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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS CREATE, COPY, DISRUPT: INDIAS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DILEMMAS by Prashant Reddy T.", Sumathi Chandrashekaran
In 1947 a newly independent India was saddled with a host of intellectual property (IP) laws left behind by the British. In the following decades India broke away from colonial IP legacies while navigating international treaty negotiations in the light of its redefined national interests. These changes affected ordinary lives-be it through medicines music movies books food yoga or the Internet-but have never been narrated to a larger audience. This bookunravels the development of Indias IP law and policy in modern times in a form and style designed for the general reader.The chapters in the book centre on different industries and sectors such as pharmaceuticals book publishing cinema music the Internet food yoga and traditional knowledge.Each chapter features a lively narrative that has been constructed from various sources including parliamentary debates expert reports interviews archival research and case law. The books unique focus is on the politics and history of Indian IP rather than the black letter of the law.