MCIP (Masters’ Conference on Intellectual Property) is the flagship annual masters’ conference by RGSOIPL. It is aimed at bringing together masters’ students from across the globe and providing them with a platform to debate and deliberate the contemporary issues in Intellectual Property Law and Policy.

In a globalised information economy, the significance of Intellectual Property Rights and the associated policy questions cannot be overstated. While IP policy definitely bears significant relevance for corporations and MNCs, it also has other significant roles which are often underemphasised. The role of IP policy in promoting socio-economic equality, protecting indigenous culture and tradition, incentivising identity et cetera often go unnoticed by IP researchers. MCIP aims at being the platform which brings forth these issues to the discussion forum. We, at RGSOIPL, believe in thinking global and acting local, and MCIP is the embodiment of this particular belief!

Theme

Theme: IP and Digital Technologies: Law, Policy and Society.MCIP 2.0 has a plethora of non-exhaustive sub-themes to offer.The author may make a suitable choice from the given sub-theme or any other topic which is tangent to the main theme.

• Digital innovations
• Digital society and constitutional challenges
• Digital health and internet pharmacy
• Digital health interventions in the view of pandemic and IP interface.
• Digital contracts: IP interlink
• IP and e-commerce: national and international issues.
• Cyber security: legal challenges
• Digital portals and sexual offences
• Artificial intelligence and the criminal justice system
• Sustainable development and digital technology intervention
• Transfer of technology and digital interventions
• Digital technology and legal reforms
• Digital platforms and functioning of courts in India
• Digital technology and international humanitarian law
• Digital media and anti-discrimination law

Eligibility

All masters’ students (from any discipline of law) from across the globe are eligible to apply. Those who have completed their master’s in the last two years can also apply.

Shortlisted candidates will be notified to confirm their registrations and participate.

Important Dates

Submission of Abstract: 10th FEBRUARY
Confirmation of Abstract: 13th FEBRUARY
Full Paper Submission: 15th MARCH*
[*IF THE PAPER IS FOUND NOT FULFILLING THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS, THE PAPER SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE AUTHORS FOR CORRECTION]

Submission Guidelines

ABSTRACT

• The submission is to be made on 10th FEBRUARY
• The maximum word limit allowed for the abstract is 300 words inclusive of five keywords.
• The abstract should mention the following aspects of the paper:
• Author details: Name, Institution, Designation (Year), Contact number, Email ID
• Problem Statement
• Objective
• Methodology
• A brief outline of the paper (tentative)

The abstract should follow the following formatting guidelines:

• The submission shall be in doc/docx file.
• The font shall be Times New Roman, 12 font size 1.5 spacing and Justified
• Abstract shall be submitted at mcip@iitkgp.ac.in

FULL PAPER

The submission is to be made on 15th MARCH
The maximum word limit allowed for the full paper is 8000 words, including footnotes.

The paper should follow the following formatting guidelines:

•  The submission shall be in doc/Docx file.
• The font shall be Times New Roman, 12 font size 1.5 spacing and Justified.
• All citations are to be made using the Harvard referencing style (author-date).
• References should be provided only at the end of the paper.
• All the authors are required to use any of the similarity index tools such as Turnitin and submit a report of the similarity report of the full paper.

Registration

Participants are required to pay the registration fee only after their abstracts have been approved.
REGISTRATION FEES

• SINGLE STUDENT: 600 INR
• EACH CO-AUTHOR: 600 INR
• FACULTY: 1000 INR
• INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS: $27/ 2000 INR

Benefits

• Participation in all the sessions of the conference
• Certificate from RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur
• Free authors’ copy for all the publications emanating from the conference

Contact Us

If you have any queries, feel free to contact us at mcip@iitkgp.ac.in
Mobile No. – Vaishali Patel – 7844905669
Ridhi Singhal – 7081548257
Yadnesh Kulkarni – 9284743852
Atul Kumar Dubey – 9654941690