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Draft Version 1.1: The Non-Definitive Open IP Syllabus
Despite the plethora of materials online, any student, researcher or professor would know that
access to scholarly information is a lot more difficult than what it should be. Most of the time, if
you're serious about research, the 'research' journey is more about how many paywalls you can
climb (legally or not so legally), as much as it is about how good the material you can find is. To
get around this, many folks rely on plug-ins like UnPayWall and Google Scholar Button, and
others rely on Sci-Hub and LibGen. Others still are well versed in asking around for 'that friend of
a friend' who is sitting in a top global university who has access to at least some subscription
services, unlike the less fortunate masses. However, while its true that this poses a huge Access to
Information / Access to Knowledge issue, this of course does not mean that publicly available
scholarly information is of lower quality or less utility than that material which is hidden on the
other side of paywalls. Indeed, there is a tonne of great research, literature and commentary that
has been made publicly available free of cost. Most professors are pretty much required to publish
for promotions, tenure, and reputational reasons, and for varied reasons, usually end up doing so
with publishers who charge. So they instead put out pre-print versions of their scholarship, out on
various public databases. Though here - the problem is that of either not knowing how and what
to filter, or the paradox of choice. There is so much information out there, how does one know
what information to spend their limited time on? At a less abstract level - I've spoken to students
as well as professors who say they would love to spend more time on IP but have too many
classroom constraints, so they don't end up doing this, nor do they know how to go about it outside
the classroom.
So, in a very ambitious attempt, a group us have spent the last couple of months trying to work on
an "Open" IP Syllabus, for whoever might find it useful. And are very excited to share a first draft
version for feedback, coincidentally in the ongoing fair use/fair dealing week. While the end-goal
is to make an over-arching syllabus, for now, only a draft version of the first two chapters are being
shared.
Who this is for: Anyone interested in IP! We've tried to include short readings as well as long
readings in each section (and have marked them as such) so interested readers can decide how
much time they want to spend looking into a topic. Short readings' include anything from a
blogpost to approx 15-17 pages of text, and 'long readings' being anything more than that. We've
tried to ensure a variety of perspectives, so that anyone, anywhere in the world will hopefully find
something of interest/use - while also trying to ensure that major India focused pieces are included.
What it includes (and will include): Chapter 1 "Introduction to IP" deals with three main areas:
(1) History and Evolution of IP; (2) Theoretical Justifications and Underpinnings; and (3) Counter-
Enclosure movements. Chapter 2 focuses on various different lenses through which IP can be
viewed. Titled "Approaches to IP/IP Lenses", it currently includes (1) IP & Innovation, (2) IP &
Development, (3) IP & Climate Change, (4) IP & Health, (5) IP & Competition, and (6) Beyond
IP / IP Futures, IP & Human Rights.
Chapters currently in progress (not currently shared) include chapters focused on Institutions,
Fundamental Principles, and then specific chapters for different types of IP. As is already evident,
these classifications are neither hermetically sealed off from one another, nor are they holistic.
They are merely a first attempt at classifying a lot of information, and we would love to hear from
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you on how any part of this could be improved. Currently, the attempt has been to include a variety
of perspectives, as well as to mix up seminal pieces with more contemporary reflections. The intra-
sectional classification is a simple 'short readings' and 'long readings' break up, with '
There are of course several disclaimers: first off - that while it would be ideal to include as many
great pieces as possible, it is not only practically impossible to include all the great pieces, it is
also essentially an exercise in subjectivity - so I have to apologise in advance for all the great
pieces that don't end up being included in here. As of the current draft - we have kept certain
sub/sections like "Access to Medicines" and "IP & Health" limited - not because of insufficient
scholarship but because of too much to choose from. We also have a list of papers that we want to
include but haven't verified yet. We will fill that in slowly over time.
Additionally, the collation is naturally limited by our own understanding of IP and its various
nuances. Our process currently involves the research team (6 of us) independently researching and
sending across pieces that they think are worth adding, and a verification process that involves me
accepting or rejecting it, with feedback from other subject matter experts as and when required.
As such - please do email to let us know if you think a piece should not be in the syllabus, along
with your reasons. Aside from all of the above - there is also the possibility that we've made a
mistake altogether. For now, we've staying away from case-law. We may or may not add Indian
case law in at a later point - depending on how much time this takes, and how much time we can
manage for this. Needless to say, even in its current form, I expect the rest of this syllabus to take
at least a year or so to complete.
Finally - the team who worked on this: Praharsh Gour, Lokesh Vyas, Shivam Kaushik, Shriya
Gopalakrishnan and Tanushka Joshi all have provided wonderful research on this and it's been
lovely working with them on this. Additionally, a huge shout out to Pankhuri Agarwal, Arul Scaria
and Akshat Agrawal for sharing multiple resources and varied course syllabi! I would also be
remiss if I didn't mention Joe Karaganis, director of the Open Syllabus Project, as it was a
conversation with him a few years ago that sparked the idea of trying this. It took a few years to
start putting it into action - but hopefully this attempt will prove useful to IP researchers!
P.S. Depending on the feedback, we may or may not put out blogposts on updated drafts and future
versions but we will certainly keep this and future updates available in the Resources Section of
the blog. That section also has a growing list of Open Access IP Textbooks. We encourage usage
and sharing of the syllabus for personal, research, educational, etc purposes. If you're using the
syllabus for commercial purposes, (or are feeling generous!) - well - let's just say it would be nice
if you got in touch for how to contribute to SpicyIP!
Swaraj Paul Barooah
Co-Managing Editor, SpicyIP
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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to IP 4
I. History and Evolution of IP 4
a. Copyright - History and Evolution 5
b. Patents - History and Evolution 6
c. Trademarks - History and Evolution 7
d. Traditional Knowledge - History and Evolution 9
e. Geographical Indications - History and Evolution 10
f. Plant Variety 10
II. Theoretical justifications and underpinnings 11
a. Utilitarian theory/Economics of IP 12
b. Natural Rights Theory 12
c. Personality theory 13
d. “Social Planning” theory 13
III. Counter-enclosure movements (terms loosely and approximately used) 14
a. Public Domain / Commons 14
b. Open Source / Open Access 15
c. Access to Knowledge 15
d. Access to Medicines 16
Chapter 2: Approaches to IP / IP Lenses 18
I. IP and Innovation 18
a. IP and social innovation 19
b. IP and grassroots/informal innovation 19
II. IP and Development 20
III. IP and Climate Change 21
IV. IP and Health 21
V. IP and Competition / Anti-trust 22
VI. IP Futures, Beyond IP, & IP and Human Rights 23
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Chapter 1: Introduction to IP
I. History and Evolution of IP
SHORT READINGS:
● Kung-chung Liu, Shufeng Zheng, Asian IP law: An area of rising importance (12 pages,
2020).
● Peter K Yu, When the Chinese intellectual property system hits 35 (12 pages, 2018).
● Vishwas Devaiah, “Universal Origins of Intellectual Property” (Select Paper P10, Module
M02) (12 pages, 2015).
● Michael Perelman, The Political Economy of Intellectual Property (webpage, 2003).
● Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Part. 1 History of IP (webpage).
● Peter Drahos, A Philosophy of Intellectual Property (page nos. 15-29, 1996).
