AIPLA has sponsored this student competition for many years to encourage interest in intellectual property issues. Students are encouraged to submit articles on a subject relating to the protection of intellectual property. Judges 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 an author. The award is presented each October during the AIPLA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.
The 2014 Winner was: Jordan Joachim, NYU School of Law, New York, NY for his paper:“Is the AIA the End of Grace? Examining the Effect of the America Invents Act on the Patent Grace Period”.
2015 RULES:
To be eligible for consideration, articles must be:
Written solely by a full-time law student(s) between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015
Approximately 10 law review pages including footnotes (30-40 typed pages)
If mailed, submit 20 copies
If emailed, please submit 1 copy (pdf format preferred) to watsonaward@aipla.org
Accompanied by the writer’s name, current address, phone number, e-mail address and employment information if appropriate.
Postmarked to AIPLA on or before June 30, 2015
Reasonable expenses will be reimbursed to the author of the winning paper to travel to Washington, DC to receive the Watson Award on October 23, 2015 during the AIPLA 2015 Annual Meeting. Send articles to:
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Watson Award Competition
241 18th Street South, Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22202
Telephone: 703-415-0780
or email your article in PDF format to watsonaward@aipla.org