Vol. 13 Submission Guidelines

The Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is the flagship intellectual property law
journal of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. IJIPL is India’s first student run journal that is
wholly devoted to the study of intellectual property law. Published annually, it is the combined
endeavour of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad and the N.C. Banerjee Centre for Intellectual
Property Rights Studies to address contemporary issues in the field of intellectual property law.
The IJIPL has had distinguished contributors to its previous editions such as late Prof Shamnad
Basheer, Prof Srividhya Ragavan, Dr Mrinalini Kochupillai, Prof Michele Boldrin, Prof David
Levine and many other renowned experts of the field.
Authors are encouraged to explore contemporary theoretical and legal controversies relating to
intellectual property law and policy. However, fresh and interesting perspectives on IP policy as well
as interdisciplinary perspectives on the subject are welcome. For reference, the 12th Volume of the
journal can be accessed here.
The Journal is presently soliciting submissions for its 13th Volume, to be released tentatively in
July, 2023. Undergraduate students, post-graduate students, practitioners, faculty and other
academicians are invited to contribute to the Journal in the form of essays, articles, notes and
comments. The last date for submission of papers is 30th December, 2022.
Guidelines for the submissions are provided below.
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
1. Text and citations must conform to the rules in OSCOLA (4th edition). The Journal employs
footnotes as the method of citation. Speaking footnotes, though not prohibited, are discouraged
2. The text of the submission must be in Times New Roman or Garamond, size 12 and 1.5
spacing. The footnotes should be in Times New Roman, size 10 and Single spacing.
3. All submissions must be accompanied by:

a. A separate document containing the biographical information of the authors, including
the following details: Name, E‐mail address, Postal Address, Name and Address of
Institution, Course (if applicable), Academic Year. No reference to the name or the
affiliations of the author must be present in the text of the submission and must only be
provided in this separate document.
b. An abstract of not more than 350 words describing the submission. Please note that there is
no requirement of prior submission of the abstract, as papers are selected for publication
only on the basis of the full manuscript. The abstract shall serve merely to help the Editorial
Board in its review process.
4. The submissions must fall into one of the following categories:
a. Articles:
An article must comprehensively analyse the issue that the author seeks to highlight. It must
contain a rigorous study of the status quo or a contemporary issue. An article should be
between 5,000‐8,000 words.
b. Essays:
An essay challenges the existing paradigms/norms and provides a fresh outlook to common
problems. It is strongly recommended that essays be considerably more concise than articles,
in terms of scope and conceptualization. An essay must thus ideally be between 3,000‐5,000
words.
c. Notes:
A note is a relatively concise form of an argument advanced by the author. The focus of a
note should be on a relatively recent debate or controversy regarding the interpretation or
implementation of the law. The word limit for a note is 2,500 words.
d. Comments:
A comment allows the author to critique any recent/landmark judicial pronouncement,
legislation or a pending bill. The word limit for comment is 2,500 words.
5. Each submission must be the original work of its author(s). Any submissions found to be
plagiarized from another source will be automatically rejected. To this end, a plagiarism checkwill
be conducted as the first stage of evaluation.
6. Submissions must be in accordance with the Submissions Guidelines and Editorial Policy. The
contributions accepted for publication and the copyright therein shall remain jointly with the
Author(s) and the IJIPL. Any person desiring to use IJIPL’s material for education purposes,
research or private study can do so with prior written permission of the Publisher
(registrar@nalsar.ac.in).
7. All author(s), by submitting any contribution towards IJIPL, hereby consent to indemnify
NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad and IJIPL from and against all claims, suits and
consequences based on any claim of copyright infringement/ unauthorized use / violation of
any right which may arise as a result of their contribution being published in IJIPL.
8. Authors must inform the Editorial Board if their manuscripts have been submitted to other
journals. Authors may request an expedited review on these grounds, but the granting of the
same is within the discretion of the Editorial Board.
Kindly send submissions to: ijipl@nalsar.ac.in. The subject line must read “Submission for Vol. 13”.
Queries may be directed to the same mail address, with “Query | Vol. 13” in the subject line.
Editorial and Peer Review Policy and other information about the Journal can be found on
ijipl.nalsar.ac.in.

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The Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is the flagship intellectual property law

Guidelines for the submissions are provided below.

3. All submissions must be accompanied by:

4. The submissions must fall into one of the following categories:

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