Until February 1, the acceptance of works for the 9th All-Russian youth competition of works on the law of information technology and intellectual property — IP&IT LAW 2024 — continues. The competition is traditionally held by the Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ and IP CLUB under the auspices of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), with the support of the Intellectual Rights Court and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.
University students, Ph.D. candidates, young professionals from Russia and other countries with the necessary knowledge in the field of law are invited to participate in IP&IT LAW 2024.
Previously unpublished research that analyzes complex legal problems and offers fresh solutions, based on laws, doctrine, and domestic and international judicial practice, must be provided by contestants.
Topics in 2024:
- Domain Name as an Object of Civil Rights
- Issues of Legal Regulation of Addressing Means
- Regulation of Generative Neural Networks
- Methods of Combating Trolling in the Field of Copyright, and Other Types of Trolling
- Problems of Legal Protection of Data and Databases — Crosspoints
…and others; The full list of topics is published on the competition website.
Participation in the competition is free of charge. The research along with the application must be sent to the organizing committee (org@ipclub.in) before February 1, 2024. Each competition entry will be assessed according to several criteria: style of presentation, consistency in argumentation, quality of analysis of the necessary sources, literacy in the presentation of the material, originality of the author’s approach. The assessment will be carried out by a Jury consisting of specialists in the field of intellectual property and information technology law, including doctors of legal sciences and candidates of legal sciences.
The laureates of the Competition will be awarded with valuable awards from the organizers and partners of the Competition - cash prizes from 20,000 rubles, certificates for free participation in educational programs, paid internships and many others! The best competition entries will be published in the Magazine of the Intellectual Property Rights Court.
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Let us note that among the goals of IP&IT LAW 2024 is to identify promising areas in the field of “Digital Law”, protection of intellectual rights in the digital environment and legal support of e-business; stimulating the growth of research activities; attracting state and public attention to the legal aspects of the digital economy.
