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WRITING COMPETITION update:

AIPLA WRITING COMPETITION – ROBERT C. WATSON AWARD [DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2021]

AIPLA has sponsored this student competition for many years to encourage interest in intellectual property issues. Judges will consider the merit of the article as a contribution to the knowledge respecting intellectual property and the extent to which it displays original and creative thought or information not previously written or published by the author prior to July 1, 2020.

Eligibility: 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

Topic: A subject relating to the protection of intellectual property

Awards: The winner will receive reasonable expense reimbursement to attend the AIPLA Annual Meeting, Oct. 28 – 30, 2021 in Washington DC, to receive their award

Submission guidelines: (1) Papers should be approximately the equivalent of 10 law review pages, including footnotes (30 – 40 pages typed copy); (2) submission must be made in PDF or text format; (3) submission must include the submitter’s name, current address, current telephone number, and employment information, if applicable.

  • Send to: American intellectual Property Law Association, Watson Award Competition, watsonaward@aipla.org

Complete details: Available @ aipla.org/resources/programs-awards/robert-c.-watson-award