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IP at Pierce Law: Moot court and Writing Competitions in IP & Technology Law

This page contains information about moot court and writing competitions in intellectual property and related subjects that are open to students in U.S. law schools. If you see omissions or inaccuracies in our information, or if you have other comments, suggestions, or questions, please contact us. Thank you!

Moot Court Competitions
 Writing Competitions
 Competitions Calendar
    2003
      October
        16-18   The John Marshall Law School Moot Court Competition in Information Technolgy and Privacy Law - Oral Arguments
      November
        3   Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition - Entry Deadline
        14   Ladas Memorial Award - Entry Deadline
    2004
      January
        19   Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition - Briefs Due
        23   Giles S. Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition - Entry Deadline
      February
        2   Giles S. Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition - Briefs Due
        21   Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition - Regional Arguments
      March
        13   Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition - National Arguments
        19-21   Giles S. Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition - Regional Arguments
      April
        14-16   Giles S. Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition - National Arguments
      June
        30   The Robert C. Watson Award, sponsored by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) - Entry Deadline
Moot Court Competitions
    The Giles S. Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition
    Scope: National intellectual property moot court competition sponsored by the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
    Official Information: http://www.aipla.org/html/richmoot.html
    2004 Rules: http://www.aipla.org/html/competitions/moot_court/04mootrules.pdf
    Eligibility: U.S. J.D. and L.L.B. students
    Prizes: National First Place -- $2000; National Second Place -- $1000
    Rule Summary: 2 member teams, 2 teams per school; Briefs no longer than 30 pages; Oral arguments no longer than 30 minutes
    Critical Dates: Entry Jan. 23, 2004; Briefs Due Feb. 2, 2004; Arguments Mar. 19-21, 2004 (Regional), April 14-16, 2004 (National)

    The John Marshall Law School Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law
    Scope: A national moot court competition funded by an endowment from the Estate of Carl W. Carlson.
    Official Information: http://www.itmootcourt.com/
    Rules (2003): http://www.itmootcourt.com/Rules.html
    Eligibility: U.S. J.D. and L.L.B. students
    Prizes: Team and Individual awards; Best briefs will be published in the JMLS Journal of Computer Information Law
    Rule Summary: 2 or 3 member teams, 1 team per school; Briefs no longer than 40 double spaced pages; Oral arguments no longer than 30 minutes
    Critical Dates: 2003 Dates: June 16, 2003 - Registration form & fee due from teams; August 29,2003 - Requests for interpretation of rules and problem; September 15, 2003 - Filing of Briefs; October 16-18, 2003 - Oral Arguments
    Contact:
    Moot Court Competition Committee
    c/o Moot Court Board
    The John Marshall Law School
    315 South Plymouth Court
    Chicago, Illinois 60604
    ITCenter@jmls.edu

    Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition
    Scope: National trademark law moot court competition sponsored by the Brand Names Education Foundation
    Official Information: http://www.bnef.org/events/lefkowitz.html
    Official Rules: http://www.bnef.org/events/lefkowitzrules.html
    Eligibility: U.S. J.D. and L.L.B. students
    Prizes: Best Team -- $1500; Second Place Team -- $ 500; Best Brief -- $ 500; Second Place Brief -- $ 250; Best Oralist Team -- $ 500; Second Place Oralist Team -- $ 250; Law School of Best Team -- $ 500
    Rule Summary: 2, 3, or 4 member teams; 2 teams per school; Briefs no longer than 25 pages; Oral arguments no longer than 20 minutes
    Critical Dates: Entry Deadline -- Nov. 3, 2003; Briefs Due - Jan. 19, 2004; Regional Arguments - Feb. 21, 2004; National Arguments (Wash. DC) - Mar. 13, 2004
    Contact:
    Email - info@bnef.org
    Phone - (212) 768-9885
    Fax (212) 768-7796

