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Congratulations to Hongjiao Zhang − a PhD student in the Department of Law − for winning third place in the 2020 ATRIP Essay Competition for young researchers in intellectual property law. The annual competition is run by the Executive Committee of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP), and sponsored by the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys. Hongjiao’s thesis research topic is about copyright law. Her essay, “A Typological Framework for the Implied License Doctrine in Copyright Law”, presents an integrative review of the implied license doctrine by setting out normative types of implied licenses. Key elements of the doctrine as derived from the existing cases are summarised to further define the framework as a flexible system with a greater degree of certainty. This typological framework is able to provide judges with guidance in construing the process of implication of copyright licenses, and as such, the judicial certainty and predictability will be improved.