Instructions to Contributors

 

The Journal of Intellectual Property Rights is devoted to publishing papers on all aspects of the intellectual property rights. The journal will consider for publication contributed papers, invited papers, technical notes, letters to the editor, and book reviews (by invitation of the editor). All contributions will be evaluated by referees and the editor.

 

Preparation of Manuscript

     Authors are advised to see the recent issue of the journal to get familiar with the format of the paper. Manuscript should be provided in concise form. Pages should be numbered consecutively, and the matter should be arranged in the following order: title, name(s) of the author(s), department(s) and institution(s), abstract, keywords, introduction, objective, discussion including premise and importance of the study, conclusion, acknowledgement, and references.

      Submit two printed copies of the manuscript and a copy on CD in MS word format with illustrations in suitable formats for IBM compatible computers.

      The abstract, usually not exceeding 200 words, should indicate the objective, importance of the study, and conclusion.

     References to the information sources, numbered consecutively, should be placed at the end of the paper. In the text, these should be indicated by numbers placed above the line (superscript).

     In citing references to articles, names and initials for the authors should be followed, in order, by the title of the paper, full title of the periodical (italics), the volume number, issue number within circular brackets, year within circular brackets, and inclusive pages, e. g., Garg K C, Patenting activity in biosensors, Journal of Intellectual Property Rights, 4(2) (1999), 67-79.

 

     References to a book should include names and initials of the authors, the title of the book (italics), name of the publisher and place of publication within circular brackets, edition, year of publication, and page(s), e. g., Shiva Ramu S, International Licensing—Managing Intangible Resources 3^rd Edn (Response Books, New Delhi) 1997, p.100-102.

 

     References to a patent should include names of patentees, title of the patent, country of origin (italics) and patent number, organization to which the patent has been assigned within circular brackets, date of acceptance of the patent, e. g. Trepagnier J H, Turbulent shear force micro censor, U S Pat No. 4908,509 (to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) 23 March 1990.

 

    Reference to information downloaded from a website should give full address of website without underline, followed by date of download, if data are dynamic, e.g., www.niscair.res.in (24 December 2004)].

 

    Use of id, ibid, supra note etc., should be avoided; instead appropriate reference should be given.

    References should come at the end of the papers and should not be hyperlinked.

    Also reference no should come after the full point, e.g. The realization………………developing countries.¹

 

Essentials of Manuscript

 The manuscript should have a covering letter quoting the reference no of the paper on the official letterhead under the signatures of the corresponding author.

 It is mandatory on the part of the corresponding author to furnish the following certificate at the time of submission of the manuscript for publication:

 

 [This to certify that the reported work in the paper entitled “………….” submitted for publication in the journal “………….” is an original one and has not been submitted for publication elsewhere.  I/we further certify that proper citations to the previously reported work have been given and no data/tables/figures have been quoted verbatim from other publications without giving due acknowledgement and without the permission of the author(s).  The consent of all the authors of this paper has been obtained for submitting the paper to the journal “…………….”..

 

 

 

 

[Signatures and names of all the authors]