    Cardozo / BMI Entertainment and Communications Law Moot Court Competition
    Scope: National moot court competition sponsored by BMI
    Official Information: http://www.cardozo.yu.edu/moot_court/bmi.html
    Critical Dates: Registration is due by December 11, 2002; The problem will be posted on the Cardozo web site on January 23, 2003; Briefs are due on February 24, 2003; Oral Arguments - March 20-23, 2003
    Contact:
    Carlie E. Parsoff
    Email - cparsoff@aol.com
    Phone - (212) 790 0317

Writing Competitions
    The George Hutchinson Writing Competition
    Scope: Topic with substance, procedure, or scope of jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit
    Official Information: http://www.fedcirbar.org/scholar/index.asp
    Eligibility: All law students in ABA accredited schools
    Prizes: $3,000 to winner, with second and third place cash prizes at judges' discretion. Winners will be publicly announced at the Association's Annual Reception and Dinner, which takes place in the Fall of 2003; Possible publication in Federal Circuit Bar Journal.
    Rule Summary: Papers must be prepared during 2002-2003 year; Papers typically 20 pages in length, and not to exceed 50 pages; Typed, double-spaced, on 8 1/2 x 11 paper. Citations must conform to Bluebook (current edition); Entrants must submit the original paper and 3 copies; Do not put name or school on original or copies, as papers are judged anonymously. Add separate cover letter with name, address, telephone, law school, and graduation year; Author grants nonexclusive license to publish the article
    Critical Dates: Postmarked no later than June 1, 2003
    Contact:
    Meridith Martin Addy, Chairman
    George Hutchinson Writing Competition
    Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
    NBC Tower - Suite 3600
    Chicago, Illinois 60611-5599
    Email - maddy@ brinkshofer.com

    The Finnegan Prize
    Scope: Patent law, computer law, copyright, trademarks, franchise law, antitrust, and technology licensing, including international and comparative studies thereof.
    Official Information: http://www.law.gwu.edu/tech/ finnegan2003.pdf
    Eligibility: Only Students of the George Washington University Law School
    Prizes: $5,000 cash first prize; $2,000 second prize; $1,000 third prize
    Rule Summary: Papers should be between 30 and 75 double-spaced pages in length. No entry may be published prior to April 22, 2003. Substantially all of the work on each paper must be done during the time the author has been a student at GW Law School. Papers may have been submitted for credit at the George Washington University Law School and may reflect discussions with faculty members, student law review editors, or both. The version submitted for judging, however, may not be the product of significant editorial changes by a person or persons other than the student author
    Critical Dates: 2003 deadline -- 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 22, 2003
    Contact:
    Professor Robert Brauneis
    The George Washington University Law School
    2000 H Street, NW
    Washington, DC 20052
    rbraun@law.gwu.edu

    The Ladas Memorial Award

    Scope: Trademark law or matter directly relating to or affecting trademarks
    Official Information: http://www.bnef.org/events/ladas.html
    Official Rules: http://www. bnef.org/ladasrules.html
    Eligibility: Must be full or part-time law or graduate school student to compete in student category
    Prizes: $4,000 cash award; up to $1,000 in financial aid; a set of Dr. Ladas' three-volume trademark treatise; and possible publication
    Rule Summary: May be an unpublished or published paper first published no longer than one year prior to deadline; English language or accompanied by translation in English; Criteria are nature, breadth, and timeliness of subject; originality of subject and thought; extent of research and scholarship; quality of writing
    Critical Dates: Entry Deadline: November 14, 2003
    Contact:
    Ladas Memorial Award
    Brand Names Education Foundation
    1133 Avenue of the Americas, 33rd Floor
    New York, NY 10036-6710
    Phone: (212) 768-9885
    Fax: (212) 768-7796
    Email: bnef@inta.org