LONG READINGS:
● Gillian Davies & Sam Ricketson, The Foundation of the World Intellectual Property
Organization: What Came Before (25 pages, 2020)
● Jingwen Guo: Liberty, Copyright, and Community - Confucianism and the Protection of
Intellectual Property in Pre-modern China (25 pages, 2019)
● Margaret Ann Wilkinson, What is the role of new technologies in tensions in intellectual
property (27 pages, 2018)
● Jeremy de Beere, Jeremiah Baarbé, Caroline Ncube, Evolution of Africa’s Intellectual
Treaty Ratification Landscape (webpage, 2018)
● Arul George Scaria, Shreyashi Ray, Knowledge Sharing and the Sharing Economy in India
(29 pages, 2018).
● Carys J. Craig: Critical Copyright Law and the Politics of 'IP (30 pages, 2018)
● Caroline Ncube, Three Centuries and Counting, The Emergence and Development of
Intellectual Property Law in Africa (22 pages, 2018)
● Mike W. Peng, David Ahlstrom, Shawn M. Carraher, and Weilei (Stone) Shi, History and
the Debate Over Intellectual Property (24 pages, 2017).
● Jayashree Watal and Antony Taubman (eds), The Making of the TRIPS Agreement
Personal Insights from the Uruguay Round Negotiations (506 pages, 2015)
● Rochelle Dreyfuss and Susy Frankel, “From Incentive to Commodity to Asset: How
International Law Is Reconceptualizing Intellectual Property” (47 pages,2015)
● Alexander Peukert, Intellectual Property: The Global Spread of a Legal Concept (25 pages,
2013)
● Christopher May, The denial of history: Reification, intellectual property rights and the
lessons of the past (23 pages, 2006)
● Oren Bracha: Owning Ideas: A History of Anglo-American Intellectual Property (595
pages) (2005)
● Susan K. Sell, Intellectual Property and Public Policy in Historical Perspective:
Contestation and Settlement (57 pages, 2004)
● Carla A. Hesse, Intellectual property, 700 B.C. - A.D. (webpage, 2002).
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● Daniel Gervais: The Internationalization of Intellectual Property: New Challenges from
the Very Old and the Very New (64 pages, 2002).
● B. Zorina Khan, Innovations in Intellectual Property Systems and Economic Development
(57 pages, 2002).
● Peter Drahos - Universality of IPR: Origins and Development (36 pages, 1999).
● William Fisher, The Growth of Intellectual Property: A History of the Ownership of Ideas
in the United States (webpage, 1999).
● Edward C. Walterscheid: To Promote The Progress Of Science And Useful Arts: The
Background And Origin Of The Intellectual Property Clause Of The United States
Constitution (57 pages) (1994); can be r/w Nigro on Walterscheid, 'To Promote the
Progress of Useful Arts: American Patent Law and Administration 1798-1836' | H-SHEAR
(blogpost).
● P.A. David- The Evolution of Intellectual Property (26 pages) (1993).
a. Copyright - History and Evolution
SHORT READINGS:
● Uma Suthersanen and Graham Dutfield, Pope versus Curll (1741) Revisited: Being a Fair
and True Account of the Views of Certain well Respected Authors on Publishing, Pyracy
and Propertie in the Eighteenth Century (19 pages, 2020)
● Zvi Rosen, Some Adventures in the Origins of Motion Picture Copyright (blogpost, 2020)
● Nandita Saikia, Copyright Crimes in Colonial and Contemporary Times (blogpost, 2020)
● Prashant Reddy, Our new book on the history & politics of Indian IP & a free e-book on
Indian copyright legislation and parliamentary debates, (blogpost, 2017).
● Prashant Reddy, Dinkar on Copyright Law and Its Importance in a Democracy (Blogpost,
2017)
● Shamnad Basheer, The Pure Joy (Anand) of Creativity: The Story of India’s First “John
Doe” (Blogpost, 2016)
● Elena Cooper, Ronan Deazley, Interrogating Copyright History (10 pages, 2016).
● Orit Fischman-Afori, The Evolution of Copyright Law and Inductive Speculation as to Its
Future (241-257, 2012).
● Shubha Ghosh, A roadmap for TRIPS: copyright and film in Colonial and Independent
India (17 pages) (2011)
● Frank Thadeusz, No Copyright Law: The Real Reason for Germany’s Industrial
Expansion? (webpage, 2010)
● Edward Samuels, The Illustrated Story of Copyright (2000) (web-book)
● James G. Siva, Copyright Protection of Biotechnology Works: Into the Dustbin of History?
(12 pages, 2000)
● Martha Woodmansee, On the Author Effect: Recovering Collectivity (15 pages, 1992).
LONG READINGS:
● CIPIL, Univ of Cambridge, Primary sources on Copyright (1450-1900) (extensive web
resource)
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● Rebecca Schoff Curtin, Lockes (own) literary property (29 pages, 2020)
● Shyamkrishna Balganesh and Taisu Zhang, Legal Internalism in Modern Histories of
Copyright, Pg. 8-26 (72 page, 2020)
● Elena Cooper, Sheona Burrow, Photographic Copyright and the Intellectual Property
Enterprise Court In Historical Perspective (60 pages, 2019)
● Brian L. Frye, The Stolen Poem of Saint Moling (22 pages, 2019)
● Jeremy de Beer; Jeremiah Baarbé; Caroline B. Ncube, Evolution of Africa's Intellectual
Property Treaty Ratification Landscape (webpage, 2018)
● Caterina Sganga, The theoretical framework of copyright propertization (33 pages, 2018)
● Jessica Litman, Digital Copyright (208 pages, 2017)
● Elena Cooper, Ronan Deazley (eds), What is the Point of Copyright History? Reflections
on Copyright at Common Law in 1774 by H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui (88 pages, 2016).
● Rahul Cherian Jacob, Sam Taraporevala & Shamnad Basheer, The Disability Exception
and the Triumph of New Rights Advocacy (32 pages, 2012).
● Alexander Peukert: The Colonial Legacy of the International Copyright System (36 Pages,
2012)
● Prashant Reddy, The Background Score To The Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 (60
pages, 2012)
● Richard Rogers Bowker, Copyright: Its History And Its Law Chapter 1, page 1-41)
(Webbook, 462 pages, 2012)
● Ronan Deazley, Martin Kretschmer, Lionel Bently (eds): Privilege and Property: Essays
on the History of Copyright (Open Book Publishers 2010), (Chapter-1 pg. 21-50) (454
pages - Collection of 15 essays) (2010)
● Robert Spoo, Erza Pound’s Copyright Statute: Perpetual Rights and the Problem of Heirs
(60 pages, 2009)
● Lionel Bently, Copyright, Translations, and Relations between Britain and India in the
Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (61 pages, 2007)
● Pamela Samuelson, Copyright and Freedom of Expression in Historical Perspective (27
pages, 2003)
● Shubha Ghosh, Deprivatizing Copyright (111 pages, 2003)
● Jane C. Ginsburg, A Tale of Two Copyrights: Literary Property in Revolutionary France
and America (42 pages, 1990).
b. Patents - History and Evolution
SHORT READINGS:
● USC Gould School of Law: Infographics on History of Patent Law (infographic).
● Vishwas Devaiah: A History of Patent Law (Blogpost).
● Indian Patent Office: History of Indian Patent System (web page).
● Swaraj Barooah, The Ping-Ponging Paradigm of Patenting Computer Programmes in
India (“Software Patenting” 1999-2020),(blogpost, 2020).
● Stefania Fusco: Murano Glass Vase by Stefania Fusco (6 pages, 2019).
● Devika Agarwal, Blast from the Past: Einstein & Thomas Jefferson were patent-
examiners! (blogpost, 2014).
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● Spadika Jayaraj, Justice VR Krishna Iyer’s IPR Legacy: S.3(d) of the Indian Patent Act
(blogpost, 2014).
