V. K. Unni

V.K. Unni is a professor at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Unni is a corporate lawyer by training, and did his Ph.D in Intellectual Property Law at Nalsar University of Law.

Later he joined NALSAR University as a lecturer and assistant professor of law teaching subjects like Banking and Finance Law and Intellectual Property Law. Presently he teaches at IIM Calcutta as a professor. Unni had done his doctoral and graduate studies in the field of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and presently holds the Max Planck India Fellowship instituted by the Max Planck Society. In 2008 he became the first and only recipient of the Max Planck India Fellowship from the field of Law.[1]

Prof. V.K. Unni, has become the first Indian IP academician to receive the prestigious Thomas Edison Innovation Fellowship 2016-17 from the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP) at George Mason University School of Law, Virginia, USA.[2]

At IIM Calcutta he teaches Public Policy and Management courses at the doctoral and postgraduate levels.[3]

Select bibliography

V.K. Unni (2002), Trade Marks & the Emerging Concepts of Cyber Property Rights, 3rd Edition, Eastern Law House, ISBN 81-7177-140-8

V.K. Unni (2001), Internet Service Provider's Liability for Copyright Infringement- How to Clear the Misty Indian Perspective, Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

V.K. Unni (2011) Whether the Supreme Court's Characterisation of Non-obviousness will Impact on the Federal Circuit's Judicial Creativity? An Analysis of Post-KSR decisions, Intellectual Property Quarterly, Sweet and Maxwell

References

  1. ↑ "Professor V.K. Unni" (PDF). Munich Intellectual Property Law Center. 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  2. ↑ livelaw. "Prof. V.K. Unni becomes first Indian to receive Thomas Edison Innovation Fellowship". Live Law. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  3. ↑ "V K Unni". facultylive.iimcal.ac.in. 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.


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