    The Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association ("PIPLA") Writing Award Program
    Scope: Intellectual Property Law
    Eligibility: 1) Law student or students attending an accredited law school within the jurisdiction of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania are eligible. 2) Law student or students having permanent residency within the jurisdiction of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania, currently or within the past ten years, but attending law school outside this jurisdiction are eligible.
    Prizes: $1,000 award (multiple winners share award); 2003 award announced at February 19, 2003 PIPLA meeting in Pittsburgh
    Rule Summary: Between 10 and 25 pages long; Double-spaced, 10-12 font, on 8 ½ x 11 paper with standard margins; Criteria include pertinence to contemporary IP issues, originality, creativity, scholarship; Author grants nonexclusive license to publish the article, to register, submit Title or Article, author's name, address, phone, and law school, a faculty member reference with name, address and phone, and other pertinent information; Statement of eligibility
    Critical Dates: 2003 deadline - Article and registration information postmarked or e-mailed by January 10, 2003. Notification: around February 7, 2003.
    Contact:
    Thomas Lizzi, Esquire (PIPLA Writing Award Committee Chairman)
    Metz Lewis LLC
    11 Stanwix Street, 18th Floor
    Pittsburgh, PA 15222
    E-mail: tlizzi@metzlewis.com
    Phone: (412) 918 1109

    Foley & Lardner Fourth Annual Intellectual Property Writing Competition
    Scope: Broad range of topics, including metrics or other measurements of intellectual asset management performance; protection of IP rights to maximize competitive opportunities; extraction of untapped value from IP; auditing patents to determine whether they should be enforced, licensed, donated, or terminated; identification of prospective IP licensees.
    Official Information: http://www.foleylardner.com/FILES/tbl_s31Publications/FileUpload137/ 1164/IP%20 Writing%20Contest%20Bro.pdf
    Eligibility: 1L or 2L; Full or part time
    Prizes: $ 5,000 to one 1L; $ 5,000 to one 2L; 3 honorable mention prizes
    Rule Summary: Full or part time law student; Cannot be employee or immediate relative of Foley & Lardner, but acceptable if you have accepted either summer or post-graduate employment; Must be unpublished paper; 10-30 pages, double-spaced, typed; May submit papers written for academic credit or submitted to law reviews after 9/1/2001, and may be in modified form; May submit multiple entries; Criteria include originality of thought, contributions to law and practice, completeness of scholarly research, and overall style and content; Author will retain ownership of copyright and retain the right to publish article (award recipients who wish to publish elsewhere must include a footnote on first page noting Foley & Lardner award). However, authors must grant Foley & Lardner a nonexclusive license to publish the work(s).
    Critical Dates: Postmarked by Midnight of May 15, 2003
    Contact:
    Foley & Lardner IP Writing Competition
    c/o Marion Baker
    Department Operating Officer, Intellectual Property
    Foley & Lardner
    3000 K Street, N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20007

    The Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (JPTOS) Student Paper Contest
    Scope: Patent or trademark law paper
    Eligibility: All law students in ABA accredited schools
    Prizes: $1,000 for best article and publication in JPTOS
    Critical Dates: Contest run intermittently; no contest currently scheduled.
    Contact:
    Louis S. Zarfas
    Journal of the Patent and Trademark Society
    PO Box 2600
    Arlington VA 22202
    Email - editor@jptos.org

    The Robert C. Watson Award sponsored by American Intellectual Property Law Association
    Scope: Any subject related to the protection of intellectual property
    Official Information: http://www.aipla.org/html/watson.html
    Eligibility: Article must have been written 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
    Prizes: $ 2,000 award. To be presented October 15, 2004 during the AIPLA luncheon in Washington, DC
    Rule Summary: Paper must be written or published between August 1, 2003 and June 30, 2004; Approximately the equivalent of 10 law review pages including footnotes (30 - 40 typed double-spaced pages) Include submitter's name, current address, current telephone number, and employment information; if applicable, 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 August 1, 2003; Entrants must submit 20 copies
    Critical Dates: Must be submitted on or before June 30, 2004
    Contact:
    American Intellectual Property Law Association
    Watson Award Competition
    2001 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Suite 203
    Arlington, VA 22202-3694
    Telephone: 703 415-0780

