N. Lalitha, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, and Soumya Vinayan, Council for Social Development

Lalitha Narayanan is Professor at Gujarat Institute of Development Research. She began her career at GIDR in 1994. Holding a Ph.D. in Economics, her research focuses on issues around globalization, trade and development. In tracing the impact of globalization, she concentrates on issues related to intellectual property rights in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Soumya Vinayan is Ph.D. in economics from University of Hyderabad. Her core research areas are political economy of financing higher education and the emergence of the private player; theory and praxis of intellectual property regimes and its interplay in realizing distributive 'rent' to artisanal mode of production.

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"The theme of the book is important as this is emerging as an important field in IP in India. I recommend its publication" - Ravi Krishna Srinivas, Consultant, Research and Information Centre for Developing Countries, New Delhi "

"The work represents a substantial contribution…the substantive research is novel and sheds valuable light on the operation of geographical indications (GIs) protection in India. The study represents a major and valuable contribution to the existing literature. The empirical analysis and descriptive statistics used in some chapters are particularly good" - Dev Saif Gangjee, Associate Professor, Intellectual Property Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, UK "