International Journal of Technology Policy and Law  (IJTPL)
ISSN (Online): 1742-4259  -  ISSN (Print): 1742-4240

Published in 4 issues per year  (View Subscription Price)

IJTPL is a double-blind refereed, highly professional and authoritative source of information in the fields of technology policy and law. It encourages articles representing synergy between theory and practices to help policy makers and executives govern and manage technologies and their relations with society, policies and law. Emphases will be on the related social, political and economic issues, as well as emerging issues of interest to legislators, professionals, and academics.

   Objectives

The objective of the IJTPL is to establish an effective channel of communication between policy makers, government agencies, academic and research institutions and persons concerned with the complex role of technologies in society. It also aims to promote and share technology policy and law in the fields of science and technology, political science, informatics, sociology, and economics. The international dimension is emphasised in order to overcome cultural and national barriers and to meet the needs of accelerating global technological, social, and economical changes.

   Readership

Professionals, policy-makers, government officers, academics, researchers, and managers in IT, business and commerce.

   Contents

IJTPL publishes original and review papers, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management reports, book reviews, notes, and commentaries. Contribution may be by submission or invitation, and suggestions for special issues and publications are welcome.

   Subject Coverage

The coverage of IJTPL includes, but is not limited to, the following subjects:

• Commercial law
• Consumer protection
• Copyright law
• Creativity and innovativeness
• Cross-cultural comparisons
• Digital divide
• Digital right management
• E-governance
• E-government
• E-service related law
• Electronic fund transfer
• Information ethics
• Information literacy
• Information privacy issues
• Information sharing
• Insurance issues
• Innovation process management
• Intellectual property right
• Intellectual property trading
• International law
• International standards
• Internet abuse
• Knowledge management
• Knowledge sharing
• Knowledge trading
• National competitiveness
• National information infrastructure
• National security
• Patent law
• Social engineering
• Social impacts
• Technology innovations
• Technology law
• Technology management
• Technology policy
• Telecommunication law
• Telecommunication policy

   Specific Notes for Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Submission of Papers web-page. You must submit your manuscript online via the journal’s Author Portal in the form of a PDF file

Please include in your submission the title of the Journal

   Editors and Members of the Editorial Board

Editor in Chief

Prof. Dr. Eldon Y. Li
University Chair Professor
National Chengchi University
Department of Management Information Systems
College of Commerce
No.64, Sec. 2, Zhi-nan Rd, Wenshan
Taipei 11605
TAIWAN, ROC
eli@calpoly.edu

Editorial Board Members

Dr. Thankom Gopinath ArunTh
Honorary Senior Fellow
The University of Manchester
Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM)
School of Environment and Development
PO Box 88
Manchester, M60 1QD
UK

Prof. Dr. James BackhouseJa
Reader in Information Systems; Director, Information Systems Integrity Group
London School of Economics
Department of Management
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
UK

Prof. Dr. Paul Schiff BermanPa
University of Connecticut
School of Law
55 Elizabeth Street
Hartfort CT 06105-2290
USA

Prof. Dr. Hans BjörnssonHa
Professor (Research)
Stanford University
Center for Integrated Facility Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Stanford, California 94305-4020
USA

Dr. Nolan BowieNo
Harvard University
John F. Kennedy School of Government
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge MA 02138
USA

Prof. Dr. Thomas R. BruceTh
Cornell University
Legal Information Institute
Cornell Law School
410 Thurston Avenue
Ithaca NY 14850-2488
USA

Prof. Dr. L. Jean CampL.
Associate Professor of Public Policy
Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge MA 02138
USA

Prof. Dr. Chris CarrCh
Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Faculty Development and Professor of Business Law & Public Policy
California Polytechnic State University
College of Business
One Grand Avenue
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
USA

Prof. Dr. Houn-Gee ChenHo
National Taiwan University
Department of Business Administration
No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road
Taipei 10617
TAIWAN, ROC

Prof. Dr. Andrew ChristieAn
Chair Professor and Director of Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia
The University of Melbourne
Melbourne Law School
VICTORIA 3010
AUSTRALIA

Prof. Mark DavisonMa
Monash University
The Law School
Clayton campus
Wellington Road, Clayton
Victoria 3800
AUSTRALIA

Prof. Dr. Dorothy DenningDo
Naval Postgraduate School
Department of Defense Analysis
Code DA
589 Dyer Rd.
Monterey CA 93943
USA

Dr. Paul N. EdwardsPa
University of Michigan
School of Information
3078 West Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107
USA

Prof. Dr. Thomas G. Field Jr.Th
Professor of Law; Director, Intellectual Property Amicus Clinic
Franklin Pierce Law Center
2 White Street
Concord NH 03301
USA

Prof. Jerry G. FongJe
National Chengchi University
Graduate Institute of Intellectual Property
64, Sec.2, Chih-Nan Road
Taipei 116
TAIWAN, ROC

