The International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP) will be hosting its 34th Congress in conjunction with the University of South Africa Centre for Business Law on September 27-30, 2015 in Capetown, South Africa.
The theme of the conference is “Intellectual Property in Action in Society–New
Perspective from the North, the South and the Cloud.” Papers are welcome on any topic related to the theme and are due February 28, 2015. For more information regarding submission of papers, please see ATRIP Call for Papers.
Indicative themes for papers include, but are not limited to, the following:
- the interrelationship of innovation and IP
- measuring the economic value of IP
- IP as a tool for development
- the significance of treating IP as assets
- IP valuation and the role of IP in raising finance
- the role of copyright in society
- IP and traditional resources
- the collective management of IP in a global world
- the effectiveness of competition law (anti-trust) – public and private
- adapting trademark law to tackle new issues raised by the Cloud
- the online management of IP – offensive and defensive
- public policy issues related to the role of IP in society
- the teaching of IP management at universities.
