Call for Papers: The Cincinnati Law Intellectual Property and Computer Law Journal

Call for Papers:

The Cincinnati Law Intellectual Property and Computer Law Journal is proud to announce its inaugural issue to be published in the Spring/Early Summer of 2012. We invite candidates to submit scholarly papers on one or more of the following topics:

• Computer law
• Patent law
• Copyright law
• Trademark law
• Trade secret law
• Internet and Telecommunications law
• Counterfeiting and fashion industry law
• Bootlegging and piracy issues
• Entertainment and sports law
• First Amendment rights
• Mass media law

Intellectual Property Law is a specialty in which technological, fiscal, political, social, economic, medical, and ethical issues all present a challenge to practitioners. Intellectual property practitioners constantly face challenges in resolving various corporate, administrative, securities, contracts, constitutional, tax, and litigation questions.

We require that each submission relate to one of the above fields and Intellectual Property and/or Computer Law in some way.

General Submission Guidelines:

1) Short Article: usually fifteen to twenty-five pages (not including endnotes or footnotes), discussing, such as articles discussing but not limited to, Supreme Court cert granting cases and/or cases expected to be heard in the federal appellate courts;

2) Full-length Article: usually twenty-five to forty pages (not including endnotes or footnotes), providing in depth analysis of some significant area of Intellectual Property law.

Topics may be reviewed by The Cincinnati Law Intellectual Property and Computer Law Journal’s faculty advisor to ensure that the book contains a balanced variety of articles and topics.

The deadline to commit to submitting an article is February 13, 2012; initial articles will be due on February 24, 2012; final revised articles will be due on April 30, 2012.

Contact Information:

If you are interested in having your article published in The Cincinnati Law Intellectual Property and Computer Law Journal, please contact us at houcu@mail.uc.edu (cc: tammkr@mail.uc.edu)  for more information.