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Message from the President Joshua Dalton

Message from the Editor

Upcoming Event - Intellectual Property in the Age of AI: What Do You Own and How Do You Balance Risks

BIPLA Annual Writing Competition

BIPLA Pro Bono Award

BIPLA Annual Celebration of the Judiciary

BIPLA Patent Office Practice Committee Prepares Comments Regarding the USPTO Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Terminal Disclaimers and Double Patenting

Review of Recent Antibody Case Law at the European Patent Office

Updated Guidelines for AI Inventions

New Test for Obviousness of Design Patents Presents Uncertainties and Opportunities

Review of Recent SPC Case Law in the UK – Little Appetite for Divergence From the EU

Noncompete Ban Turns Patents, Copyrights Into Corporate Shields

Brazil's Accession to the Hague System: Milestones, Impact, and Future Prospects

Update from the USPTO Patent Pro Bono Team

Celebrating 100 Years of BIPLA - Share Your Memories

Harbor IP

List of Officers and Board of Governors

Job Listings

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NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE

Volume 55, Issue 2

BIPLA Writing Competition

We are now accepting entries!

1st Prize: $1,000

2nd Prize: $500

BIPLA is once again holding its annual Writing Competition. Law school students are encouraged to submit papers relating to topics involving intellectual property law. Judges will consider the merits of each paper based on: (i) contribution to knowledge respecting intellectual property law; and (ii) the extent to which it displays original and creative thought or information not previously published or available. The requirements for eligibility are outlined below.

Content Rules

Articles must be written solely by a student or students either in full-time or part-time attendance at a law school (day or evening) within the jurisdiction of the First Federal Judiciary Circuit, or prepared in connection with a course at a law school in the First Circuit.
Articles must be written or published between September 1, 2023 and August 31, 2024.
Articles must be submitted to the Boston Intellectual Property Law Association on or before September 30, 2024.
Papers should be no more than the equivalent of ten (10) law review pages including footnotes (30-40 pages typed copy).
Submission of the paper as a .pdf file is required. Submissions must include the submitter’s name, current address, current telephone number, law school, and employment information (if applicable).

Please send all article submissions to:

Kevin MacDonald, PhD Shareholder Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. Kevin.MacDonald@WolfGreenfield.com

Office: 617.646.8497