Competitions and Prizes
FICPI Young ScholarsEssay Prize
Every year, ATRIP holds an Essay Competition for Young Researchers in Intellectual Property Law. The competition is sponsored by FICPI, the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys. First, second, and third prizes are awarded, and the first prize winner is invited to present the winning essay at the next annual ATRIP Congress. The first prize winner also has the opportunity to publish the essay in leading outlets: The Journal of World Intellectual Property(Wiley) and IIC – International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (Springer)(subject to review).
Competition rules and relevant deadlines are published on this website. To be eligible for the prize, scholars must be under the age of 35 years.
The winners of the ATRIP FICPI Essay Competition for 2023 are:
First place: Lokesh Vyas, Doctoral Candidate at Sciences Po, Paris, France, “Whither are Global South’s Copyright Scholars: Lost in “Citation Game“?”
Second place: Jordana Goodman, Assistant Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, “Patently Inequitable?”
Third place: Francesca Mazzi, Lecturer of IP at Brunel University, London, “Authorship in AI-Generated Works: Exploring Originality in Text Prompts and AI Outputs Through Philosophical Foundations of Copyright and Collage Protection”
PAST WINNERS
2022
First place: Léon Dijkman, PhD researcher, European University Institute,¨Pairing Sturgeon with Champagne: towards a due cause exception in the law of geographical indications¨(2023) 54 IIC – International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 1226-1243.
Second place: Artha Dermawan, Doctoral Student University of Lapland, Finland, supported by the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Germany, “Text and Data Mining Exceptions in the Development of Generative AI Models: What the EU Member States Could Learn from the Japanese ‘Non-Enjoyment’ Purposes”
Third place: Jasmin Brieske, PhD Student Goethe University, Frankfurt “Digital User Rights and Their Enforcement: What Is the Copyright Directive Asking For?”
2021
First place: Amy Tesoriero, University of Technology Sydney, “Using the Flexibilities of Article 30 TRIPS to Implement Patent Exceptions in Pursuit of Sustainable Development Goal 3” (2022) 25(2) The Journal of World Intellectual Property 516
Second place: Or Cohen-Sasson, PhD Candidate, Zvi Meitar Center, Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University “The Patent Medium: Toward a Network Paradigm of the Patent System”
Third place: Felix K. Hess, PhD Candidate and Research Associate for the Chair of Vivil Law and Commercial Law, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt “US Anti-Suit Injunctions and German Anti-Anti-Suit Injunctions in SEP Disputes”
2020
First place: Pratyush Nath Upreti, Postdoctoral Researcher at Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, Finland and incoming Lecturer in IP Law at School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast, UK “A TWAIL Critique of Intellectual Property and Related Disputes in Investor-State Dispute Settlement” (2022) 25(1) The Journal of World Intellectual Property 220
Second place: Giulia Priora, Postdoctoral Researcher, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa appointed Assistant Professor in Private Law, Nova School of Law, Lisbon “The digital end-user in the eyes of the CJEU: an interlegal perspective in EU copyright law”
Third place: Hongjiao Zhang, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong “A Typological Framework for the Implied License Doctrine in Copyright Law”
2019
First place: Jingwen Guo, PhD Candidate, Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, London “Liberty, Copyright, and Community – Confucianism and the Protection of Intellectual Property in Pre-modern China”
Second place: Daniel Jongsma, postdoctoral researcher at Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland “Three Types of Balancing in EU Copyright Law: the (mis)uses of the concept of ‘fair balance’”
Third place ex aequo:
Sirilak Rungruangkunladit, Senior Copyright Officer of the Copyright Office, Department of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Commerce, Thailand “Copyright in the digital age: The need to formalize?”
Ms. Luminita Olteanu, PhD Candidate, UCL Faculty of Laws “Rebranding strategies and their boomerang effect – the curious case of Burberry”
2018
First place: Or Cohen-Sasson, PhD Candidate, Zvi Meitar Center, Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University Israel “A Hidden Technological Assumption in Patent Law: The Case of Gene Patents and the Disclosure Requirement” (2019) 22(5-6) The Journal of World Intellectual Property 272
Second place: Marion Briatta, “Building a “Fortress Europe” in the Air: A Critical Review of the European Customs Enforcement of IPRs”
Third place: Jona Mays, “The Art We Wear”
2017
First place: Joao Pedro Quintais, “Untangling the Hyperlinking Web” (2018) 21(5-6) The Journal of World Intellectual Property 385
Second place: Viola Prifti, “The limits of “ordre public” and “morality” for the patentability of human embryonic stem cell inventions”
Third place: Sunimal Mendis, “Open Public Collaborative Creation – A new archetype of authorship”
2016
First place: Verity Dawkins, “Combating Biopiracy in Australia- Will a Disclosure Requirement in the Patents Act 1990 Be More Effective than Current Regulations?”
Second place: Jacob Sherkow, Associate Professor, New York Law School “Patents , Promises and Reproducibility”
Third place: Natacha Esteves “Open Models for Patents: Giving Patents A New Lease on Life”
2015
First place: Arpan Banerjee “Intellectual Property Scholarship and the new Legal Realism Movement: Reflections from Bollywoodland”
Second place: Elena Izyumenko “The Freedom of Expression Contours of Copyright in the Digital Era: A European Perspective”
Third place: Natalia Kapyrina “Le dessin du modèle : vecteur de l’harmonisation internationale du droit des dessins et modèles?”