● Prashant Reddy, From the Archives: Official documents from the 1999 Indo-American
Pharmaceutical Patents trade dispute before the WTO (Blogpost, 2012).
● Prashant Reddy, Pages from history: The mysterious legislative history of Section 3(d)
(blog, 2011).
● Prashant Reddy, Pages from history: Ambassador Sen’s contributions to the debate on
India’s new patent law in the year 2005 (blog, 2011).
● Prashant Reddy, The role of the Examiner and the Controller in the Patent Office; Pages
from History (blog, 2010).
● Shamnad Basheer, 'Policy Style' Reasoning at the Indian Patent Office, (16 pages, 2005).
● J Rajagopala Ayyangar, Report on the revision of the patents law (pages 11-20, as well as
select portions from other chapters, 1959).
LONG READINGS:
● Jeffrey A. Lefstin, Neilson v. Harford: Shape and Form in Patent Law (35 pages, 2020)
● John N. Adams, History of the patent system (25 pages, 2019)
● Nneamaka Vanni, Narratives and counter-narratives in pharmaceutical patent law
making : experiences from 3 developing countries (293 pages, 2016) (chapter 3-5 in
particular); can be r/w https://www.afronomicslaw.org/category/analysis/brazil-
juridical-state-review-amaka-vannis-patent-games-global-south and
https://www.afronomicslaw.org/category/analysis/review-chapter-5-india-little-acorns-
mighty-oaks
● Sa Yu, Political Privilege, Legal Right, or Public Policy Tool? A History of the Patent
System (40 pages, 2009)
● Christine Macleod: Patents for invention: setting the stage for the British industrial
revolution? (22 pages) (2009)
● Craig Allen Nard, History and Architecture of the Patent System, (Chapter-1 pg. 1-48,
2008)
● Janice Mueller, The Tiger Awakens: The Tumultuous Transformation of India's Patent
System and the Rise of Indian Pharmaceutical Innovation, (pages 504-531, 2007)
● Mario Biagioli, From Print to Patents: Living on Instruments in Early Modern Europe (49
pages, 2006)
● Ikechi Mgbeoji: The Juridical Origins of the International Patent System: Towards a
Historiography of the Role of Patents in Industrialization (21 pages, 2003)
● Mark D. Janis, Patent Abolitionism (54 pages, 2002).
● Chauncey Smith, A Century of Patent Law (27 pages, 1890).
c. Trademarks - History and Evolution
SHORT READINGS:
● Aparajita Lath, The Grand Old Indian Trade Marks Register, (1877-1881) Episode 1, (1881-
1920s) Episode 2, (1920-1940) Episode 3 (1920-1940). (3 blog posts , 2021).
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● Michael Birnhack, Colonial Trademarks: Law and Nationality in Mandate Palestine, 1922-
1948 pages, 1-5, 8-10, 14-29 (31 pages, 2020).
● Shamnad Basheer, McCarthyism in Indian IP (blogpost, 2018).
● Margaret Ann Wilkinson, What is the role of new technologies in tensions in intellectual
property (pg 12-13) (27 pages, 2018).
● Patricio Sáiz and Rafael Castro, Trademarks in branding: Legal issues and commercial
practices (Pages 1105-1117) (23 pages, 2018).
● Jane C. Ginsburg, Intellectual Property as Seen by Barbie and Mickey: The Reciprocal
Relationship of Copyright and Trademark Law (Pages 3-11, 2017).
● Dima Basma, The Nature, Scope,and Limits of Modern Trademark Protection:A Luxury
Fashion Industry Perspective, Pages (94-99) (431 pages, 2016).
● Megan M. Carpenter, Contextual Healing: What to Do About Scandalous Trademarks and
Lanham Act 2(a) (pg 6-19) (45 pages, 2016).
● Graeme W. Austin, Introduction: The Inevitability of “Territorial Challenges” in Trade
Mark Law (12 pages, 2014).
● Dr. Shoen Ono: Chapter 2- The History And Development Of Trademark Law (17 pages)
in Overview of Japanese Trademark Law (1999).
● Benjamin G. Paster: Trademarks: Their Early History (Part I) (22 pages, 1969).
● Felix Cohen: Transcendental Nonsense and the Functional Approach (3 pages, 1935).
● Edward S. Rogers: Some Historical Matter concerning Trade-Marks (16 pages, 1910).
LONG READINGS:
● Zvi S. Rosen, In the shadow of the trade-mark cases: The 1881 trademark act and the
supreme court (39 pages, 2020)
● Megan Richardson, Julian Thomas and Jill Klein, From ‘Oomoo’ to ‘Oro’: nostalgia labels
and cultural policy on the Australian trade marks register (23 pages, 2019)
● Christine Farley, The Trademark Provisions in the TRIPS Agreement (37 pages, 2016)
● Annette Kur, Convergence Afterall? A Comparative View on the U.S. and EU Trademark
System in the Light of the “Trade Mark Study” (21 pages, 2012)
● Sam Foster Halabi International Trademark Protection and Global Public Health: A Just-
Compensation Regime for Expropriations and Regulatory Takings ( 58 pages, 2012)
● James E. Darnton, The Coming Of Age Of The Global Trademark: The Effect Of Trips On
The Well-known Marks Exception To The Principle Of Territoriality (22 pages, 2011)
● John Mercer, A Mark of Distinction: Branding and Trade Mark Law in the UK from the
1860s (46 Pages, 2009)
● Mark P. McKenna: The Normative Foundations of Trademark Law (79 pages, 2007)
● Ross Housewright: Early Development of American Trademark Law (25 pages, 2007)
● Lionel A. F. Bently, From Communication to Thing: Historical Aspects of the
Conceptualisation of Trade Marks as Property (49 pages, 2008)
● Robert G. Bone, Hunting Goodwill: A History of the Concept of Goodwill in Trademark
Law (pages: 93, 2005)
● Charles L. Miller II: A Cultural and Historical Perspective to Trademark Law Enforcement
in China (25 pages, 2004)
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● Spyros M. Maniatis: The Communicative Aspects Of Trade Marks: A Legal, Functional
And Economic Analysis (Chapter II: A synopsis of Trademarks history) (23 pages, 1998)
● Keith M. Stolte, How Early Did Anglo-American Trademark Law Begin? An Answer to
Schechter's Conundrum (44 pages, 1997)
● Charles Augustus McClure: How Brand Names Brand Societies: A Comparative Study of
Brand Names Registered in Selected English-Speaking Countries 1870-1980 (185 pages,
1985)
d. Traditional Knowledge - History and Evolution
SHORT READINGS:
● Andrea Zappalaglio, Traditional Knowledge: Emergence and History of the Concept at
International Level (10 Pages, 2013)
● Dick Kawooya, Ethical Implications of IP in Africa (17 pages, 2013)
● Rosemary J. Coombe, Protecting Traditional Environmental Knowledge and New Social
Movements in the Americas: Intellectual Property, Human Right or Claims to an
Alternative Form of Sustainable Development (19 pages, 2005).
● R. A. Mashelkar, Intellectual property rights and the Third World (11 pages, 2005)
LONG READINGS:
● Evana Wright, Traditional knowledge: why and how should we protect it? (45 pages, 2020)
● William Fisher, The Puzzle of Traditional Knowledge (68 pages, 2018)
● Peter Drahos and Susy Frankel, Indigenous peoples’ innovation Intellectual Property
Pathways to Development, Chapter 1 Pg 1-28 (276 pages, 2012)
● Stephen R.Munzer and Kal Raustiala, The Uneasy Case For Intellectual Property Rights
In Traditional Knowledge (61 pages, 2009)
● John Kiggundu, Intellectual Property Law and the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge
(22 pages, 2007)
● Madhavi Sunder, The Invention of Traditional Knowledge (28 pages, 2007).
