Professor Janice Denoncourt has sent us this call for papers for the LAWS MDPI journal. Details are below.
Call for submissions: Special Edition of LAWS MDPI
- sister journal of Sustainability MDPI
Associate Professor Dr Janice Denoncourt will Guest Edit a
special issue of LAWS MDPI (ISSN 2075-471X), an
open access, sister journal of Sustainability MDPI), together
with members of Nottingham Law School’s Intellectual Property Research
Group. LAWS MDPI is tracked for impact and
indexed in SCOPUS.
The Special Edition is entitled: Intangible Corporate
Intellectual Property Rights Assets: Finance and Governance for Sustainability
Transitions
The Special Law Journal Issue is now live and open for
submissions, see the link below. The deadline for manuscripts is 31
August 2023.
It is a common understanding that the magnitude of corporate
ownership of intangible intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks,
copyright, trade secrets and designs) has a pervasive role in the modern business
environment. Intellectual property rights (IPRs) are fundamental, yet
intangible resources for explaining various aspects of economic value creation,
critical for fostering resilience, growth and corporate longevity. However,
varying degrees of knowledge and understanding of IPRs inhibit management and
corporate communication between firms, their shareholders and other
stakeholders in both the traditional financial accounts and narrative corporate
reports.
In terms of corporate governance research reference points, a
responsible business considers society, the economy and the environment whilst
promoting the success of the firm. Responsible businesses acknowledge
shareholder primacy but are also driven by many other important, non-financial
information (NFI) considerations such as the strategic and ethical use of their
powerful IPR portfolios. Sustainability and NFI are
increasingly central to the decision-making of most business leaders,
investors, regulators, politicians, consumers. Further, monopolistic IPRs have
the potential to provide a significant long-term competitive advantage. Indeed,
capital market participants progressively prioritize disclosure and
transparency in this type of NFI. However, there is a surprising lack of
material quantitative and qualitative information made available by companies,
and even less about how corporate IPRs connect to sustainable transitions and
responsible business.
This Special Issue will examine intangible management,
corporate reporting, materiality and transparency with respect to the
disclosure of non-financial narrative information (NFI) in annual reports and
other grey literature. The NFI will focus primarily on corporate
intangible IPR assets (patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets and design)
with the aim of developing a better understanding of how they support
sustainable transition contexts.
From corporate annual reports to corporate websites, the
dissemination of knowledge regarding corporate intangible assets is affected by
various types of regulation, or the lack thereof. This may be legislation in
the form of the Companies Act 2006 UK as amended (and its equivalents in other
jurisdictions), intellectual property laws or accounting rules. There is
an evolving debate regarding the scope of corporate disclosure and
non-financial information norms, i.e., what should mandatorily or voluntarily
be made public. Thus, corporate intangible asset reporting presents a
complex area with little research-based evidence to guide company directors,
preparers, accountants, auditors, lawyers and IP professionals.
This Special Issue brings together academic lawyers, business
scholars and relevant IP and other professionals who share a common interest in
the role of intangible IPRs in corporate governance and reporting. We are open
to authors representing various methodological approaches, from traditional
legal analysis to interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches and
methodologies. We welcome authors presenting different national and
regional perspectives. Researchers are encouraged to submit articles that
showcase evidence regarding how best to regulate corporate IPR asset
disclosures and materiality, with a view to ensuring corporate accountability
for statements and claims made and avoid greenwashing. We look forward to
receiving your contributions.
Associate Professor Dr. Janice Denoncourt, Nottingham Law
School, UK
Dr. Onyeka Nwoha, Nottingham Law School, UK
Guest Editors
Michelle Okyere, PhD Candidate, Nottingham Law School, UK
Guest Editor Assistant
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