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Intellectual Property Rights

Intellectual Property Rights

The Journal of Intellectual Property Laws is a peer-reviewed ISSN serial journal [ISSN: 2455-0361] published by the Centre for Intellectual Property Rights, Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The Board of Editors of the Journal is pleased to invite original unpublished manuscripts for publication of Issue VIII & IX in the form of articles, essays, case notes/case comments & book reviews. The deadline for submission for manuscripts is June 15th, 2025.

Call for Papers
Author Guidelines

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The editorial board has decided that the Journal of Intellectual Property Laws shall publish papers on the theme of:

  • Use of AI and emerging issues under IP
  • IP & Music
  • Antitrust and IP Law
  • Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights
  • Protection of Traditional Knowledge
  • IP & Taxation
  • Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights
  • Traditional Cultural Expression

Categories:

  • Articles (3000-6000 words)
  • Essay (2000-3000 words)
  • Case notes / Case comments (2000-2500 words)
  • Book Reviews (2000-2500 words)

The Journal of Intellectual Property Law published by Institute of Law, Nirma University shall have specific objectives:

  1. To promote the activities of research in the domain of Intellectual Property Rights and aims to encourage writings on contemporary IPR issues across different disciplines.
  2. To provide platform to the researcher/ research scholars/ faculty members to share the findings of their research with the global community.
  3. To contribute in generation and dissemination of new knowledge.

Constitution of Editorial Board (Board of Advisors)
Prof. (Dr.) Madhuri Parikh
Editor in Chief, Institute of Law,
Nirma University		 Prof. (Dr.) V. C. Vivekanandan
Professor and Dean
School of Law, Bennet University, Noida
Prof. (Dr.) Gayur Alam
MHRD IPR Chair Professor, NLIU, Bhopal		 Prof. (Dr.) Srividhya Ragavan
Professor, Texas A & M University
Prof. (Dr.) V. K. Unni
Professor, IIM, Calcutta		 Prof. (Dr.) Prabuddha Ganguly
Visiting Professor
RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur
Mr. Pranit Nanavati
Partner, Nanavati Associates, Ahmedabad.		 Mr Jatin Trivedi
Partner, Y. J. Trivedi & Co., Ahmedabad
Dr. Rajeshkumar Acharya
Partner, H. K. Acharya & Co., Ahmedabad.

Faculty Editors
Dr. Neelesh Shukla
Assistant Professor
Institute of Law, Nirma University		 Dr. Gunjan Arora
Assistant Professor
Institute of Law, Nirma University
  • All the submissions shall be accompanied by an abstract of 350-500 words. The word limit for abstract is exclusive of the word limit for main paper submission.
  • Entries can be co-authored however, a maximum of two authors per entry is allowed. Only original work is invited and any kind of plagiarism will lead to disqualification of the paper.
  • Submissions must follow the OSCOLA citation style.
  • AI-generated content is strictly prohibited. The similarity index is as per UGC guidelines.
  • The author’s identity or affiliations must not be mentioned anywhere in the manuscript. A separate file containing name of the author, designation, institutional affiliation and title of the submission shall be submitted along with the manuscript.
  • All the submissions must be in .doc/.docx format
  • The title of the file of the manuscript shall be the title of the submission.
  • The subject of the email should be ‘Submission for Journal of Intellectual Property Laws’.
  • The submissions must be original and shall not be under consideration in any other journal.
  • The decisions of the editors shall be final and binding.
  • All the communications must be made to the provided email id.
  • The body of the manuscript must be according to the following specifications:
  • (a)  Times New Roman font (b)  Font size 12 (c) Line spacing 1.5
  • Footnotes must be in Times New Roman, font size 10 with single line spacing.

The Editorial Board,
Journal of ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­__________________
Institute of Law, Nirma University
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Ahmedabad – 382481
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Subject: Assignment of Copyright.

Sir/Ma’am,

I __________________________________________________ author of the paper titled ______________________________________________________________ do hereby authorize you to publish the above (subject to the peer review board’s decision) said paper in the Journal of Centre for _____________________ Vol._______ issue __ further state that:

  1. The paper is my original contribution. They do not infringe on the rights of the others and do not contain libellous or unlawful statements.
  2. The work has been submitted only to the Journal of Centre for _________________ and has previously not been published or used in another publication.
  3. I do hereby authorize you to edit, alter, modify and make changes in the submission and the process of preparing the manuscript to make it suitable for publication.
  4. I hereby assign all the copyrights relating to the said submission to the Journal of Centre for ____________________
  5. I have not assigned any kind of right of the above said submission to any other person/publication/institution/
  6. I agree to indemnify the Journal of Centre for _________________, Ahmedabad, against any claim or action alleging fact, which, if true, constitute a breach of the foregoing warrants.

 

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This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

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