● Chika B. Onwuekwe, The Commons Concept and Intellectual Property Rights Regime:
Whither Plant Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge? (27 pages, 2007).
● Olufunmilayo Arewa, Trips and Traditional Knowledge: Local Communities, Local
Knowledge, and Global Intellectual Property Frameworks (Trips Symposium) (27 pages,
2006).
● Sophia Twarog, Promila Kapoor (eds), Protecting and Promoting Traditional Knowledge:
Systems, National Experiences and International Dimensions (Collection of 46 essays -
420 pages, 2004).
● Srividhya Ragavan. "Protection of Traditional Knowledge" (60 pages, 2001).
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e. Geographical Indications - History and Evolution
SHORT READINGS:
● Christine Haight Farley, Looking Beyond the Known Story: How the Prehistory of
Protection of Geographical Indications in the Americas Provides an Alternate Approach
(23 pages, 2017)
● Susy Frankel, Geographical Indications and Mega-Regional Trade Agreements and
Negotiations (12 pages, 2017)
● Jayashree Watal and Antony Taubman (eds), The Making of the TRIPS Agreement
Personal Insights from the Uruguay Round Negotiations (Pg 116-117; 147-148; 178; 278);
(2015).
● Christine Haight Farley, The Protection of Geographical Indications in the Inter-American
Convention (11 pages,2014).
LONG READINGS:
● Andrea Marescotti, Xiomara F. Quinones-Ruiz, et all, Are Protected Geographical
Indications Evolving Due to Environmentally Related Justifications? An Analysis of
Amendments in the Fruit & Vegetable Sector in the European Union (19 pages, 2020).
● Dev S. Gangjee, From Geography to History: Geographical Indications and the
Reputational Link (25 pages ,2017).
● Daniela Benavente, The Economics Of Geographical Indications, Chapter 1 – Introduction
to Geographical Indications: Origin and Characteristics, (webpage, 2013).
● Kasturi Das, Protection of Geographical Indications: An Overview of Select Issues with
Particular Reference to India (71 pages, 2007).
● Ruth L. Okediji, The International Intellectual Property Roots of Geographical Indications
(38 pages, 2007).
● WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Design, and
Geographical Indications, Geographical Indications: Historical Background, Nature of
Rights, Existing Systems for Protection and Obtaining Effective Protection in Other
Countries (37 pages, 2001).
● Christine Haight Farley, Conflict Between the U.S. Law and International Treaties
Concerning Geographical Indications (18 pages, 2000).
f. Plant Variety
SHORT READINGS:
● Divya Sampath, Bridging the Gap Between the Developing and Developed Worlds: An
Analysis of International IP Instruments in Agriculture Policy (13 pages, 2019)
● European IPR Helpdesk, Fact Sheet Plant Variety Protection (16 pages, 2018)
● ISSD Africa, Creating Space for ‘Informal’ Seed Systems in a Plant Variety Protection
System That is Based on UPOV 1991 (12 pages, 2017)
● Reem Anwar Ahmed Raslan, Re-examining the Public Interest Component of IPRs With
Special Reference to Plant Breeders’ Rights (8 pages, 2013)
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● Mrinalini Kochupillai, The Indian PPV&FR Act, 2001: Historical and Implementation
Perspectives (14 pages, 2011)
● Dr. Rolf Jordens, Benefits of Plant Variety Protection (webpage, 2010)
● Enrico Bonadio, Crop Breeding and Intellectual Property in the Global Village (6 pages,
2007)
LONG READINGS:
● Tilahun Hindeya, TRIPS, Plant Varieties and the Right to Food: A Case Study of Ethiopia’s
Legal Regime on Protection of Plant Varieties (33 pages, 2014)
● Rajeshwari Kanniah, Christoph Antons, Plant Variety Protection and Traditional
Knowledge in the Southeast Asia (23 pages, 2012)
● Mohammad Towhidul Islam, Linking Intellectual Property Rights with Plant Genetic
Resources: Myths and Realities for Food Security in Least Developed Countries such as
Bangladesh (35 pages, 2012).
● Christoph Antons, Sui Generis Protection of Plant Varieties and Traditional Knowledge in
Biodiversity and Agriculture: The International Framework and National Approaches in
Philippines and India (52 pages, 2010).
II. Theoretical justifications and underpinnings
SHORT READINGS:
● Siva Thambisetty, Liza's Bucket: Intellectual Property and the Metamodern Impulse (20
pages, 2020)
● Caterina Sganga, The theoretical framework of copyright propertization (pg 18-32) (33
pages, 2018).
● e-Pathshala: Vishwas Devaiah, Theoretical Justifications for Intellectual Property (Click
on Paper p10, Module M03) (10 pages, 2015).
● Mark A. Lemley, Faith-Based Intellectual Property (19 pages, 2015).
● Amy Kapczynski, The Cost of Price: Why and How to Get Beyond Intellectual Property
Internalism (pg 972-980) (58 pages, 2012).
● Seana Shiffrin Intellectual Property (17 Pages, 2007).
LONG READINGS:
● Elizabeth L. Rosenblatt: Intellectual Property's Negative Space: Beyond the Utilitarian (48
pages, 2013).
● Molly Shaffer Van Houweling: Intellectual Property as Property (25 pages, 2009).
● Jessica Silbey: The Mythical Beginnings of Intellectual Property (72 pages ,2007).
● Madhavi Sunder, IP3 (77 pages, 2006).
● William Fisher - Theories of IP (29 pages, 2001).
● Peter Menell - IP: General Theories (60 pages, 1999).
● Peter Drahos, A Philosophy of Intellectual Property (B0ok; 210 pages, 1996).
● Justin Hughes - Philosophy of IP (73 pages, 1988).
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a. Utilitarian theory/Economics of IP
SHORT READINGS:
● Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Intellectual Property Read: Section 3.1 The
Utilitarian Incentives-Based Argument for Intellectual Property (webpage, 2018)
● Terry Hart: The “Fallacy of Intellectual Property” Fallacy (webpage, 2011)
● Brian D. Wright: The Economics of Invention Incentives: Patents, Prizes, and Research
Contracts (18 pages, 1983)
● Edmund W. Kitch: The Nature and Function of the Patent System (14 pages, 1977)
● Kenneth J. Arrow :Economic Welfare and the Allocation of Resources for Invention (19
pages, 1962)
LONG READINGS:
● A. Samuel Oddi: Un-Unified Economic Theories of Patents--The Not-Quite-Holy Grail,
(63 Pages,2014).
● Eric E. Johnson, Intellectual Property and the Incentive Fallacy (60 pages, 2012).
● Jeanne C Fromer, ‘Expressive Incentive in Intellectual Property Rights’ (81 pages, 2012).
(80 pages, 2012).
● John P. Conley, Christopher S. Yoo, Nonrivalry and Price Discrimination in Copyright
Economics, (30 pages, 2009).
● Joseph E. Stiglitz, Economic Foundations of Intellectual Property Rights (32 pages, 2008).
● Richard Posner, Intellectual Property: The Law and Economics Approach (21 pages,
2005).
● Michael Abramowicz, Perfecting Patent Prizes (127 pages, 2003).
● Nancy Gallini, Suzanne Scotchmer, Intellectual Property: When Is It the Best Incentive
System? (27 pages, 2002).