2014
First place: Mathilde Pavis “Is there any-body on stage? A legal (mis)understanding of performances” (2016) 18(3-4) The Journal of World Intellectual Property 99
Second place: Christina Angelopoulos “Beyond the Safe Harbours: Harmonising Substantive Intermediary Third Party Liability for Copyright Infringement in Europe”
Third place: Arpan Banerjee “Forum Shopping in Intellectual Property Rights Infringement Cases in India”
2013
First place: Barbara Lauriat “Revisiting the Royal Commission on Copyright” (2014) 17 (1-2) The Journal of World Intellectual Property 47
Second place: Jessica Lai “Māori Traditional Knowledge and New Zealand Patent Law: The 2013 Act and the Dawn of a New Era?”
Third place: Alexandre Quiquerez “IP holding companies: perfect match or liaisons dangereuses between tax law and IP law?”
2012
First place: Begoña Otero “Compelling to disclose software interoperable information: A risk for innovation or a balanced solution?” (2013) 16(1-2) The Journal of World Intellectual Property 2
Second place: Lena Schickl “Protection of industrial design in the US and in the EU – Different concepts or different labels?”
Third place: Katarzyna Gracz “Bridging the gaps between the social and legal norms concerning protection of intellectual and artistic creations”
2011
First place: Carl Mair “Openness, Intellectual Property And Standardization In The European ICT Sector”
Second place: Xinbo Li “IP Protection of Fashion Design— To Be or Not To Be, That Is the Question”
Third place: Brian Pelanda “Ambush Marketing: Dissecting The Discourse”
2010
First place: Rita Matulionyte “Law Applicable to Online Infringements in CLIP and ALI Proposals: A Rebalance of Interests Needed?”
Second place: Roberto d’Erme “Sustainable Human Development: Why Patents Are The Paramount”
Third place: A.M. Ploman “Copyright in the future and the implications of file sharing services such as The Pirate Bay”
2009
First place: Daryl Lim “Misconduct in Standard Setting”
Second place: Andrea Wechsler “The Quest for Balance in Intellectual Property Law”
Third place: Sa Yu “Political Privilege, Legal Right, or Public Policy Tool?”
2008
First place: Sai Deepak “The Elusive Quest for the Definition of Obviousness – Patent Law’s Holy Grail”
Second place: Ella O’ Sullivan “Article 53(a) EPC and the patentability of animals”
Third place: Robert D. Gantz “Recent Changes in Research Collaboration in Patents”
2007
First place: Shamnad Basheer “The “GLIVEC” Patent Saga”
Second place: Claudia Schmidt “Is Copyright Protection Necessary to Promote Innovation?”
Third place: Maciej Barczewski “The Dusk of Digital Rights Management?”
Doctoral Scholars Prize
Every year, at the annual Congress, ATRIP holds a special session for doctoral students’ presentations and a contest. This exciting competition allows doctoral students in the field of intellectual property law to present their research and receive feedback from a senior ATRIP member. At the end of the session, a special ATRIP committee votes on the best doctoral student presentation with prizes for the first, second, and third places. The competition is followed by a doctoral student roundtable on a topic of importance to early career researchers and presents an opportunity for young scholars to converse with senior researchers. A call for submissions is published annually, and successful students are invited to present and compete for prizes for the best presentations. Further details on the next contest, including the call for submissions and eligibility requirements, will be published here when available.
The winners of the 2024 contest are:
First place: Leona King, KU Leuven, Belgium ‘Unifying the Concept of Data: Data Scraping for Generative AI Development in the EU and US.’
Second place: Gabriele Cifrodelli, University of Glasgow, CREATe Centre, Scotland ‘Breaking the ‘Vicious Cycle’: A Governing Knowledge Commons Framework to Assessing Openness In AI-Powered Drug Discovery and Development’.
Third place: Maciej Padamczyk, Queen Mary, University of London, England ‘The Role of Eligibility Criteria and Morality Exceptions in The Governance of The Emerging Biotechnologies: A Critical Analysis’.
PAST WINNERS
2023
First place: Elnur Karimov, Kyushu University Japan ‘Disclosure of “What” Origin? A Social Network Perspective to the Requirement of Disclosure of Origin in Patent Law’
Second place: Apoorv Pragya, NALSAR University India ‘Access to Scholarly ‘Knowledge’ – Bringing the Subjugated to the Fore’
Third place (equal):
Weiyu Zhang, University of Tokyo Japan ‘Challenges and Choices of Patent Exhaustion in the Digital Era and New Market’
Rachel Claire-Brady, Sutherland School of Law Ireland ‘Intellectual Property versus Morality: Analysing the Role of Morality and Public Policy/Ordre Public in the Regulation of European Patents and Trade Marks’
2022 (Video Competition)
First place: Or Cohen-Sasson ‘The Patent Medium’
People’s Choice Award: Diana Liebenau ‘Over Enforcement of (IP) Rights’
Runner Up People’s Choice Award: Or Cohen-Sasson ‘The Patent Medium’