1st NLIU-ANAND & ANAND Trademark Opposition Competition at CSIPR, NLIU, Bhopal [Jan 24-25; Cash Prizes of Rs. 58k]: Register by Dec 15

About The Organisers

Nationwide Legislation Institute College, Bhopal, ranks among the many oldest and most esteemed Nationwide Legislation Universities in India. NLIU has led in offering high quality authorized training and has cultivated a worldwide alumni community that has excelled in conventional authorized fields in addition to in public administration, academia, and policy-making. NLIU promotes and incentivizes a tradition of educational rigor.

The college fosters analysis in superior authorized fields, constantly organizing interdisciplinary and industry-wide workshops, seminars, and coaching packages on subjects of present authorized significance. The college serves because the alma mater for quite a few esteemed journals that settle for submissions from college students, professionals, regulators, and academicians all through the authorized subject, fostering a tradition of educational analysis and facilitating multi-directional discourse.

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About The Occasion

The first NLIU-ANAND & ANAND Trademark Opposition Competitors is a first-of-its-kind, practice-oriented IP dispute simulation focusing completely on trademark opposition proceedings. The Competitors goals to supply regulation college students with hands-on expertise in navigating statutory provisions, drafting key pleadings earlier than the Commerce Marks Registry, and presenting oral arguments on problems with registrability, confusion, dilution, and procedural compliance.

The Competitors mirrors real-world opposition follow by requiring contributors to draft each a Discover of Opposition and a Counter-Assertion, adopted by oral rounds judged by mental property specialists from the partnering regulation agency.

Participation and Registration

All regulation faculties/establishments/universities throughout the nation acknowledged by the Bar Council of India are eligible to participate within the Competitors. All contributors should be at present pursuing their Bachelor’s diploma in Legislation, i.e., both 3-year or 5-year programs. Any variety of groups per faculty/establishment/college shall be allowed to take part.

Final day for On-line Registration is fifteenth December 2025, 23:59 hours.

Registration Tips

Section I Registration

Every workforce wanting to take part should first fill the Section I Registration Type , which can be launched by CSIPR. The Section I registration kind, together with all required particulars, should be submitted by tenth December, 2025.

Based mostly on the Section I registration, chosen groups can be notified through electronic mail inside 24 hours.

Section II Registration

High 20 groups primarily based upon the cumulative Written Submission rating should first fill the Section II Registration Type , which can be launched by CSIPR. The Section II registration kind, together with all required particulars, should be submitted by tenth January, 2025.

Registration Charges

Section 1:A base registration payment Rs. 1,000/- (inclusive of GST) relevant to all groups wishing to take part within the competitors. This payment grants eligibility to take part within the Written Submission qualification spherical.

Section 2:

An extra payment of Rs. 4,500/- (inclusive of GST) relevant solely to the highest twenty groups that qualify for the oral rounds primarily based on their efficiency within the Written Submission qualification spherical. This payment is inclusive of the price of lodging and meals at some stage in the competitors