National IPR Moot Court Competition 2015
IP Markets Hyderabad in association with University College of Law, Osmania University will be holding the first IP Markets National IPR Moot Court Competition - 2015 focusing on Intellectual Property Law.
Date: 20th - 22nd February, 2015
The objective of the competition is to introduce law students to important issues arising in Intellectual Property Rights Litigation. Law students who participate in the competition have opportunity to develop their brief writing and oral advocacy skills in a moot courtroom experience.
Eligibility:
- The First IP Markets National IPR Moot Court Competition, 2015 is open to all students currently pursuing law undergraduate courses, LLB (three years or five years) in any law college/ Department of Law in India. Each law college may be represented by only one team.
- The maximum number of participants per team is restricted to three members constituting two Speakers and one Researcher.
- Proof of current Registration in Law College for each team member or Bonafide Certificate should be included with each team's entry form.
Registration:
- The participants have to first provisionally register their institution via email by the authorised person or committee of the respective institution/college/university at mc@ipmarkets.in
- The provisional registration must be completed on or before Wednesday, November 26th, 2014. Subsequent to the acknowledgement by the organising committee to the email sent by the participant, the participants are directed to send in the hard copy of the registration form along with the Demand Draft and the Letter of Authorization.
- Each participating team shall duly fill the requisite form and send it to the organisers at the below mentioned address latest by Friday, 26th December, 2014.
- The teams are informed that the registration fee is non-refundable once paid.
- The final selection of teams will be restricted to the first twenty teams who confirm their participation on invitation and first-cum first-serve basis. The selection of any team to participate is at the discretion of the organisers.
- The envelope containing the registration form along with the Bonafides of the team members, DD and the Letter of Authorization must mention "Registration for 1st IP Markets National IPR Moot Court Competition, 2015".
- The registration fee is Rs.1500 (Rupees Fifteen Hundred only) per team payable by means of Demand Draft drawn in favour of "IP Markets" payable at Hyderabad.
- Any substitution of team member must be made before sending the hard copy of requisite form latest by Friday, 26th December, 2014.Such substitution shall be accompanied by the Bonafide of the respective member.
- No change in the names of participants shall be entertained after the receipt of the registration form along with the Demand Draft and the Letter of authorization.
Team Composition:
The teams should consist of two Speakers and one Researcher and this number cannot be modified under any circumstances. In any round, only two speakers are permitted to address arguments.
Submission Deadline:
All participating teams shall submit a soft copy of their Memorials for both the sides (Plaintiff and Defendant) in .doc format compatible with Microsoft Word 2003 (or higher) only, on or before Saturday, 24th January, 2015. The soft copies of the memorials must be emailed to mc@ipmarkets.in with the subject "Memorial Submission by (Team Code) for the 1st IP Markets National IPR Moot Court Competition, 2015". The hard copy of the memorial must be addressed to:
IP Markets
No.6-2-47, Flat No.1D, 1st Floor, Yeturu Towers,
A.C. Guards, Hyderabad-500004
Telangana, India
Important Dates
Release of Moot Problem |
28th September, 2014 |
Last Date of Provisional Registration |
26th November, 2014 |
Last Date of Final Registration and Receipt of Demand Draft |
26th December, 2014 |
Last Date of Submission of Soft Copy of the Memorials |
24th January, 2015 |
Last Date of Submission of Hard Copy of the Memorials |
29th January, 2015 |
Last Date for Clarifications Pertaining to the Moot Problem |
15th January, 2015 |
Last Date for Submission of Travel Form |
29th January, 2015 |
Last Date for Submission of Hard Copy of Memorials with Penalty |
5th February,2015 |
Oral Rounds of the Competition |
20th - 22nd February, 2015 |
Hospitality:
The accommodation will only be provided to the participants from 20th February, 2015, 9.00 am till 22nd February, 2015 6.00 pm. The organisers will provide only one room to each team and the last date for teams for sending their travel plan is 29th January, 2015.
The accommodation will be provided to all the participants but not to the coaches, advisors, observers or any other person accompanying the participants. The team will also be provided travel assistance but it shall be only for the purpose of receiving the teams and will not be responsible for any dropping facility.
Contact:
Coordinator for IP Moot 2015
IP Markets No.6-2-47, Flat No.1D,
1st Floor, Yeturu Towers,
A.C. Guards, Hyderabad-500004
Phone: +91-40-23305525, +91-9000293545, +91-9700029123, +91-9849674599
Email: mc@ipmarkets.in, info@ipmarkets.in
Website: www.ipmarkets.in
Download Rules, Registeration Form, Travel Form