● Mark A. Lemley, The Economics of Improvement in Intellectual Property Law (105 Pages
1997).
● Neil Weinstock Netanel, Copyright and a Democratic Civil Society, (106 pages, 1996).
● Patrick Croskery, Institutional Utilitarianism and IP (29 pages, 1993).
● Suzanne Scotchmer, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Cumulative Research and the
Patent Law (40 pages, 1991).
b. Natural Rights Theory
SHORT READINGS:
● Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Lockean Justifications of Intellectual Property
(Section 3.2) (webpage, 2018).
● Jose Bellido: Review of Helena R Howe and Jonathan Griffiths (eds)’ Concepts of Property
in Intellectual Property (10 pages, 2014).
● W. E Simonds, Natural Right of Property in Intellectual Production (10 pages, 1891).
● John Locke: Two Treatises of Government (Read Chapter V- “of property” from page 115
onwards) (1689).
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LONG READINGS:
● Adam Mossoff: Saving Locke from Marx: The Labor Theory of Value in Intellectual
Property Theory (51 pages 2012).
● Carys J. Craig, Locke, Labour, and Limiting the Author’s Right: A Warning Against a
Lockean Approach to Copyright Law (31 pages, 2002).
● Wendy J. Gordon: A Property Right in Self-Expression: Equality and Individualism in the
Natural Law of Intellectual Property (73 pages, 1993).
● Jeremy Waldron: From Authors to Copiers: Individual Rights and Social Values in
Intellectual Property (43 pages, 1993).
c. Personality theory
SHORT READINGS:
● Justin Hughes, Philosophy of IP (Pg 28-50) (73 pages, 1988)
LONG READINGS:
● Christopher S. Yoo, Rethinking Copyright and Personhood, (41 pages, 2019)
● Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Personality-Based Justifications of Intellectual
Property (Section 3.1) (webpage, 2018)
● Peter Drahos, A Philosophy of Intellectual Property (pg. 85-109) (24 pages, 2016)
● Jeanne L. Schroeder, Unnatural Rights: Hegel And Intellectual Property (49 pages, 2004)
VIDEOS:
● William Fisher, Fairness and Personality Theories: (Video)
d. “Social Planning” theory
SHORT READINGS:
● Estelle Derclaye, Tim Taylor: Happy IP: Aligning Intellectual Property Rights With Well-
Being (13 pages, 2015)
LONG READINGS:
● Christopher Buccafusco and Jonathan Masur- IP Law and the Promotion of Welfare (27
pages, 2017)
● Shubha Ghosh The Fable of the Commons: Exclusivity and the Construction of Intellectual
Property Markets (36 pagees, 2007)
● Keith Aoki, Distributive and Syncretic Motives in Intellectual Property Law (with Special
Reference to Coercion, Agency, and Development) (85 pages, 2007).
● Rosemary J. Coombe, "Objects of Property and Subjects of Politics: Intellectual Property
Laws and Democratic Dialogue," Texas Law Review 69 (29 pages, 1991).
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III. Counter-enclosure movements (terms loosely and
approximately used)
a. Public Domain / Commons
SHORT READINGS:
● Jason B Scott: Intellectual Property Subversion: Rethinking Creativity and Ownership
(2019)
● Kristofer Erickson, Paul Heald, Fabian Homberg, Martin Kretschmer and Dinusha
Mendis, Copyright and the Value of the Public Domain (webpage, 2015).
● Richard M. Stallman: Did you say ‘Intellectual Property’? It’s a Seductive Mirage (3 pages,
2006)
● Cori Hayden, The PROPER COPY The insides and outsides of domains made public (9
pages, 2010)
LONG READINGS:
● Yochai Benkler, Peer Production, the Commons, and the Future of the Firm (11 pages,
2016).
● Kristofer Erickson, Paul Heald, Fabian Homberg, Martin Kretschmer and Dinusha
Mendis, Copyright and the Value of the Public Domain (93 pages, 2015).
● Leslie Chan and Sely Costa, Participation in the global knowledge commons: challenges
and opportunities for research dissemination in developing countries (webpage, 2015).
● James Boyle: The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (333 pages, 2008).
● Shubha Ghosh, The Fable of the Commons: Exclusivity and the Construction of
Intellectual Property Markets (36 pages, 2007).
● Pamela Samuelson, Enriching Discourse on Public Domains (52 pages, 2006).
● Niva Elkin-Koren, What Contracts Can't Do: The Limits of Private Ordering in Facilitating
a Creative Commons (67 pages, 2005).
● Anupam Chander & Madhavi Sunder, The Romance of the Public Domain (44 pages,
2o04).
● James Boyle: The Second Enclosure Movement And The Construction Of The Public
Domain (42 pages, 2003).
● Yochai Benkler, Through the Looking Glass: Alice and the Constitutional Foundation of
the Public Domain (52 pages, 2003).
● Yochai Benkler, Property, Commons, and the First Amendment:Towards a Core Common
Infrastructure (84 pages, 2001).
● David Lange: Recognizing the Public Domain (32 pages, 1991).
● Jessica D. Litman, The Public Domain (60 pages, 1990).
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b. Open Source / Open Access
SHORT READINGS:
● Arul George Scaria, Is Copyright a Hindrance for Open Access in India? (blog, 2020)
● Arul George Scaria, Rishika Rangarajan- Fine-tuning the Intellectual Property
Approaches to Fostering Open Science: Some Insights from India (14 Pages 2016)
● Richard Van Noorden, Open access: The true cost of science publishing (webpage, 2013)
● Matthew L. Smith and Katherine M. A. Reilly, Open Development Networked Innovations
in International Development, Chapter 2 The Emergence of Open Development in a
Network Society (Web-book, 2012)
● Siva Vaidyanathan, Open Source as Culture-Culture as Open Source (8 pages, 2005)
● Leslie Chan, Barbara Kirsop, Subbaiah Arunachalam, Open Access Archiving: The Fast
Track to Building Research Capacity in Developing Countries (14 pages, 2005)
● Leslie Chan, Barbara Kirsop, Sely Costa, Subbaiah Arunachalam, Improving Access to
Research Literature in Developing Countries (12 pages, 2005)
LONG READINGS:
● V. K Unni, Fifty Years of Open Source Movement: An Analysis through the Prism of
Copyright Law (2016, 30 pages)
● Carys J. Craig, The Canadian Public Domain: What, Where, and to What End? (21 pages,
2010)
● David W. Opderbeck, The Penguin's Paradox: The Political Economy of International
Intellectual Property and the Paradox of Open Intellectual Property Models (60 pages,
2008)
c. Access to Knowledge
LONG READINGS:
● Caroline B. Ncube, Blake E. Reid, Desmond O. Oriakhogba Beyond the Marrakesh VIP
Treaty: Typology of copyright access‐enabling provisions for persons with disabilities (17
pages, 2020)
● Aileen Fyfe, The Production, Circulation, Consumption, and Ownership of Scientific
Knowledge: Historical Perspectives (23 pages, 2020)
● Joe Karaganis: Shadow Libraries: Access to Knowledge in Global Higher Education (321
pages, 2018)
● Michael J. Madison, Brett M. Frischmann, Katherine J. Strandburg: Knowledge Commons
(2019) (24 pages, 2018)
● Tobias Schonwetter, Caroline Ncube, New Hope for Africa? Copyright and Access to
Knowledge in the Digital Age (21 pages, 2011).
● Paul Stacey and Sarah Hinchliff Pearson, Made With Creative Commons (176 pages, 2011).
