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- The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, vide office order dated 16th of October 2018 has endowed the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam with an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Chair, under the Scheme for Pedagogy & Research in IPRs for Holistic Education & Academia (SPRIHA), to benefit the people of the North-East Region of India in protecting their IPRs. The Chair since its inception in 2018 has concertedly focused its efforts towards conservation and dissemination of IP resources of the North-East Region and has been fervently engaged in capacity building of the creators/producers/owners towards safeguarding their IP rights at the grass-root and also viably commercialize their products, in order to strengthen the nation’s overall IP eco-system.
- The Collection in this Community consists of Newspaper Clippings
- Annual Report of National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam.
Recent Submissions
Rainbow Rights and the Law in India: A Study
(NLUJAA, 2026) Namrata Gogoi
Fundamental Rights in the Digital Age: Constitutional Protection of Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Data in India
(NLUJAA, 2026) Marufa Aktar
The conceptualization of privacy in legal and philosophical discourse is often described as an effort to capture a “precious and valuable aspect of one’s personality” that remains famously difficult to define precisely. Etymologically, the term “privacy” is derived from the Latin root privatus, meaning “separated from others” or “deprived of participation in governance”. Historically, this “deprivation” referred to the exclusion from the public sphere of the polis, or political activity, in favour of the oikos, the private sphere of domestic life. In the contemporary constitutional framework of India, the primary objective of Article 21 is to ensure that every individual lives a life characterized by “peace, dignity, and freedom,” with privacy serving as the essential conduit for these values. The right to privacy stands as a fundamental human right, which has undergone substantial evolution in light of shifting societal norms and technological progress. This paper seeks to explore the concept and legal expression of privacy, chart its historical progress via pivotal court decisions, and examining the pressing challenges that confronts in digital era.
Protection of Ritual-Based Traditional Knowledge Among the Karbi Community of Assam within Intellectual Property Rights Regime: A Socio-Legal Study
(NLUJAA, 2026) Manisha Teron
According to WIPO, “Traditional knowledge (TK) is knowledge, know-how, skills and practices that are developed, sustained and passed on from generation to generation within a community, often forming part of its cultural or spiritual identity”. And according to UNESCO, “Traditional Knowledge refers to the knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity”. Traditional Knowledge is the knowledge that has been acquired over time by members of an indigenous community in one or more societies through experience and exposure to the local culture and environment. In the past, it has always been an easy and simple to reach gem, which is sensitive to theft. One is the biological resource itself and second for what you cannot own inherently such as traditional knowledge related to that. It is one of those that usually gets handed down orally from generation to generation. This knowledge has been influenced over time by innovations and practices from previous generations.
Avatars, Assets and Authority: Enforcing IP Rights in Decentralised Virtual Space
(NLUJAA, 2026) Mandvi Tripathi
This dissertation takes the premise that current IP law is not a complete solution, nor is it entirely ineffective, in addressing the issues raised by decentralised virtual worlds. In principle, the interests of creators and rights-holders can be protected in these contexts under the principle of copyright, trade mark and design rights. What is not possible now is the enforcement infrastructure, the mechanisms, institutions and governance that will help to vindicate those rights when they are violated. The law can talk of rights; it can’t talk of enforcement in a decentralised virtual world. The concepts and the evolution of the web are discussed extensively in chapter . The focus of this dissertation is that gap: between the existence of rights and the capacity to enforce them, which this dissertation aims to analyse, explain and address, through concrete proposals for adapting the doctrine and reforming the structures.
Protection of Handloom Products of the Rabha Community Under the Intellectual Property Rights Regime
(NLUJAA, 2026) Malabika Das
The traditional handloom products of the Rabha community represent an important part of their cultural identity and traditional knowledge system. These products are characterized by distinctive weaving practices, traditional designs, and cultural significance which have been preserved within the community for generations. However, in recent years, the influence of modernization, industrialization, changing lifestyle patterns, and increasing use of machine made products has posed serious challenges to the continuation of traditional weaving practices among the Rabha community. As a result, many traditional garments and weaving techniques are gradually declining and face the risk of disappearance if adequate preservation and protection measures are not adopted.