IP Osgoode and the (IPIC) are thrilled to announce the winner of the seventh annual edition of :
1. In the Law Student category, the judges selected Mariam Awan as the winner for this year’s Challenge:
Mariam won for her entry: “The user-generated content exception: Moving away from a non-commercial requirement“. Mariam Awan is currently in her third year of study at the Queen's University, Faculty of Law.
2. In the Graduate Student category, the judges did not select a winner for this year’s Challenge.
3. In the Professional category, the judges did not select a winner for this year’s Challenge.
We were pleased to receive submissions from across the country on a wide range of subjects, including: claims construction, Bill C-31, trademarks, technological neutrality, patent reform, moral rights, and copyright reform.
The winner will be receiving a prize of $1000 and, in addition to having her winning article showcased here on the IPilogue, the article will be considered for publication in the  or the .
We would like to thank our esteemed intellectual property experts who served as judges for the Challenge:
We look forward to next year’s IP Writing Challenge and continuing to help ignite a more vibrant public policy discussion on all facets of intellectual property law and technology.