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Submission Preparation Checklist

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

  • 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).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Manuscripts submitted to the Intellectual Property Journal must represent original and unpublished scholarly work and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere at the time of submission. Submissions are expected to demonstrate a high level of academic rigor, originality, and analytical depth consistent with the standards of leading international journals in law. Manuscripts should make a clear and substantive contribution to the literature on intellectual property law, innovation policy, comparative or international IP regimes, or closely related legal and interdisciplinary fields.

The standard length for research articles is 6,000 to 10,000 words, inclusive of footnotes. Shorter analytical pieces, case notes, or policy commentaries may be considered at the discretion of the editors, provided they meet the journal’s scholarly expectations. Manuscripts must be prepared in Microsoft Word (.docx) or LaTeX format and written in precise, formal academic English. Authors are responsible for ensuring clarity of expression, logical structure, and consistency in terminology throughout the manuscript.

Each submission must include an abstract of 150–250 words, clearly outlining the research objectives, central arguments, methodology or analytical framework, and principal conclusions. Authors must also provide four to six keywords that accurately reflect the subject matter of the manuscript and facilitate academic indexing and discoverability. The main body of the manuscript should be appropriately structured, typically including an introduction, literature or doctrinal context, analysis, discussion, and conclusion, as suited to the nature of the research.

All citations and references must strictly conform to the Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition), using footnotes for legal citations and explanatory references. Authors are responsible for the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of all citations. Excessive or purely descriptive footnoting should be avoided; references should meaningfully support the scholarly analysis and arguments presented.

To ensure the integrity of the double-blind peer review process, manuscripts must be fully anonymized. No identifying information should appear in the manuscript text, footnotes, file properties, or acknowledgements. Author names, institutional affiliations, ORCID identifiers (where applicable), acknowledgements, and contact details must be provided on a separate title page, submitted independently from the anonymized manuscript.

All tables, figures, charts, and illustrations must be clearly numbered, titled, and referenced in the text. Where third-party material is used, authors are solely responsible for obtaining the necessary permissions prior to publication and for providing appropriate attribution. Submissions must comply with accepted standards of academic integrity, including the avoidance of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and improper attribution of sources.

Manuscripts that do not comply with these requirements may be returned to authors for correction prior to peer review or may be declined at the initial editorial screening stage. Compliance with these manuscript requirements is essential to maintaining the journal’s scholarly quality, editorial efficiency, and international academic standing.

Copyright Notice

The Intellectual Property Journal is committed to protecting authors’ rights while ensuring the widest possible dissemination of scholarly research. The journal follows transparent and flexible copyright and licensing practices that balance academic accessibility, legal compliance, and long-term preservation of the scholarly record.

Open Access
The journal offers an open access publication option under Creative Commons licenses (CC BY-NC). Under this model, articles are made freely available to all readers immediately upon publication. Open access enhances visibility, citation impact, and global reach, while allowing authors to retain copyright in their work. Use and reuse of open access content is permitted in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons license terms.

Subscription Access
Articles may also be published under a traditional subscription-based access model. In such cases, content is made available through institutional subscriptions, with the option of delayed open access following an embargo period, typically twelve months. This model supports institutional dissemination and long-term sustainability while maintaining controlled distribution during the embargo period.

Author Rights
The journal is committed to empowering authors with meaningful control over their work. Subject to the selected licensing arrangement, authors retain the right to: retain copyright in their published work; share preprints and accepted manuscripts; deposit their work in institutional or subject repositories; reuse figures, tables, and data in future publications; use the published work for teaching and educational purposes; and translate or create derivative works with appropriate attribution.

Copyright Agreement
Upon acceptance, authors are required to complete a copyright transfer or license agreement, depending on the selected access model. This agreement clarifies the rights and responsibilities of both the author and the publisher and ensures lawful publication, distribution, and archiving of the work. Authors are encouraged to review the agreement carefully prior to submission.

Permissions and Reuse
Third parties wishing to reuse published content must obtain appropriate permissions. Reuse of open access articles is governed by the applicable Creative Commons license. For subscription-based content, written permission from the publisher is required. The journal does not apply restrictive digital rights management measures, enabling lawful access across devices while respecting copyright protections.