JIPRL Scope

Focus & Scope

• Patent Law and Innovation Protection: Research on patentability, novelty, inventive step, industrial applicability, patent prosecution, ownership, licensing, compulsory licensing, infringement, remedies, patent term, and the legal protection of technological innovation.
• Copyright and Creative Works: Studies on copyright protection, authorship, ownership, registration, licensing, infringement, fair dealing, exceptions and limitations, digital reproduction, collective management, and the protection of literary, artistic, musical, audiovisual, software, and other creative works.
• Trademark Law and Brand Protection: Research on trademark registration, classification, distinctiveness, passing off, infringement, dilution, deceptive similarity, well-known marks, domain names, brand protection, and enforcement of trademark rights.
• Trade Secrets and Confidential Information: Studies on the protection of trade secrets, confidential business information, non-disclosure agreements, breach of confidence, employee obligations, misappropriation, contractual safeguards, and remedies for unauthorized disclosure or use.
• Industrial Designs and Design Protection: Research on registration, ownership, infringement, enforcement, commercialization, and international protection of industrial designs, including the relationship between design rights, copyright, patents, and trademarks.
• Geographical Indications and Traditional Products: Studies on the protection, registration, enforcement, and commercialization of geographical indications, including agricultural goods, handicrafts, traditional products, regional reputation, producer rights, and conflicts with trademarks.
• Intellectual Property Licensing and Technology Transfer: Research on patent, copyright, trademark, software, and technology licensing; assignment; franchising; research collaborations; commercialization; royalty arrangements; university technology transfer; and contractual management of intellectual property.
• Digital Intellectual Property and Emerging Technologies: Studies on intellectual property issues arising from artificial intelligence, machine-generated content, blockchain, digital platforms, software, databases, virtual environments, 3D printing, and other emerging technologies.
• Intellectual Property Enforcement and Dispute Resolution: Research on civil and criminal remedies, injunctions, damages, border enforcement, customs measures, administrative proceedings, litigation, arbitration, mediation, and other mechanisms for resolving intellectual property disputes.
• International and Comparative Intellectual Property Law: Studies on TRIPS, WIPO-administered treaties, the Patent Cooperation Treaty, Madrid and Hague systems, international copyright frameworks, cross-border enforcement, and comparative approaches to intellectual property protection.
• Intellectual Property, Competition, and Market Regulation: Research on the interaction between intellectual property and competition law, including licensing restraints, standard-essential patents, FRAND obligations, abuse of dominance, patent pools, market access, and anti-competitive use of intellectual property rights.
• Intellectual Property and Public Interest: Studies on the relationship between intellectual property protection and public health, access to medicines, education, research, food security, environmental sustainability, technology access, and broader public-interest considerations.
• Traditional Knowledge, Cultural Expressions, and Biodiversity: Research on the legal protection of traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions, indigenous innovation, genetic resources, biodiversity-related intellectual property, benefit sharing, biopiracy, and community rights.
• Intellectual Property Commercialization and Valuation: Studies on IP management, valuation, portfolio strategy, commercialization, securitization, due diligence, intellectual-property audits, startup innovation, investment, and the role of intangible assets in business and economic development.
• Patent Information and Intellectual Property Analytics: Research on patent databases, prior-art searching, patent landscaping, citation analysis, freedom-to-operate studies, intellectual-property analytics, technology intelligence, and the use of patent information in research and innovation strategy.
• Indian Intellectual Property Law and Policy: Research on Indian patent, copyright, trademark, design, geographical indication, trade-secret, and related intellectual property laws, including legislative developments, judicial decisions, administrative practice, and policy reforms. Comparative and interdisciplinary work is welcome where intellectual property law is a central component of the research.