● Ramesh Subramanian and Lea Shaver, Access to Knowledge in India New Research on
Intellectual Property, Innovation & Development (2011).
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● Gaëlle Krikorian and Amy Kapczynski, Access to knowledge in the age of intellectual
property (652 pages, 2010).
● Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss, The Role of India, China, Brazil and Other Emerging
Economies in Establishing Access norms for Intellectual Property and Intellectual
Property Lawmaking (30 pages, 2009).
● Amy Kapczynski, The Access to Knowledge Mobilization and the New Politics of
Intellectual Property (82 pages, 2008).
● Margaret Chon Intellectual Property “from Below”: Copyright and Capability for
Education (52 pages, 2007).
● Lawrence Lessig, The Future Of Ideas THE FATE OF THE COMMONS IN A CONNECTED
WORLD (368 pages, 2001).
VIDEOS:
● Lawrence Liang on the Copyright issue (2009).
● Larry Lessig, Laws that Choke Creativity (2007).
d. Access to Medicines
SHORT READINGS:
● Amy Kapczynski, The Right To Medicines In An Age Of Neoliberalism (webpage, 2019).
● Saeed Ahmadiani, Shekoufeh Nikfar, Challenges of Access to Medicine and the
Responsibility of Pharmaceutical Companies: A Legal Perspective (7 pages, 2016).
● Molly K. Land, Human Rights Frames in IP Contests (13 pages, 2013).
LONG READINGS:
● Siva Thambisetty, Improving Access to Patented Medicines: Are Human Rights Getting in
the Way? (30 pages, 2018)
● Anupam Chander and Madhavi Sunder, The Battle to Define Asia’s Intellectual Property
Law: From TPP to RCEP (33 pages, 2018)
● Srividhya Ragavan, The (Re)newed Barrier to Access to Medication: Data Exclusivity (35
pages, 2017)
● Roger Magnusson, “Chapter 15: Access to essential medicines, TRIPS and the patent
system” of the Report titled “Advancing the right to health: the vital role of law” (25 pages,
2017)
● Monirul Azam: Intellectual Property And Public Health In The Developing World (346
pages, 2016)
● Hannah Brennan, Amy Kapczynski, Christine Monahan, Zain Rizvi, A Prescription for
Excessive Drug Pricing: Leveraging Government Patent Use for Health (80 pages, 2016)
● Hannah Brennan, Rebecca Distler, Miriam Hinman, Alix Rogers, A Human Rights
Approach to Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines (73 Pages Posted: 29 Sep 2013
Last revised: 26 Feb 2014)
● Cynthia M Ho: A History of Access to Medicine Through the Lens of Patent Perspectives
(31 pages, 2011).
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● Cynthia M Ho: Global Access to Medicine: The Influence of Competing Patent
Perspectives (83 pages, 2011).
● Willaim Fisher and Talha Syed: A Prize System as a Partial Solution to the Health Crisis
in the Developing World (58 pages, 2010).
● Dianne Nicol, Jane Nielsen: Opening the dam: patent pools, innovation and access to
essential medicines (28 pages, 2010).
● Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss: TRIPS and Essential Medicines: Must One Size Fit All? Making
the WTO Responsive to the Global Health Crisis (29 pages, 2009).
● Martin Khor, Patents, Compulsory Licences and Access to Medicines: Some Recent
Experiences, (27 pages, 2007).
● Ellen ‘t Hoen, Private Patents and Public Health: Changing intellectual property rules for
access to medicines (194 pages, 2006).
● Frederick M. Abbott: The WTO Medicines Decision: World Pharmaceutical Trade And The
Protection Of Public Health (42 pages, 2005).
● Amy Kapczynski, Samantha Chaifetz, Zachary Katz, Yochai Benkler, Addressing Global
Health Inequities: An Open Licensing Approach for University Innovations (84 pages,
2005).
● Shamnad Basheer and Mrinalini Kochupillai, The ‘Compulsory Licence’ Regime in India:
Past, Present and Future (53 pages, 2005).
● Jean 0. Lanjouw, Intellectual Property and the Availability of Pharmaceuticals in Poor
Countries (41 pages, 2003).
● James Love, Compulsory Licensing: Models for State Practices in Developing Countries,
Access to Medicine and Compliance with the WTO TRIPS (32 pages, 2001).
VIDEO:
● Amy Kapczynski Prescription Politics
● TRIPS Conference: Ensuring Access to Essential Medicines
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Chapter 2: Approaches to IP / IP Lenses
I. IP and Innovation
SHORT READINGS:
● Shobita Parthasarathy Innovation Policy, Structural Inequality, and COVID-19 (2020)
● Kiran George, Invention vs. Innovation in Russia (Blogpost, 2015)
● Mariana Mazzucato, It’s a Myth That Entrepreneurs Drive New Technology (webpage,
2013).
● Shamnad Basheer, Informal IP: From the Green Revolution to the Neem Revolution
(Blogpost, 2008)
● Peter Drahos, “Patent Reform for Innovation and Risk Management: A Separation
of Powers Approach.” (11 pages, 2007).
● Jeffery Sachs, The Global Innovation Divide (11 pages, 2003).
● Michael A. Heller, Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Can Patents Deter Innovation? The
Anticommons in Biomedical Research (5 pages, 1998).
LONG READINGS:
● Bronwyn H. Hall, Patents, Innovation, and Development (32 Pages, 2020)
● Daniel J. Hemel and Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Innovation Policy Pluralism (71 pages,
2019)
● Ove Granstrand, Innovation, IP and intellectual capitalism (39 pages, 2018)
● Sunil Kanwar and Bronwyn H. Hall, The Market Value of R&D in Emerging Economies:
Evidence from India (22 pages, 2017)
● Nishantha Sampath Punchi Hewage, Promoting a Second-Tier Protection Regime for
Innovation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in South Asia (333 pages, 2015)
● Shamnad Basheer, Alternative Incentives for Pharmaceutical Innovation (51 Pages, 2014)
● Sudip Chaudhuri, Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation: MNCs In Pharmaceutical
Industry in India after TRIPS (25 pages, 2014)
● Jeremy De Beer, Chris Armstrong, Chidi Oguamanam & Tobias Schonwetter, Innovation
and Intellectual Property: Collaborative Dynamics in Africa (408 pages, 2014)
● Cynthia M. Ho: Drugged Out: How Cognitive Bias Hurts Drug Innovation (90 pages, 2014)
● Amy Kapczynski, Talha Syed, The Continuum of Excludability and the Limits of Patents
(65 pages, 2013)
● Petra Moser, Patents and Innovation: Evidence from Economic History (24 pages, 2013)
● Graham Dutfield, Uma Suthersanen, The Innovation Dilemma: Intellectual Property and
the Historical Legacy of Cumulative Creativity (44 pages, 2004).
● Keith E. Maskus and Jerome H. Reichman, The Globalization of Private Knowledge Goods
and the Privatization of Global Public Goods (36 pages, 2004).
● Jaime Aboites, Mario Cimoli, Intellectual Property Rights and National Innovation
Systems: Some Lessons from the Mexican Experience (17 pages, 2002)
● Richard Nelson, The Market Economy, and the Scientific Commons (41 pages, 2003)
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● William Fisher Intellectual Property And Innovation: Theoretical, Empirical, And
Historical Perspectives (29 pages, 2001).
a. IP and social innovation
SHORT READINGS:
● Roberto Unger, The Task of the Social Innovation Movement (19 pages, 2015)
LONG READINGS:
● Eric Von Hippel, ‘Democratizing Innovation’ (220 pages, 2005) and ‘Free Innovation’
(242 pages, 2017).
