Network for Empirical Legal studies in Intellectual Property

In recent years, the interest and appetite to carry out empirical legal research on Intellectual Property issues has steadily grown, with academic scholars deploying a range of methods from social sciences, and other disciplines, to examine questions about the nature, role, and value of IP rights. The network for empirical legal studies in IP (NELSIP) seeks to bring together academics undertaking or interested in undertaking empirical research with a bearing on IP law. It aims to facilitate the sharing and dissemination of empirical studies in IP, provide a forum for dialogue, networking, and collaboration amongst its members, and at a wider level promote empirical legal scholarship in IP. This new network is open to scholars from all parts of the world, and welcomes both established as well as early career researchers. The network defines empirical legal studies in IP broadly, including but not limited to substantive aspects of IP rights; the nature, role, functioning, and impact of I