IDEA STUDENT IP WRITING COMPETITION

2011 IDEA Student Writing Competition Winners

The IDEA® Editorial Board is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Student Writing Competition:

First Place:  A "License to Read": The Effect of E-Books on Publishers, Libraries, and the First Sale Doctrine - Rachel Berube, Emory University School of Law.

Second Place: The Culture of Puffery - Anyu Fang, Stanford Law School.

Third Place:  Economics of Process Methods: Intellectual Property Movements and Guideposts for Information Age Patents - Blair Russell, Chapman University School of Law.

We would like to thank all of this year's participants.  Although we were only able to choose three winners, we were extremely impressed with all of the entries and encourage your participation next year.

IDEA^®: The Intellectual Property Law Review is proud to announce our Annual IDEA Student Intellectual Property Writing Competition.  We are looking for original, publishable papers addressing compelling issues in intellectual property law.

The awards include:

• 1^st prize - $500 and publication in IDEA^®;
• 2^nd prize - $200; and
• 3^rd prize - A one-year subscription to IDEA^®.

Competition Details

To be eligible for consideration, the paper must focus on intellectual property law and have been written solely by a student.  Submissions should be double-spaced (except for footnotes, which should be single-spaced).  The font size should be 12 point at a minimum.  All margins should be one inch at a minimum.  Students should follow the format presented in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (19th ed.).  Electronic submissions are strongly preferred, though paper submissions also will be accepted.  The deadline for all submissions is Friday, May 18, 2012.

Entry Form

The entry form is available at this link: Entry Form

Contact Information:

IDEA Student Intellectual Property Writing Competition
IDEA^®: The Intellectual Property Law Review
University of New Hampshire School of Law
Two White Street
Concord, NH 03301

Previous Finalists

2010 IDEA Student Writing Competition Winners

The IDEA^® Editorial Board is pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 Student Writing Competition:

First Place:  Irrational Behavior, Hindsight, and Patentability: Balancing the "Obvious to Try" Test with Unexpected Results - Scott Conley, Salmon P. Chase School of Law.

Second Place: A Brave New Step: Why the Music Industry Should Follow the Hulu Model - Jessica Wang, UCLA School of Law.

Third Place:  Although Wi-Fi Is Hot, Security Measures Are Not: Does Maintaining an Unsecured Wi-Fi Network Diminish Your Fourth Amendment Rights? - Dayna Tann, St. John's University School of Law.

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The following are the finalists for the 2008-2009 IDEA Student Intellectual Property Writing Competition:

1^st Prize - Kenneth Shurtz, UC Hastings College of the Law, Has the CUTSA Furthered or Frustrated Underlying Theories of Trade Secret Law?

2^nd Prize - Willow Noonan, The George Washington University Law School, Antitrust, Intellectual Property, and the iTunes Ecosystem

3^rd Prize - Aaron White, DePaul University College of Law, The Copyright Tree: Using German Moral Rights as the Roots for Enhanced Authorship Protection in the United States

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The following are the finalists for the 2007-2008 IDEA Student Intellectual Property Writing Competition:

1^st Prize - David Simon, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2008, Register Trademarks and Keep the Faith: Trademarks, Religion, and Identity

2^nd Prize - Frank Muller, DePaul University College of Law, 2008, Human Rights and the Moral Right of Textual Integrity: A Convergence

3^rd Prize - Steve Johnston, William and Mary School of Law, 2009, Anything But Obvious: Interpreting the 'Obvious to Try' Maxim in the Chemical Arts 

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