● Anil Gupta, Anamika Dey & Gurdeep Singh, Connecting corporations and communities:
Towards a theory of social inclusive open innovation (webpage, 2017).
● Peter Lee, Social Innovation, (72 pages, 2014).
b. IP and grassroots/informal innovation
SHORT READINGS:
● The Informal Economy in Developing Nations: Hidden Engine of Innovation ? - New
economic insights and policies (16 slides PPT, 2017).
● Shobita Parthasarathy “Grassroots Innovation Systems for a Post-Carbon World:
Promoting Economic Democracy, Environmental Sustainability, and the Public Interest.”
(7 pages, 2017).
● Anil K. Gupta, Grassroots to Global: Online Incubation of Grassroots Innovations based
Enterprises (19 pages, 2017).
● Shobita Parthasarathy, Fostering grassroots innovation: Lessons India can teach
Michigan (webpage. 2016).
● Aparajita Lath, From ‘informal’ to ‘in demand’: Commercialising grassroots innovation?
(blog, 2016).
● Anamika Dey and Anil Gupta, Empathetic innovations for sustainable communities:
Heuristics for extremely affordable innovations, (17 pages, 2016).
● Anil Gupta, The grassroots innovators (webpage, 2013).
● Anil K. Gupta, Innovations for the poor by the poor (12 pages, 2012).
● Shamnad Basheer, “Informal” India and the Romanticisation of Innovation (blog, 2010).
● Anil K. Gupta, Linking Vertical and Horizontal Markets for Innovations at
Grassroots:Sustainability Imperative Sustainability Imperative, (12 pages, 2009).
LONG READINGS:
● Anil K. Gupta, Anamika R. Dey, Chintan Shinde, Hiranmay Mahanta, Chetan Patel,
Ramesh Patel, Nirmal Sahay, Balram Sahu, P. Vivekanandan, Sundaram Verma, P.
Ganesham, Vivek Kumar, Vipin Kumar, Mahesh Patel & Pooja Tole, Theory of open
inclusive innovation for reciprocal, responsive and respectful outcomes: coping creatively
with climatic and institutional risks, (webpage,2016)
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● Jeremy de Beer, Kun Fu, Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, The Informal Economy, Innovation and
Intellectual Property: Concepts, Metrics and Policy Considerations (76 pages, 2013)
● Langon Winner: Do Artifacts have Politics? (17 pages, 1920)
VIDEO:
● Shobita Parthasarathy, Understanding the New Credibility Regimes of Development
(2019).
● Anil Gupta, India's hidden hotbeds of invention; Adrian Smith, Shamnad Basheer: Session
on portfolio of incentives including IPR and open source instruments (discussion on
grassroot innovation: Appropriation regimes?).
II. IP and Development
SHORT READINGS:
● Peter Yu, 5 decades of IP and global development (11 pages, 2016).
● Mario Cimoli, Giovanni Dosi, Keith E. Maskus, Ruth L. Okediji, and Jerome H. Reichman,
The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Developing Countries: Some Conclusions (17
pages, 2014).
● Susy Frankel, Emerging Regulatory Issues: Intellectual Property and Global Value
Chains"(5 pages, 2014).
● Peter Yu, Intellectual Property Geographics (16 pages, 2014).
● Caroline B. Ncube, The Development of Intellectual Property Policies in Africa - Some Key
Considerations and a Research Agenda (5 pages, 2013).
● Anthipi Pouris, Anastassios Pouris, Patents and Economic Development in South Africa:
Managing Intellectual Property Rights (10 pages, 2011).
● Anupam Chander & Madhavi Sunder, Is Nozick Kicking Rawls’s Ass? Intellectual Property
and Social Justice (17 pages, 2007).
● Nagesh Kumar, Intellectual Property Rights, Technology and Economic Development
Experiences of Asian Countries (17 pages, 2003).
LONG READINGS
● Anupam Chander and Madhavi Sunder, The Battle to Define Asia’s Intellectual Property
Law: From TPP to RCEP (33 pages, 2018).
● James T. Gathii, Strength in Intellectual Property Protection and Foreign Direct
Investment Flows in Least Developed Countries (57 pages, 2016).
● Caroline B. Ncube, Harnessing Intellectual Property for Development: Some Thoughts on
an Appropriate Theoretical Framework (28 pages, 2013)
● Peter K. Yu, International Intellectual Property Scholars Series: Intellectual Property and
Asian Values (72 pages, 2012)
● Shamnad Basheer and Annalisa Primi, The WIPO Development Agenda: Factoring in the
“Technologically Proficient” Developing Countries, (18 pages, 2009).
● Margaret Chon, Intellectual Property and the Development Divide, (93 pages, 2006)
● Daniel J. Gervais: Intellectual Property, Trade & Development: The State of Play (34
pages, 2005).
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● UNCTAD-ICTSD, Resource Book on TRIPS and Development (894 pages, 2005).
● Martin Khor, Intellectual Property, Competition and Development (42 pages, 2005)
● Enyinna S. Nwauche, A Development Oriented Intellectual Property Regime for Africa (35
pages, 2005).
● The Commission on IPRs, Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and Development
Policy, (191 pages, 2002)
VIDEOS
● Susan Sell, Pippa Hall, Daniel Gervais, Maximiliano Santa Cruz, "TRIPS 2.0? TRIPS as a
framework for development in the knowledge economy" (2:11:00 - 3:26:00).
III. IP and Climate Change
SHORT READINGS:
● Cristian Timmermann and Henk van den Belt, Climate change, intellectual property rights
and global justice (7 pages, 2012).
● Kavita Kapur, Climate Change, Intellectual Property, and the Scope of Human Rights
Obligations (10 pages, 2011).
● Bronwyn Hall, Christian Helmers, The role of patent protection in (clean/green)
technology transfer; (blogpost, 2010).
LONG READINGS:
● IP and Climate Change (Website)
● Matthew Rimmer, Beyond the Paris Agreement: Intellectual Property, Innovation Policy,
and Climate Justice (24 pages, 2019)
● Martin Khor, Climate Change, Technology And Intellectual Property Rights: Context And
Recent Negotiations (54 pages, 2012).
● Joshua D. Sarnoff, The Patent System and Climate Change (60 pages, 2011).
● Sangeeta Shashikant & Martin Khor, Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Issues
in the Context of Climate Change (80 pages, 2010).
● Bronwyn H. Hall and Christian Helmers, The Role of Patent Protection in (Clean/Green)
Technology Transfer (47 pages, 2010) (47 pages, 2010).
● Frederick Abbot, Innovation and Technology Transfer to Address Climate Change:
Lessons from the Global Debate on Intellectual Property and Public Health (52 Pages,
2009).
IV. IP and Health
LONG READINGS:
● Jennifer H.M Mike, Access to essential medicines to guarantee women's rights to health:
The pharmaceutical patents connection (45 pages, 2020).
● Judith Resnick et al, Part IV- Health, Medicines, And Constitutional Obligations in Global
Reconfigurations, Constitutional Obligations, and Everyday Life (302 pages, 2018).
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● Ryan G Vacca (et. al.) Intellectual Property and Public Health – A White Paper (23 Pages
Posted: 2 May 2013 Last revised: 19 Jun 2014).
● Swaraj Paul Barooah, India’s Pharmaceutical Innovation Policy: Developing Strategies for
Developing Country Needs (50 pages, 2013).
● Hannah Brennan, Rebecca Distler, Miriam Hinman, Alix Rogers, A Human Rights
Approach to Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines (73 pages, 2013).
