The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) has sponsored this competition for many years to encourage interest in intellectual property issues. We present the award each October at our annual meeting in Washington, DC
RULES:
To be eligible for consideration, articles must be:
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Written solely by a full-time law student(s)
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Postmarked to AIPLA on or before June 30, 2010
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Approximately 10 law review pages including footnotes (30-40 typed pages)
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Submitted with 20 copies
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Accompanied by the writer’s name, current address, phone number, e-mail address and employment information if appropriate.
2009 Winner- Aileen McGill, University of Pennsylvania Law School
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, 2009.
Reasonable expenses will be reimbursed to the author of the winning paper to travel to Washington, DC to receive the Watson Award on October 22, 2010. Send articles to:
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Watson Award Competition
241 18th Street South, Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22202
Telephone: 703-415-0780
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The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) has sponsored this competition for the past few years to encourage interest in intellectual property issues. The writing competition is held each year in March with the winners announced in August.
To be eligible to participate, students must have exactly two full academic years remaining in an ABA accredited law school beginning August 2010. If selected, the Publication Staff’s responsibilities are similar to that of members on other student-run journals and are coordinated by several student editors, selected each year from among the first-year Publication Staff.
Staff selection is announced in August and terms run from late August 2010 through May 2012. Membership in AIPLA is required for the duration of the term.
Students who wish to compete must submit (by fax or by mail) a Request to Compete form and a signed copy of the Candidate Agreement, by close of business (5 p.m.) on Friday, March 5, 2010. Competition packets are mailed to arrive at the candidate's address on Friday, March 12, and must be returned by mail, postmarked no later than the following Monday, March 15, 2010.
The Quarterly Journal is a publication of AIPLA, one of the largest private bars of intellectual property attorneys in the world. The Quarterly Journal is run through the efforts of the Editorial Board, the Publication Staff, and Administrative Staff, all coordinated by the Editor-In-Chief.
The Publication Staff is coordinated by four Executive Editors, three Articles Editors and three Notes Editors. These editors are selected each year from among the first-year Publication Staff. The Publication Staff has its office at The George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC. Residency in the Washington area is not required for a staff member position. However, residency may be a factor should you choose to apply for one of the ten Editor positions in your second year with the Quarterly Journal.
Staff members serve for two academic years beginning in August, including the intermediate summer. An orientation, available on video for non-local national members, is held in late August. During the first year, each staff member is required to complete one legal note of publishable quality on a topic (related to intellectual property) approved by the faculty advisor and the production staff executive board. Staff members are also required to complete assigned articles editing assignments on a timely basis.
Law students interested in participating on the Publication Staff should direct inquiries to:
AIPLA Quarterly Journal
2000 H Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20052
(202) 596-2471
E-mail: QJ@aipla.org
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THIS YEAR'S FIRST PLACE WINNERS AND RUNNERS UP.
The American Intellectual Property Law Association is pleased to announce the 37th Annual Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition. The competition is named for a member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit who was the most distinguished jurist in the field of patent law in the world.
The 2010 Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition is divided into four regional competitions followed by a national competition among the top two teams from each region. The regional competitions will be held in Houston, Silicon Valley, Chicago, and Boston on the weekend of March 19-21, 2010. The National Finals will take place in Washington, DC on April 21-23, 2010.
Each participating school may enter as many as two teams of two students each, chosen in any manner satisfactory to the school. (See Rule 4 for applicable restrictions where a school has multiple teams.) The team will be required to submit thirteen copies of each brief that will be served on the regional director and one copy of each brief that will be served on each other team in the region on or before February 5, 2010.
If your school intends to participate in the competition, you must notify one of our regional directors in writing no later than January 29, 2010 (see Rule 6). You may enter in a region other than that in which your school is located. The regional directors are listed in Appendix A.
The National Director of the competition is Kim Van Voorhis; Alyson Barker and Andrew Stein are co-chairs of the Young Lawyers Committee.
Click here to download the materials for the 2010 Moot Court Competition.
