New IP Writing Award

The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and IP Osgoode are
delighted to announce a new Canadian writing challenge in intellectual
property law.  Submissions may be in French or in English.

To help advance such scholarship from within the classroom and beyond, we
have established three categories:

1. Law student category (LL.B, J.D., BCL, and LL.L students)
2. Graduate student category (LL.M, S.J.D. and PhD students)
3. Professional category (legal and business professionals who have been
practising 7 years or less, including patent agents and trade-mark agents)

We offer some exciting prizes. Each winner will be eligible for:
1. A prize of $1000 (CAD)
2. His/her work to be published on the IP Osgoode website (
www.iposgoode.ca )
3. Be considered for publication in the Canadian Intellectual Property
Review; and/or Osgoode Hall Review of Law and Policy (OHRLP) (
http://www.ohrlp.ca/ )

The deadline is Canada Day, Wednesday, July 1, 2009.

Writing challenge rules and further information are available at:
http://www.iposgoode.ca/writing-challenge/

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