● Thomas Pogge, The Health Impact Fund: Better Pharmaceutical Innovations at Much
Lower Prices (26 pages, 2009).
● Stephen P. Marks, Access to Essential Medicines as a Component of the Right to Health
(20 pages, 2009)
● Godber Tumushabe, John Mugabe, Health Equity, Innovation and Intellectual Rights in
Africa (from page 147 t0 166 of the pdf, 2009)
● Ellen ‘t Hoen, The Global Politics Of Pharmaceutical Monopoly Power (160 pages, 2009)
● Smita Srinivas, Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Healthcare: Unanswered
Questions in Theory and Policy (41 Pages, 2008)
● Cynthia M. Ho, A New World Order for Addressing Patent Rights and Public Health (47
pages, 2007)
● Sisule F. Musungu, The use of flexibilities in trips by developing countries can they
promote access to medicines (123 pages, 2005)
● Third World Network, Imports by and Exports to Countries with Insufficient or No
Manufacturing Capacities in the Pharmaceutical Sector (40 pages, 2005)
● Ramon Borrell and Jayashree Watal, Impact of Patents on Access to HIV/AIDS Drugs in
Developing Countries (3 pages, 2002)
● Third World Network, TRIPS, Drugs and Public Health: Issues and Proposals (46 pages,
2001)
VIDEO:
● Coursera Trade, Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Public Health by Jayashree Watal
(video).
V. IP and Competition / Anti-trust
SHORT READINGS:
● OECD, Licensing of IP rights and competition law – Note by India (9 pages 2019)
● Hanna Stakheyeva: Intellectual Property and Competition Law: Understanding the
Interplay (17 pages, 2018)
● Shamnad Basheer, IP vs Competition Law: Who Trumps Whom? (Here and here) (blog
posts, 2016)
● Murali Neelakantan, The Interplay between Competition Law and Intellectual Property
Rights in the Indian Healthcare Sector (21 Pages, 2015)
● Mihir Naniwadekar, Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law: Friends or Foes?
(blogpost, 2009)
● Shubha Ghosh, Intellectual Property Rights: The View From Competition Policy (8 pages,
2009)
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● Fredrick Abbott, Are the Competition Rules in the WTO TRIPS Agreement Adequate? (17
Pages, 2004)
LONG READINGS:
● Margaret Chon, Recasting Intellectual Property in Light of the U.N. Sustainable
Development Goals: Toward Knowledge Governance Development Goals: Toward
Knowledge Govern (24 pages ,2019).
● Fredrick Abbott: Excessive Pharmaceutical Prices and Competition Law: Doctrinal
Development to Protect Public Health (40 Pages, Written: 19 jan 2016 Last revised: 29
Jun 2017).
● B.N. Pandey, Prabhat Kumar Saha, Competition Flexibilities in the TRIPS Agreement:
Implications for Technology Transfer and Consumer Welfare (17 pages, 2015).
● Frederick M. Abbott, Sean Flynn, Carlos M. Correa, Jonathan Michael Berger, Natasha
Nayak, UNDP, Using Competition Law to Promote Access to Health Technologies: A
Guidebook for Low- and Middle-Income Countries (170 pages, 2014).
● Alice Pham, Competition law and Intellectual Property Rights: Controlling Abuse or Abuse
Controlling (56 pages, 2008).
● Jerome H. Reichman, Beyond the Historical Lines of Demarcation: Competition Law,
Intellectual Property Rights, and International Trade After the GATT's Uruguay Round,
(47 pages, 1993).
VI. IP Futures, Beyond IP, & IP and Human Rights
SHORT READINGS:
● Caroline B. Ncube, Blake E. Reid, Desmond O. Oriakhogba, Beyond the Marrakesh VIP
Treaty: Typology of copyright access-enabling provisions for persons with disabilities (18
pages, 2020)
● Anupam Chander and Madhavi Sunder, Dancing on the Grave of Copyright? (19 pages,
2019)
● Swaraj Paul Barooah, Faith (in IP) be damned! (But Happy World IP Day!) (Blogpost,
2015)
● Richard Stallman, Did You Say ‘Intellectual Property’? It’s a Seductive Mirage (3 pages,
2006)
LONG READINGS:
● IPO of the Future Think Tank, The IPO of the Future (46 pages, 2020)
● Rochelle C. Dreyfuss, The challenges facing IP systems: researching for the future (46
pages, 2020)
● Dinusha Mendis, Mark Lemley and Matthew Rimmer, From the Maker Movement to the
3D printing era: opportunities and challenges (29 pages, 2019)
● Daniel J. Hemel Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Innovation Policy Pluralism (71 pages, 2019)
● Stef van Gompel, Patent Abolition: A Real-Life Historical Case Study (47 pages, 2019)
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● Gustavo Ghidini, Conflicts of Interest, and Guiding Principles for their Resolution within
IP’s Constitutional framework (68 pages, 2018)
● Xiyin Tang, Copyright in the expanded field: on l and art and other new mediums (21
pages, 2018)
● Rebecca Giblin and Kimberlee Weatherall, A collection of impossible ideas (19 pages 2017)
● Rebecca Giblin, Kin Weatherall, What if we could reimagine copyright? (Book, 344 pages,
2017)
● Kara W. Swanson, Intellectual Property and Gender: Reflections on Accomplishment and
Methodology (26 pages, 2016)
● Hannu Wager and Jayashree Watal, Human Rights And International Ip Law: Some
Thoughts (27 Pages, 2015)
● Yin Harn Lee, Emily Laidlaw and Daithi Mac Sithigh, Copyright and Freedom of
Expression: A Literature Review (247 pages, 2015)
● Mark Lemley, IP without Scarcity (61 Pages, 2014)
● Shamnad Basheer, Alternative Incentives for Pharmaceutical Innovation (51 Pages, 2014)
● Amy Kapczynski, The Cost of Price: Why and How to Get Beyond Intellectual Property
Internalism (58 pages, 2012)
● Xiyin Tang, That Old Thing, Copyright..: Reconciling the Postmodern Paradox in the New
Digital Age (50 pages, 2011)
● Susy Frankel, The Mismatch of Geographical Indications and Innovative Traditional
Knowledge (21 pages, 2011)
● William W. Fisher & Talha Syed, A Prize System as a Partial Solution to the Health Crisis
in the Developing World (89 pages, 2010)
● Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss, Does IP Need IP? Accommodating Intellectual Production
Outside the Intellectual Property Paradigm (38 pages, 2010)
● Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine, Against Intellectual Monopoly (312 pages, 2008)
● Sivaramjani Thambisetty, Patents as Credence Goods (34 pages, 2007)
● Lawrence Lessig, Code 2.0 (424 pages, 2006).
● Michael W. Carroll, One for All: The Problem of Uniformity Cost in Intellectual Property
Law (57 pages, 2006).
● Uma Suthersanen, The Future of Copyright Reform in Developing Countries: Teleological
Interpretation, Localized Globalism and the ‘Public Interest’ Rule.(24 pages, 2005).
● Ove Granstrand, Intellectual Capitalism - An Overview (15 pages, 1999).
● Rosemary J. Coombe, Intellectual Property, Human Rights & Sovereignty: New Dilemmas
in International Law Posed by the Recognition of Indigenous Knowledge and the
Conservation of Biodiversity (59 pages, 1998).
● Keith Aoki, Considering Multiple and Ov Considering Multiple and Overlapping
Sovereignties: Libertarianism, National Sovereignty, "Global" Intellectual Property, and
the Internet (33 Pages, 1998).
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