Prof. Dr. Richard E. GoldRi
Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy
McGill University
3661 Peel Street, Rm 201
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1X1
CANADA

Prof. Dr. Graham GreenleafGr
Co-Director, Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII); Professor of Law
University of New South Wales
Faculty of Law
Sydney 2052
AUSTRALIA

Prof. Dr. Faye JonesFa
Director, Gordon D. Schaber Law Library
University of the Pacific
McGeorge School of Law
3200 Fifth Avenue
Sacramento CA 95817
USA

Prof. Dr. Gary KleinGa
Couger Chair Professor and Dean of College of Business
University of Colorado
College of Business
1420 Austin Bluffs Pkwy
Colorado Springs CO 80918
USA

Prof. Dr. Matthew LeeMa
Associate Dean of Research
City University of Hong Kong
Faculty of Business
Tat Chee Avenue
Kowloon
HONG KONG (CHINA)

Dr. Kung-Chung LiuKu
Associate Researcher
Academia Sinica - General
Institute for Social Sciences Nankang
Taipei 115
TAIWAN, ROC

Prof. Dr. Paul Chang Bin LiuPa
Director of Graduate Institute of Intellectual Property
National Chengchi University
64, Sec.2, Chih-Nan Road
Taipei 116
TAIWAN, ROC

Prof. Dr. Shey-Shi LuSh
National Taiwan University
Department of Electrical Engineering
Room 217
Taipei 106
TAIWAN, ROC

Prof. Dr. Chi-Kuo MaoCh
National Chiao Tung University
Institute of Business and Management
1001 Ta Hsueh Road
Hsinchu 300
TAIWAN, ROC

Dr. Jerry MechlingJe
Director of Strategic Computing and Telecommunications in the Public Sector
Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge MA 02138
USA

Prof. Ann MonottiAn
Monash University
The Law School
Clayton campus
Wellington Road, Clayton
Victoria 3800
AUSTRALIA

Prof. Dr. Jürgen MüllerJü
Berlin School of Economics
Badenschestr. 50-51
10825 Berlin
GERMANY

Prof. Dr. Toshio ObiTo
Director
Waseda University
Research Institute of E-Government
1-104 Totsukamachi, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 169-8050
JAPAN

Richard C. OwensRi
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Information Technology and Privacy Groups
199 Bay Street
Suite 2800, Commerce Court West
Toronto ON M5L 1A9
CANADA

Prof. Dr. M. Elisabeth Paté-CornellM.
The Burt And Deedee McMurtry Professor of Engineering; Chair
Stanford University
Department of Management Science and Engineering
Terman Engineering Building Room 340
Stanford CA 94305-4026
USA

Prof. Dr. Shin-yi PengSh
National Tsing Hua University
Institute of Law for Science and Technology
101, Section 2 Kuang Fu Road
Hsinchu 300
TAIWAN, ROC

Prof. Dr. Kamal PuriKa
President, Australian Folklore Association Inc.
University of Queensland
T. C. Beirne School of Law
St Lucia QLD 4072
AUSTRALIA

Prof. Dr. Margaret-Jane RadinMa
Director, LLM Program in Law, Science and Technology
Stanford University
Stanford CA 94305-4020
USA

Prof. Dr. Mitchell F. RiceMi
Director
Texas A&M University
Race and Ethnic Studies Institute
4220 TAMU
College Station TX 77843-4220
USA

Dr. Megan RichardsonMe
Associate Professor
The University of Melbourne
Melbourne Law School
VICTORIA 3010
AUSTRALIA

Prof. Dr. James E. RossiJa
Florida State University
College of Law
Tallahassee FL 32306
USA

Dr. Marc RotenbergMa
Director
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
1718 Connecticut Ave NW
Suite 200
Washington DC 20009
USA

Prof. Dr. Bruce E. SeelyBr
Michigan Technological University
227 Academic Offices
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton MI 49931-1295
USA

Prof. Dr. Edgar H. SibleyEd
University Professor and Eminent Scholar
George Mason University
School of Information Technology and Engineering
4400 University Drive
Fairfax VA 22030
USA

Dr. Richard SobelRi
Senior Research Associate, Program in Psychiatry and the Law
Harvard University
Harvard Medical School
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge MA 02138
USA

Prof. Dr. Marion G. SobolMa
Southern Methodist University
Information Technology and Operations Management
Cox School of Business
PO Box 750174
Dallas TX 75275-0174
USA

Prof. Dr. Jordan Chao-tung WenJo
Director
National Chengchi University
Graduate Institute of Technology and Innovation Management
64, Chih-Nan Rd., Sec. 2, Wenshan
Taipei, 116
TAIWAN, ROC

Prof. Dr. Jane K. WinnJa
Director
University of Washington
Shidler Center for Law, Commerce & Technology
School of Law
Seattle WA
USA