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Writing opportunity for students and young scholars – IP Law

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The International Association for the Advancemnet of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP) – great acronym – sponsors an essay competition each year. The three best papers are published on the ATRIP Web site. The author of the paper voted the best receives an opportunity to present at next year’s ATRIP Conference in Lithuania.  This year’s conference was held July 21-23, in Munich, Germany.

International Association for the Advancemnet of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property http://www.atrip.org/ 

Desciption of the Essay Contest from the ATRIP site:

ATRIP’s Executive Committee is proud to announce its 2008 essay competition for young researchers in Intellectual Property Law. The paper, which can pertain to any topic related to intellectual property law, should be written in English or French and submitted to the said Committee, care of Professor Jan Rosén (jan.rosen@juridicum.su.se), by August 31, 2008.  The text of the paper should be no longer than 8,000 words, including footnotes.  It should be presented in a way that ensures the author’s anonymity when it is circulated to the members of the Executive Committee.  The author of the paper should be no older than 33 years of age as of December 31, 2008.

http://www.atrip.org/upload/files/ESSAY%20COMPETITION.doc

 

China’s National Intellectual Property Strategy

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Last month, China’s State Council issued a National Intellectual Property Strategy designed to guide policy through 2020. Time will tell if IP strategic plans are more useful than the 5 year economic plans issued by the central government.  In any case, the document lists the government’s strategic goals and measures to implement those goals.

National Intellectual Property Strategy (June 5, 2008)

Full-text in Chinese can be found at:
http://www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo2008/yw/2008/200806/t20080610_406106.html


A synopsis in English is available at
http://www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo_English/news/iprspecial/200806/t20080612_406418.htm

French court decisions – IP and information technology cases

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Juriscom.net and Le Forum des droits sur l’internet provide timely access to full-text or synopses of information technology, Internet and IP law decisions from French (and occasionally Belgium) courts, including courts of first instance, courts of appeals and the Court of Cassation.  Le forum des droits sur l’internet adds keywords to all decisions, thereby facilitating subject access to the case law. Both sites also offer news reports and articles.  All materials are available in French only. Merci beaucoup to our friends in France for making this case law available to us free of charge.

Juriscom.net                                                                                                                   http://www.juriscom.net/

Le Forum des droits sur l’internet                            http://www.foruminternet.org/ Click on “veille juridique” to find the court decisions.

New International IP book: Teaching of Intellectual Property – Principles and Methods

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The World Intellectual Property Organization and Cambridge University Press have recently published a handbook for professors to help develop international intellectual property law courses. There are chapters devoted to copyright, patent and trademarks, as well as content covering distance learning and skills training. The editors are all officials of WIPO; in fact Mr. Takagi is WIPO’s executive director.

Teaching of Intellectual Property: Principles and Methods.

Authors: Yo Takagi, Larry Allman & Mpazi A. Sinjela. 

ISBN 9780521716468 

WIPO, 2008

 http://www.wipo.int/ebookshop?cart_id=795588-43657301&lang=eng&cmd=display_pub&cat_id=1257

Description from the WIPO Web site:

Intellectual property (IP) comprises not only the valuable economic assets of private firms, but also the social and cultural assets of society. The potential impact of intellectual property assets is so great that it is likely to have a considerable effect on national and international economic development in the future. Despite this, the area of IP education is relatively new to many academic institutions, and principles and methods in teaching IP are still evolving. Against this backdrop, a number of internationally renowned professors and practitioners share their teaching techniques in their particular fields of expertise, including what they consider should be taught in terms of coursework. The result is a valuable handbook for teachers and those wishing to get up to speed on international IP issues.

Table of contents available at: http://assets.cambridge.org/97805217/16468/frontmatter/9780521716468_frontmatter.pdf

http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521716468