December 21, 2010

5th Annual IIPS - IP Moot Court Competition

One of the very few exclusively 'IP Moot' is back !!!

This year's moot problem is related to copyright/trademark infringement.

The details of the competition are:
Last Date of Registration: 11th January, 2011
Last Date of Submission of Memorials: 25th January, 2011
Dates of the Competition: 26-27th February, 2011
Venue: IIPS, NMIMS Campus, Vile Parle, Mumbai


The Moot Problem can be found here and the Rules for the competition here.
For any other details, kindly visit their website here.

Interested students are requested to revert with their team names to Nakul or Prashant. The last date for submission of names will be notified soon.

Happy Mooting :)

IJIPL - Call for Papers

The Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law is pleased to invite contributions for Volume 4 of 2011. The Journal promotes original scholarship and hence all manuscripts sent for publication must contain original thought and research and must be previously unpublished.

The announcement for the call can be found here and submission guidelines here.
For further details, kindly visit the website here.

Submissions are to be mailed to submissions@ijipl.com

For any queries please mail to: queries@ijipl.com

December 16, 2010

NLS Arbitration Moot - 2011

The NLS International Arbitration Moot has consistently attracted participation from all corners of the country and beyond since its inception in 2008.
The moot has been associated with and sponsored by Clifford Chance LLP, a premier legal organization with offices around the world. Arbitrators in the past years have included past and present Judges of the Indian Supreme Court, eminent members of the bar, and leading experts from the biggest law firms in India.

The details of this year's competition are:
Last Date of Registration: 31st January, 2011
Last Date of Memorial Submission - 15th March, 2011
Oral Rounds: 08th-10th April, 2011
Venue: NLS, Bangalore

The problem statement can be found here.
Please visit the website here and facebook page here for further details.

Interested students are requested to kindly peruse through the problem statement and submit their names to either Prashant or Nakul as soon as possible. The last dates will be notified soon.

Happy Mooting :)

December 14, 2010

LEX NOVITAS - VMS Law College, Goa

The annual festival of V M Salgaonkar law college is back and this time, as usual, with three different (yet similar) events.

The dates of this year's fest are 20th-23rd Jan, 2011 and the events are:


1. GETTING YES (Negotiation Competition) - 21st Jan
2. LEND A LAWYER (Client Counselling Competition) - 22nd Jan
3. AD-LIB MOOT (Moot Court Competition) - 23rd Jan

Last date of registration is 3rd January, 2011.
The team shall consist of maximum FOUR participants and it is compulsory to take part in all the events.

All other details of the competition can be found here.
Interested students are requested to submit their names to either Prashant or Nakul as soon as possible.

Happy Mooting :)

XIV Adv. T.S. Venketswara Iyer Memorial All India Moot Court Competition

It is one of the oldest and prestigious moots of southern India. The dates for 2011 Moot are 20-22nd Jan, 2011 at Government Law College, Ernakulam.

The Moot Problem is based on Surrogacy Laws and Constitution Law.

The deadlines of registration and memorial submission will be announced by the host institute soon.

The Moot Problem can be found here.

Interested students are requested to revert with their team names to Nakul or Prashant. The last date for submission of names will be notified soon.

Happy Mooting :)

December 7, 2010

Surana & Surana Corporate Law Moot - 2011

The coveted Surana & Surana Corporate Law Moot is back.

The details of the competition are:
Last Date of Registration: 25th January, 2011
Submission of Memorials: 2nd February, 2011
Date of Competition: 11th-13th February 2011
Venue: JSS Law College, Mysore.

The moot problem and rules of the competition can be found here and here respectively.

Interested students are requested to revert with their team names to Nakul or Prashant. The last date for submission of names will be notified soon.

P.S. The team from our school last year performed really well but due to procedural glitch, missed the quarters by a whisker. Hope we would be able to make our mark this time..

Happy Mooting :)

XV All India Moot Court Competition - ULC, Bangalore.

The 2011 Moot will be held from 11th-13th February 2011 at university Law College, Bangalore.

The Moot Problem is based on Constitution Law.

Last Date of Registration: 15th January, 2011
Submission of Memorials: 2nd February, 2011

The other Details of the Competition can be found  here.

Interested students are requested to revert with their team names to Nakul or Prashant. The last date for submission of names will be notified soon.

Happy Mooting :

December 3, 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS: Amity Law School Student Journal - Special Focus on PIL

The Student Journal Society of Amity Law School, Delhi is starting a bi-annual student-edited, peer-reviewed law journal titled “THE ALSD STUDENT JOURNAL”.

The journal aims to cater to the needs of the legal fraternity by providing inter-disciplinary knowledge on legal issues. The student reviewed journal will focus on contemporary legal issues submitted by students and shall also feature guest articles by eminent scholars. The journal shall be multi-disciplinary in approach with certain space dedicated to a specific law discipline for each volume.

The journal welcomes submissions for Volume I Issue I to be released in April 2011.

Please note that:
1.The issue will be multi-disciplinary with a special focus on “Public International Law”.
2. Manuscripts can be in the form of articles, essays, notes and case comments and can be co-authored by a maximum of two authors.
3. The last date for submission is February 28, 2011.
4. All manuscripts must be emailed to alsdjournal@gmail.com with the subject marked as “SUBMISSION FOR THE ALSD STUDENT JOURNAL”.

More details can be found on the ALSD Student Journal Brochure.