Copyright articles in search of an author

The Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice is currently hoping to receive some potential contributions in the area of copyright. Here is a non-exclusive selection of topics which we would be particularly happy to see covered:

- Online copyright infringements and private international law [TAKEN]

- Transformative uses under EU copyright law [TAKEN]

- Copyright enforcement: the case of injunctions [TAKEN]

- Hyperlinking, framing, embedding and ... copyright? [TAKEN]

- Does copyright subsist in playlists? [TAKEN]

- Help: I need some evidence! But what is evidence for copyright policy? [TAKEN]

- Burden of proof and the significance of legal presumptions in copyright litigation [TAKEN]

If you would like to tackle one of these subjects yourself or together with a colleague, either as it stands or with some variation, please send an email to eleonorarosati@gmail.com. And here, in the event that you've decided to write on these or indeed other topics, is some guidance for authors of articles submitted to JIPLP.

Calling would-be authors

Legal writing has
moved on a bit since
the days of Justinian

With many readers of this weblog shortly to start their vacations or enjoying a period of comparative quiet before everyone else gets back to work after the Olympic season, I'd like to take this opportunity to remind aspiring authors  that JIPLP welcomes the submission of articles on any intellectual property topic and from any jurisdiction -- particularly if they have some useful practical content to them.

Instructions for authors can be found on the official JIPLP website here.  There's nothing in the instructions that says that articles have to be fun, and indeed they do not. But, before you send an anything in, do take the trouble to ask yourself whether, if someone else had written what you were submitting, you'd really want to read it yourself.

If you are planning to submit an article or Current Intelligence piece but are not sure how to format it, you can view a sample issue by clicking here. If you think that JIPLP might already have received a piece on the subject on which you'd like to write -- and this is quite likely if it's on a popular topic or is intended as a Current Intelligence piece on an important recent judicial decision or statute -- you should check first by emailing Sarah Harris here.