Intellectual property law attracts diverse international attention and warrants considered scholarship and analysis. Not only is this an area of detailed practice and study, but also a significant part of each citizen's daily life. The Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property seeks to participate in the debate surrounding this important issue by engaging a full diversity of perspectives.
Intellectual property law attracts diverse international attention and warrants considered scholarship and analysis. Not only is this an area of detailed practice and study, but also a significant part of each citizen's daily life. The Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property seeks to participate in the debate surrounding this important issue by engaging a full diversity of perspectives.
Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property is the only IP journal with an Impact Factor included in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
Intellectual property law attracts diverse international attention and warrants considered scholarship and analysis. Not only is this an area of detailed practice and study, but also a significant part of each citizen's daily life. From the question of access to products to concerns for the creative and innovative process, this area of law is of considerable interest to scholars and the general public alike. Modern intellectual property practice and scholarship is necessarily interdisciplinary, intersecting not only with other areas of law, but also with cultural and socio-economic approaches to knowledge. Contemporary research considers the operation of intellectual property in the context of human rights, social, political and economic spheres. Engaging the diversity of perspectives on these important issues is essential to comprehensive debate, and it is this richness of debate and interrogation to which QMJIP seeks to participate, by publishing high quality contributions to the field.
As an extension of the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute's reputation as one of the foremost centres for intellectual property research and education, QMJIP has become an important forum for quality scholarship in this field, publishing full-length articles as well as analysis pieces and case reports, on a quarterly basis.
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Johanna Gibson, Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Lord Hoffmann, Honorary Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary University of London, UK
The outstanding quality of the editorial team and distinguished international advisory board ensures that this journal makes an important contribution to expanding critical and intellectual debate in the scholarship of intellectual property law, policy and development.
The QMJIP is a quarterly double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal by the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute and is based at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom. Building upon Queen Mary's already formidable reputation for research in intellectual property, the journal fosters academic discourse of the highest standard. It deals with both domestic and international issues, and covers the full range of substantive IP topics.
The editors seek high quality contributions of between 7,000-12,000 words from academics or practitioners working in the field. Examples of suitable topics for submission include, but are not limited to:
• Copyright/authorship issues
• Patent issues
• Trade-mark issues
• Protection of new technologies
• Software protection
• Biotechnological developments
• Licensing
• Litigation and settlement issues
• E-commerce law
• New Internet applications and developments
• Information technology law
• Jurisdictional issues
• Creative Industries
• Intellectual Property and Legal Theory
• International accords
• Opportunities for harmonisation
• Enforcement issues
• Jurisdictional comparisons
• Economic perspectives on intellectual property rights and developments
• Competition, human rights, health, and environmental law issues as they relate to intellectual property.
Submissions and editorial queries should be sent to Johanna Gibson - Editor in Chief: editor@qmjip.com.
Book review submissions should be sent to Shane Burke: Burkes3@cardiff.ac.uk.
Article manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with our house style guidelines: QMJIP Guidance
You must complete the Contributor Information form when you submit your final draft.
If your article is accepted for publication, you will be asked to sign our standard Contributor Agreement: QMJIP Licence to Publish