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Intellectual Property Writing Contests
American Intellectual Property Law Association - Robert C. Watson Award
The Watson Award of $2,000 is awarded to the author of best article on a subject relating to the protection of intellectual property. To be eligible for consideration, the article must have been written solely by a student or students either in full time attendance at a law school (day or evening) or prepared in connection with a law school course.
Nathan Burkan Memorial Writing Competition
Sponsored by the America Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, this legal writing competition's objective is to increase the interest in the law of Copyright and to improve the style of legal writing. At each participating law school, a First and Second Prize will be awarded to students who papers are certified by the Dean as the best essays on any aspect of Copyright Law. Prize money is $600 for First Prize and $250 for Second Prize. Paper can be written on any aspect of Copyright Law. Deadline is June 30, 2009.
Student Intellectual Property Writing Competition - IDEA®
IDEA®: The Intellectual Property Law Review is proud to announce our Annual Student Intellectual Property Writing Competition. We are looking for original, publishable papers addressing compelling issues in intellectual property law. The awards for last year included:
1st prize - $500 and publication in IDEA®; 2nd prize - $200; and 3rd prize - A one-year subscription to IDEA®.
New York State Bar Association - Annual Law Student Writing Competition
To be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Intellectual Property Law Section, January 27, 2009, New York, NY to the author of the best publishable papers on a subject relating to the protection of intellectual property not published elsewhere, scheduled for publication, or awarded another prize. First Prize: $2,000 sponsored by Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP. Second Prize: $1,000 sponsored by Morrison & Foerster LLP. Submission deadline November 4, 2008.
The papers will be judged on the following criteria: contribution to the practice of intellectual property law, topicality, originality and creativity, and presentation of information not previously published or available. First Prize: $5,000 and an all-expense paid trip for the student winner and his/her professor to attend the Intellectual Property Section's Annual Spring Meeting and award presentation ceremony. The first prize paper will also be published as an article in New Matter, the Section's journal, which is circulated to intellectual property lawyers statewide. Second Prize: $3,000; Honorable Mention: $2,000.
International Technology Law Association - Mark L. Gordon Memorial Technology Law Writing Award
Technology law has become a broad field with related subjects such as patent, copyright, trade secret, intellectual property, privacy, telecommunications, biotechnology, venture capital, and similar topics relevant to the technology industries. Authors are not restricted to a particular subject and there may be interesting questions of tech law imbedded in other legal areas such as jurisdiction, ethics, litigation, cross-border transactions, international law, constitutional law, innovation and contracts. The best articles will not lose sight of a tech law focus regardless of the context within which the topic is presented. Eligibility: Open to all currently enrolled law students in good standing; papers must be the product of original research not previously published; no word or page limitations. Submission deadline: February 1st.
Each year, the Association presents awards for excellence in writing by law students in the field of intellectual property law. The awards are named in honor of The Honorable William C. Conner, Senior District Judge, Southern District of New York.
ABA - Section of Science & Technology Law - Law Student Writing Contest
Papers each year must be on the topic selected by the Law Student Writing Contest Committee for that year; it must be a science or technology law topic of national interest. Topic for 2009 forthcoming.
