Book Review Symposium on "IP Debates in South Asia:Law, Development and Practice" Part 2

We had an open- for-all Book Review Symposium on "Intellectual Property Debates in South Asia: Law, Development and Practice (Bloomsbury, 2025)". Edited by Dr. Pratyush Nath Upreti, the book is one of the first solid cohesive attempt to look at IP narratives from South Asia. This is Part 2 of the Book Review Symposium: Q&A session with discussions based on the review of the three parts of the book by our three panellists. (You can find the review in Part 1). Questions from our audience members, including those who joined us live on LinkedIn, are also answered here. If you haven't watched Part 1 yet, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/eiwcOYiXWvEYou can also directly view the live session here: https://youtube.com/live/5HT4XRCgeVk?feature=shareThe book was dedicated towards Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer. Swaraj Barooah is the Senior Expert at SpicyIP, and an IP Policy Consultant. He has a chapter in this book: "Intellectual Property and Social Justice: Remembering the Contributions of Prof Shamnad Basheer". You can find the pre print version of this chapter here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6071187Praharsh Gour, Editor and Researcher at SpicyIP, discusses the different parts of the book with the panellists Shama Mahajan, Akshat Agrawal, and Prof. Ishupal Singh Kang. Shama Mahajan is an LLM candidate at NUS Singapore. She reviews Part 1 of the book "IP History and Development". Akshat Agrawal: Founder and Counsel at AASA Chambers. He reviews Part 2 of the book "Developments in South Asia". Ishupal Singh Kang: Associate Professor at Jindal Global Law School. He reviews Part 3 of the book "Institutions, Courts and Practices". ===================================Visit SpicyIP.com for the latest insights on the Indian IP ecosystemConnect with us on our socials: https://x.com/spicyip / spicyip / spicyipblog / @spicyiptv ===================================00:00- Introduction00:17- Q & A from audience on Linkedin 09:17- A shift in industrial policy from innovation centric to inclusive development19:05- Areas and avenues of discussion the book opens up 26:06- Significance of funding 28:41- Assetisation in the context of "commodification v cultural expression"31:43- Concluding remarks Reading materials:1. Ntina Tzouvala , On Tariffs and the Ends of International Economic Law, https://lpeproject.org/blog/on-tariffs-and-the-ends-of-international-economic-law/2. Mario Biagioli , Weighing Intellectual Property: Can We Balance the Social Costs and Benefits of Patenting?, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=33076233. Hyo Yoon Kang, Patents as Assets: Intellectual Property Rights as Market Subjects and Objects, in Assetization :Turning Things into Assets in Technoscientific Capitalism (Kean Birch and Fabian Muniesa) https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edited-volume/4848/chapter/625225/Patents-as-Assets-Intellectual-Property-Rights-as4. Kean Birch and Fabian Muniesa, Assetization :Turning Things into Assets in Technoscientific Capitalism, https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edited-volume/4848/AssetizationTurning-Things-into-Assets-in5. Lilly Irani, Chasing Innovation: Making Entrepreneurial Citizens in Modern India, https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3239b1qv6. Elizabeth Rosenblatt, Theory of IP’s Negative Space, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=16626617. Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman,The Piracy Paradox: Innovation and Intellectual Property in Fashion Design, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=8784018. William W. Fisher, Promises to Keep: Technology, Law, and the Future of EntertainmentCredits:Swaraj Paul Barooah: Producer, Director, Editor, HostPraharsh Gour: Host, ResearcherSonisha Srinivasan: Setup, EditorAnjali Tripathi: Thumbnail Art