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Author Guidelines

Kindly follow the Template designed to assist authors in preparing manuscript.  All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.

Types of Submissions

Research Papers

Research papers present original, in-depth legal research on doctrinal, legislative, or policy issues. They should contain at least 10,000 words (no upper limit), including footnotes and references. A research paper should include a clear title, an abstract of at least 300 words, and five to seven keywords. Figures and tables should be numbered, titled, and placed appropriately within the text.

Review Papers

Review papers critically evaluate existing literature, case law, or legislation. They should contain at least 10,000 words (no upper limit), including footnotes and references.  A review paper should include a clear title, an abstract of at least 300 words, and five to seven keywords. Review papers should demonstrate thorough understanding of the subject and provide insight into research gaps or emerging trends.

Essays

Essays provide concise, analytical discussions on contemporary legal issues, policies, or trends. They should contain at least 10,000 words. Essays are expected to be insightful, engaging, and accessible to a broad audience, while maintaining scholarly rigor.

Case Comments

Case comments analyze individual judicial decisions or a set of decisions, evaluating their implications and significance. Case comments should contain at least 3,500 words. They should begin with the case name and citation, followed by an introduction providing background, a summary of facts, identification of the legal issues, a description of the court’s decision, critical analysis of the reasoning, and a conclusion. Case comments should offer original insight into the legal principles applied and their broader implications.

Book Reviews

Book reviews provide critical assessments of recently published legal books. They should contain at least 3,500 words.  Reviews should include the book title, author(s), publisher, year of publication, and total pages. The review should briefly summarize the content, highlight key arguments, and offer a critical evaluation of the book’s strengths, weaknesses, and overall contribution to legal scholarship. The review should conclude with recommendations or observations about the book’s relevance and impact.

Paper Format

  • The sequence of manuscripts following: Title; Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Methods (for original research articles); Results and Discussion; Conclusions; and References.
  • Referencing style is Chicago (Author Date) style in text as well as in references (bibliography) section. Acts and court cases however must be quoted in footnotes instead of adding in bibliography.

Title

Title of articles are written with Times New Roman and preferably not more than 20 words. Author(s) name, affiliations (with email of each author), and corresponding author e-mail. Do add ORCID ID if you have one.

Abstract

The abstract should be clear, concise, and descriptive. This abstract should provide a brief introduction to the problem, objective of paper, followed by a statement regarding the method and a summary of results. 

Keywords

Keywords arranged by alphabetically and should have at least two keywords and minimum five keywords separated by a semicolon (;).

Introduction

The introduction should be clear and provide the issue to be discussed in the manuscript. At the end of the paragraph, the author/s should end with a comment on the significance concerning identification of the issue and the objective of research.

Methods

The method written in descriptive. This Method section is optional, and only for original research articles.

Results and Discussion

This section is the most important section of your article. Contains the results of the object of study and should be clear and concise.

Conclusions 

Conclusion contains a description that should answer the objectives of research. Do not repeat the abstract or simply describe the results of the research. Give a clear explanation regarding the possible application and/or suggestions related to the research findings.

References

For submissions, Trends in Intellectual Property Research uses Chicago (Author Date) style in the References at the end of the manuscript.  Follow any published article in the recent issue of journal as model. All publications cited in the text should be included in the References section and arranged alphabetically. 

 

Source Type

Citation Format

Example

In-Text Citation

Book

Author Last, First. Year. Title of Book. Place: Publisher.

Smith, John. 2020. The History of Law. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

(Smith 2020)

Edited Book

Editor Last, First, ed. Year. Title of Book. Place: Publisher.

Lopez, Maria, ed. 2019. Intellectual Property Today. New York: Routledge.

(Lopez 2019)

Book Chapter

Author Last, First. Year. “Chapter Title.” In Book Title, edited by Editor First Last, Page Range. Place: Publisher.

Clark, Henry. 2018. “Copyright Challenges in Digital Media.” In Intellectual Property Law Today, edited by Maria Lopez, 55–78. New York: Routledge.

(Clark 2018)

Journal Article

Author Last, First. Year. “Article Title.” Journal Title Volume (Issue): Page Range. https://doi.org/xxxx

Brown, Emily. 2019. “Intellectual Property and Innovation.” Journal of Legal Studies 45 (2): 123–145. https://doi.org/10.1234/jls.2019.456

(Brown 2019)

Website / Online Article

Author Last, First. Year. “Page Title.” Website Name. Month Day. URL

Johnson, Sarah. 2021. “Patent Law Updates in the U.S.” LawVidhi. June 15. https://www.lawvidhi.com/patent-updates

(Johnson 2021)

Government / Organization Report

Organization Name. Year. Report Title. Place: Publisher. URL

World Intellectual Property Organization. 2022. Global Innovation Index 2022. Geneva: WIPO. https://www.wipo.int/global_innovation_index

(World Intellectual Property Organization 2022)

Newspaper Article

Author Last, First. Year. “Article Title.” Newspaper Name, Month Day. URL

Davis, Laura. 2023. “New IP Laws in Europe.” The Legal Times, March 10. https://www.legaltimes.com/ip-update

(Davis 2023)

Conference Paper / Proceedings

Author Last, First. Year. “Paper Title.” In Proceedings Title, Page Range. Place: Publisher.

Kumar, Ravi. 2020. “IP Challenges in Digital Markets.” In Proceedings of the International IP Conference, 34–50. London: Springer.

(Kumar 2020)

Thesis / Dissertation

Author Last, First. Year. Title of Thesis. Type of Thesis, University.

Ahmed, Fatima. 2021. Patent Law Reform in Pakistan. PhD diss., University of Karachi.

(Ahmed 2021)

 

  • For 2 authors: (Smith and Brown 2020)
  • For 3 or more authors: (Smith et al. 2020)
  • Always italicize books and journals, and quote article or chapter titles
  • Kindly must include DOI or online link if available

Guideline for Online Submission 

Author should “Register” to proceed the registration and details must be entered where the star is marked. Then, Author is brought to online author submission interface where Author should click on “New Submission”. In the Start a New Submission section, click on “’Click Here’: to go to step one of the five-step submission process”. The following are five steps in online submission process:

 

  1. Step 1 - Starting the Submission: Select the appropriate section of journal, i.e. Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Case Comments, Book Review or Essays. 
  2. Step 2 – Uploading the Submission: To upload a manuscript to this journal, click Browse on the Upload submission file item and choose the manuscript document file to be submitted, then click Upload button.
  3. Step 3 – Entering Submission’s Metadata: In this step, detail authors metadata should be entered including marked corresponding author. After that, manuscript title, abstract and keywords must be copied and pasted in the relevant textboxes.
  4. Step 4 – Uploading Supplementary Files: Supplementary file should be uploaded including Covering/Submission Letter. Then, click on Browse button, choose the files, and then click on Upload button.
  5. Step 5 – Confirming the Submission: Author should check the uploaded manuscript documents in this step. To submit the manuscript to TIPR journal, click Finish Submission button. The corresponding author or the principal contact will receive an acknowledgement by email and will be able to view the submission’s progress through the editorial process by logging in to the journal web address site.

After this submission, Authors who submit the manuscript will get a confirmation email about the submission. Authors are able to track their submission status at any time by logging in to the online submission interface. The submission tracking includes the status of manuscript review and editorial process.

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor). It is up to the editorial board to decide upon acceptance.
  2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word file format.
  3. The submission article has been in accordance with Author’s Guidelines.
  4. Any third party-owned materials used have been identified with appropriate credit lines, and permission obtained from the copyright holder for all formats of the journal.
  5. The author declares the absence of any conflict of interest in this work.

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  • Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

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