Shamnad Basheer
| Shamnad Basheer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 May 1976 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | National Law School of India University, University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Legal scholar, Activist |
| Religion | Buddhism |
Shamnad Basheer (born 14 May 1976) is an Indian legal scholar and founder of SpicyIP blog - one of the world's prominent blog and resource on intellectual property rights.[1][2] Basheer is also the founder of IDIA - Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education - a trust which works on making legal education accessible for underprivileged students.[2] Basheer was a Ministry of Human Resource Development Chaired Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, and the Frank H. Marks Visiting Associate Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the George Washington University Law School.[2] Basheer had intervened in landmark Novartis case and filed a number of other public interest litigation and took initiative to bring about changes in IPR regime in India.[3][4][5]
Awards
- Infosys Science Foundation Award, 2014
Books
- Basheer, Shamnad (2013). The Invention of an Investment Incentive for Pharmaceutical Innovation. University of Oxford.
- Basheer, Shamnad; Wilkof, Neil, eds. (2012). Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191642890.
References
- ↑ "SpicyIP - Achievements". SpicyIP. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Shamnad Basheer". Infosys Science Foundation. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ↑ Vishwanath, Apurva (28 July 2015). "Trademarks Act: apex court dismisses govt appeal". LiveMint. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ↑ "Refusal by Patent Office to provide information under RTI; Salman Khurshid, Joy Basu in Shamnad Basheer’s PIL in Delhi HC". Bar and Bench. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ↑ "NUJS IP chair prof Shamnad Basheer intervenes in ‘epic’ SC Novartis case, ‘first time in 60 years’". Legally India. Retrieved 30 July 2015.