    The Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition
    Scope: Any aspect of Copyright Law
    Competition Rules: http://www.ascap.com/burkan/ burkanrules.html
    Rules as implemented at GW Law: http://www.law.gwu.edu/tech/ gwburkan2003.pdf
    Eligibility: Must be 3L students (or 2L at the discretion of the Dean) in ABA accredited law schools (school must choose to participate in competition)
    Prizes: A first prize of $600 and a second prize of $250 at each participating law school
    Rule Summary: Paper must not be previously published; Length not more than 50 pages (including footnotes and endnotes); Manuscript must be typewritten (double-spaced) on 8 1/2" x 11" paper, 1" margin; All quotations exceeding four lines must be indented and single-spaced; Table of Contents must be included; Citations must be in approved law review form; One hard copy of manuscript must be submitted along with an electronic copy on a 3-1/2 inch floppy disk, MS Word format preferred; The hard copy of the manuscript must be bound in a stiff cover and labeled with the title of the paper, the author's name and permanent home address; the floppy disk should bear a label with the same information; Student retains copyright, but grants non-exclusive license to publish An original signed statement from the student-author shall be affixed to the inside back cover of the hard copy of his or her paper, as follows; I, [student-author's name], certify that I have read the Rules Governing the Competition: Academic Year X, and agree to comply in all respects with those Rules
    Critical Dates: Certification Deadline - June 30, 2003; GW Entry Deadline - April 22, 2003
    Contact:
    American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
    ASCAP Building
    One Lincoln Plaza
    Phone (212) 621 6277
    Email - NBMC@ascap.com

    The Computer Law Association Writing Competition
    Scope: Information Technology Law
    Official Information: http://www.cla.org/ 2003%20CLA%20 writing%20competition.pdf
    Eligibility: All law students in ABA accredited schools or an international equivalent
    Prizes: First prize - $250, two other papers will be honored; All winners will receive a one year subscription to the Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review; Winning submissions will also be considered for publication in CLA publications and the Marquette Intellectual Property Review.
    Rule Summary: Entrants must be enrolled in a J.D. or L.L.M. program at an ABA accredited law school during the 2002-2003 school year; The submission may be (but need not be) a paper written for class credit or a journal, but may not have been published before September 1, 2003; The citations must conform substantially to the 17th edition of The Bluebook: Uniform System of Citation; Submission must be original work written and edited by the author; No jointly authored papers are permitted; Submission must be on either 8.5 x 11 paper with one-inch margins all around, or A4 paper with 2.5 centimeter margins all around; Submissions must be typed or printed; Submissions must include a title page with the entrant's name, signature, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, social security number (passport number for non-US submissions), law school name and mailing address and class year; Entrants must submit three (3) copies of their papers written in the English language; Submissions will be judged by CLA members who are leading attorneys working in the field ; Entrants shall retain copyright ownership in their papers. However, each entrant must grant CLA the right to publish the submitted paper, in print and electronically, upon receiving the first place award.
    Critical Dates: Postmarked no later than May 1, 2003
    Contact:
    Computer Law Association
    John Carson, CLA Membership Chairman
    jcarson@kmob.com

    The Los Angeles County Bar Association Entertainment Law Writing Competition
    Scope:
    Official Information: http://www.lacba.org/showpage.cfm? pageID=181
    Eligibility:
    Prizes:
    Rule Summary: IPELS is in the process of retooling and reformatting the competition, so the Writing Competition will not be held in 2002-2003; Look for the 16th Annual Competition in 2003-2004.
    Critical Dates:
    Contact:

