Category 3: A <strong>legal or business professional <\/strong>who has been practicing seven years or less, including as a patent or trademark agent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Topics<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Categories 1 and 2<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Entries in categories 1 and 2 must develop a thesis of importance in an emerging area of intellectual property law from a Canadian, comparative or international perspective. Topics can be from within the broad categories of intellectual property law including patents, trademarks, industrial design and copyright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A selection of potential areas to research and write on include, but are in no way limited to, the following: Digital media and freelance writing; Social networks, intellectual property and privacy; Geographical indicators (GIs) and international law; IP reform; Commercialization of IP; Patenting drugs and the pharmaceutical industry; Crime, counterfeiting and piracy; Network neutrality; The battle in branding for the Web; Patentability of business methods; Traditional knowledge; IP and developing countries; Copyright fair dealing and fair use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IPIC and IP Osgoode encourage a range of perspectives and policy approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Category 3<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Entries in category 3 must critique the decision by any court or tribunal of an intellectual property law case issued after January 1, 2023, from a Canadian, comparative or international perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Submission<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Method<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Entries will be accepted by e-mail only to: <a href=\"mailto:iposgoode@osgoode.yorku.ca\">iposgoode@osgoode.yorku.ca<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>(<strong>Subject line<\/strong>: Canada\u2019s IP Writing Challenge).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please attach your entry in <strong>Word or PDF <\/strong>format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entries must be an original work and not previously published in order to be eligible.&nbsp; No more than two joint authors are permitted.&nbsp; Each author\u2019s original contribution to the entry must be at least 40% of the whole paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entries must be received no later than<strong> 5:00 pm (ET) on Monday, July 1, 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Do not indicate your name, contact information, affiliation, law school or any other personally identifying information within the text of your entry (including any identification marks in footnotes).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a <strong>separate<\/strong> cover sheet, indicate your name, affiliation, law school (if applicable), year\/program of study (if applicable), course\/professor (if applicable) address, telephone number, e-mail address, the title of your paper and word count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the entry is co-authored, the cover sheet must contain a statement that each author\u2019s individual original contribution is no less than 40% of the whole paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Challenge Sponsors will use this information for the purpose of contacting the winner. Please ensure that contact information will be accurate until October 31, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Submission<\/strong> <strong>Format<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>All entries should contain <strong>footnotes<\/strong> and not endnotes. Entries should be in <strong>Word or PDF <\/strong>format, using Times New Roman 12 point font and double-spaced. References should conform to the <em>Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation<\/em>, 9th ed (Toronto: Thomson Carswell, 2018), a.k.a. the <em>McGill Guide<\/em>. <strong>Submissions may be made in either English or French<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Word Limit<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Category 1 and 2 entries must be no longer than 7,500 typed words, including footnotes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Category 3 entries should be 3,000 to 5,000 typed words, including footnotes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Assessment<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Submissions will be reviewed based on the following criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Organization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clarity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Originality, persuasiveness and creativity of argument<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Depth and variety of research (including the social, political, economic and ethical\/moral context)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consideration of various policy alternatives to respond to IP challenges<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Analysis of the effect (both domestically and internationally) on various stakeholders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All entries will be reviewed by a panel of judges selected by the Challenge Sponsors. The Challenge Sponsors reserve the right to not declare a winner in any or all of the challenge categories at their sole discretion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The judges\u2019 decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Entrants shall not contact the judges for direct feedback on the judging process or results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Announcement<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Challenge Sponsors will contact the winners of this writing challenge by October 31, 2024. The winner will be announced and published on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iposgoode.ca\">IP Osgoode website <\/a>and\/or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipic.ca\">IPIC website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iposgoode.ca\/canadas-ip-writing-challenge-2018-rules\/#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> The Challenge Sponsors reserve the right to not declare a winning entry in any or all of the challenge categories at their sole discretion. Only one winning entry will be chosen in each category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[2] In the event where the winning entry is co-authored and said co-authorship is in accordance with the rules, one prize of $1,000 (CDN) will be split evenly between the co-authors and awarded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada's IP Writing Challenge 2024 [NOTE: This year's competition is now closed. 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