ICFAI LAW SCHOOL, HYDERABAD

ICFAI FOUNDATION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

TWO DAY INTERNATIONAL E-CONFERENCE

ON
ANATOMY OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: IMPACT
ANALYTICS
27TH & 28TH MAY, 2022
 ABOUT ICFAI LAW SCHOOL , HYDERABAD

The ICFAI Law School (ICFAI LAW SCHOOL) is a significant segment of the
IFHE and recognized by Bar Council of India. The ICFAI LAW SCHOOL
Hyderabad offers BBA.LLB (Hons) and BA.LLB (Hons) integrated five year courses,
One Year LLM in Corporate and Commercial Laws and Tax Laws, Two Year LLM
in Insolvency & bankruptcy Law and Criminal Law, Ph.D. fulltime and part time
programs and Fifteen Certificate Courses in Cyber Law, Infrastructure Laws, Law of
Financial Services, Immigration Laws, Solid Waste Management and Law, Goods
and services Tax Laws, International Trade Law and Forensic Science and Law, Data
Protection Laws, Arbitration, Mediation, Trade Mark law, Insolvency Resolution
Professionals, Para Legal Services of Trial Courts, and Advanced Para Legal
Services.
It has been ranked 1st Among Top Law Schools of Telangana among Government
and Private Law Schools by CSR-GHRDC 2021. It has been ranked. 1st among the
Best Promising Law School in India - Higher Education Review 2018, 2019 & 2020.
It has been ranked 3rd among Top Law Schools - India Today. It has been ranked 4th
among Top Law Schools of Eminence in India GHRDC. It has been ranked 7th
among Private Law Colleges Careers 360.

ABOUT THE CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN IPR

The Centre for Excellence in IPR is a constituent of ICFAI Law School, IFHE,
Hyderabad to promote research and awareness in the field of intellectual
property rights. The centre is dedicated to impart IP education and training to
students, academicians and professionals across the country.
The centre for IPR is established to promote interdisciplinary research in the
area of intellectual property law, science, technology, arts and economics.
The centre for IPR is looking forward to undertake research projects on the
contemporary issues of importance related to intellectual property rights. The
centre provides consultancy services to the innovator, creators and
entrepreneurs on the filing, registration, protection, management and
infringement of intellectual property rights. The centre also regularly
organises conferences, seminars and webinars to spread IP awareness among
the students, academicians and professionals.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

This conference is a platform to academicians, professionals, researchers

and students to discuss and provide solution to various key human right
issues and operational challenges raised by changing dimensions of existing
intellectual property regime.
The conference will provide a valuable insight on these humanitarian
concerns related to existing intellectual property regime raised at national
and global level and will contribute in developing a better intellectual
property regime to strike a balance between the rights of inventors and
creators and the interests of society at large
 THEMES
Jurisprudential Foundation of IPR and Human Rights
Monopolistic Rights v. Public Interest
Theoretical Justifications of IPR and Human Rights
Rationalizing IP from the lenes of Human Rights
Individualism versus Utilitarianism: Towards a refined IP
System

Intellectual Property Rights’ response to Human Right to Health

Patent and Right to Health
Access to medicine/vaccine in the post COVID world
Promoting Medical Technologies and Innovation
Biotechnological patents and Human Rights
Digital Health Technologies and Intellectual Property Regime

IPR and Human Rights: Indigenous and Cultural Rights

Safeguarding Traditional Knowledge as a Cultural Right
Intellectual Property and Right of indigenous people
Protecting Cultural Heritage through Intellectual Property rights
Fostering/stimulating innovation through Culture
Copyright and Traditional Cultural Expression

IP and Sustainable Development Goals

Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development
Biodiversity and Access & Benefit Sharing
Plant variety protection and farmer’s rights
Misappropriation of IP assets: Biopiracy and Bioprospecting

IPR and Human Right to freedom of Expression

Copyright and Freedom of Expression
Intellectual Property, Privacy and Right to Disclosure
Author’s Right as Human Right
Neighbouring Rights: A Human Right Perspective
 The list above is only suggestive but not exhaustive. The participants may
submit their research papers within the broad areas of the theme of the
conference. The conference invites original research papers from
academicians, advocates, industry experts, management sciences, students
of law and all those related to the central theme. The Conference invites
original research articles on various areas of intellectual property rights in
the form of full-length scholarly papers documenting substantial research
work.
The proposals should consist of an abstract of 500 words that
clearly outline the research questions, methodological approach, and
relevance to the field of IPR.

Abstracts should be sent to centexcellipr@ifheindia.org

IMPORTANT DATES
LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACT -25TH APRIL, 2022
LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF FULL PAPERS -7TH MAY, 2022
LAST DATE FOR SUBMITTING PPT -21ST MAY, 2022
INTIMATION OF ACCEPTANCE -WITHIN 72 HOURS OF SUBMISSION

GUIDELINES FOR PAPER SUBMISSION

Submissions for presentation in the conference are to be mailed in the form of an abstract of
500 words and full research papers (Not less than 5000 words) with footnotes in bluebook 20th
edition format.
The research paper is to be typed in Font – Times New Roman with font size 12 and line
spacing 1.5, headings to be typed in font size 14 Bold and footnotes in font size 10.
The abstract should be of 400-500 words with minimum five keywords and must be
accompanied by a cover page consisting of the author's details.

All the submissions are to be sent to email ID:

centexcellipr@ifheindia.org
 Conference Proceedings and Publication
All the accepted full research papers submitted before deadline
will be published in a book form with ISBN number. The
presentation of accepted research paper is mandatory for the
purpose of publication.

PRIZES

BEST RESEARCH PAPER – 5000 RUPEES

SECOND BEST PAPER – 3000 RUPEES
THIRD BEST PAPER – 2000 RUPEES
 PAYMENT DETAILS

Account No : 020201007037
Type of Account : Current Account
Name of the Account : IFHE - Seminars & Workshops A/c
Name of the Bank : ICICI Bank
Bank Address : Nerella House, No. 4, Nagarjuna Hills, Punjagutta,
Hyderabad - 500082, Telangana
RTGS/NEFT IFSC Code : ICIC0000202
Registration Link : https://forms.gle/2otpab1H1MtKjgc69
Registration Fees : Rs.1500/- each author

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairman: Prof. A.V. Narsimha Rao

Director, ICFAI Law School, Hyderabad

Coordinator(s):
Mr. Dilip Sharma
Assistant Professor, ICFAI Law School, Hyderabad
Mobile: +91-7698737458
Email: dilipsharma@ifheindia.org
&
Ms. Manini Sidhu
Assistant Professor, ICFAI Law School, Hyderabad
Mobile : +91-8800864823
Email : sidhumanini@ifheindia.org

Centre Coordinator – Dr. S V Damodar Reddy

Creative Head and Treasurer – Ms. S. Prathyusha
Media Coordinator – Mrs. Richa Jain