    The Recording Academy Entertainment Law Initiative
    Scope: The contest challenges students to research and identify a compelling legal issue confronting the music industry and propose a resolution. A national panel of legal experts will judge the papers, in a blind process, and select the five finalists.
    Eligibility: All law students in ABA accredited schools
    Prizes: 1 - $5000 First Place Prize; 4 - $1500 Runners-Up Prize; All five finalists receive one Gold-Level Grammy Awards ticket, accommodations at the Four Seasons Hotel, 1 round trip ticket on Continental Airlines, 1 ticket to MusiCares Person of the Year dinner, and an invitation to the Grammy Nominee reception. The winning article will be published by both the Recording Academy and the ABA
    Rule Summary: Competition is open to all currently enrolled law students; Co-authorship of a manuscript is not permitted in the contest; Each author may submit only one entry; Authors must research and identify a compelling legal issue confronting the music industry, and propose a solution; Three copies of the manuscript must be submitted; Manuscripts, including endnotes, shall be no longer than 3000 words; Endnotes shall be typed on a separate sheet or sheets at the end of the manuscript; Entrants must use The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (16th ed.); Current contact information including address, phone number and email address should accompany the manuscript; Entrants' names shall not appear on the manuscript, but shall appear on a separate title page to be removed when a number is assigned to the entry; The title page should also include a one or two sentence synopsis of the article; Manuscripts will be judged on 1) clarity of expression (organization, clarity of presentation, spelling, grammar), 2) originality of thought (uniqueness of topic), 3) depth of analysis, 4) relevance to industry, and 5) essay requirements (whether the essay conforms to the contest rules); Each manuscript submitted shall be accompanied by a letter from the author in which he or she certifies that the article submitted has not had prior publication, that it is original work prepared by the author alone for this contest, and that the author transfers ownership to the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc.
    Critical Dates: Information regarding the 2004 competition will be available in August through an auto-reply email message
    Contact:
    Griff Morris
    Chicago Chapter of the Recording Academy
    224 S. Michigan Ave, Suite 250
    Chicago, IL 60604
    Phone (312) 786-1121
    Email: ELI@grammy.com

    The Berkeley Technology Law Journal Comment Competition
    Scope: The topic is quite broad. A non-exhaustive list includes: Internet law, multi-media law, patent law, biotechnology, chemistry, engineering, environmental law, computer software, or genetics. Issues may include First Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment (or other constitutional issues), intellectual property protection, regulatory policy, effect of new or proposed statutory schemes. In short, the Journal will accept all submissions that address some aspect of the law that implicates technology in any degree.
    Eligibility: All J.D. students in ABA accredited schools
    Prizes: 1 - $1000 First Place Prize; 1 - $750 Second Place Prize; 1 - $500 Third Place Prize; All submissions will be considered for publication in The Berkeley Technology Law Journal
    Rule Summary: Competition is open to all J.D. candidates. Entrants must submit three copies of their comment
    Critical Dates: March 28, 2003
    Contact:
    Comment Competition
    Berkeley Technology Law Journal
    587 Simon Hall
    University of California, Berkeley
    Berkeley, CA 94720

    The William C. Conner Intellectual Property Writing Competition sponsored by The New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA)
    Scope: The subject matter must be directed to one of the traditional subject areas of intellectual property, i.e., patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair trade and antitrust.
    Official Information: http://www.nyipla.org/ WritingComp/WritingComp.htm
    Eligibility: All J.D. students in ABA accredited schools
    Prizes: 1 - $1000 First Place Prize; 1 - $500 Runner-up Prize
    Critical Dates: Deadline - April 11, 2003
    Contact:
    Jeffrey M. Butler, Esq.
    Kenyon & Kenyon
    One Broadway
    New York, New York 10004-1050
    Phone: 212 425 7200
    Fax: (212) 425 5288

    The Art & Law Forum at the University of Oregon School of Law
    Digital Commons Copyright Writing Contest
    Scope: Entries should critically examine the intersection of creativity, copyright law, and current technology.
    Official Information: http://www.law.uoregon.edu/org/alf/contest.html
    Eligibility: All law students in the United States and Canada who are enrolled as of the competition deadline.
    Prizes: First Place - $1,000; Second Place - $500; Third Place - $250; All three papers will be published in Art & Law E-Journal
    Critical Dates: Deadline - March 10, 2003
    Contact:
    Art & Law Forum
    Digital Commons Copyright Competition
    University of Oregon School of Law
    1221 University of Oregon
    Eugene, Oregon 97403-1221
    Email: ccox1@law.uoregon.edu

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