Dr. Kanika Dhingra is working as an Assistant Professor in Faculty of Law at National Law University, Jodhpur. She joined the University in the year 2017 and has spent over six years teaching at the University. She has completed her specialisation in Intellectual Property Rights and has been administering papers such as Law Relating to Intellectual Property Rights, Patent Law & practice, Patent Specification Drafting and Claim Construction, International IP Law & Policy, Law of Trademarks as well as Intellectual Property Valuation and Management. Prior to joining National Law University, Jodhpur, she had also worked as an Assistant Professor at law college affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Dwarka, Delhi for a year.

She is presently the Executive Director for the Centre for Consumer Law Research & Practice at the University. She is also a Member of the Centre for Intellectual Property Studies and the Centre for Competition Law and Policy. She is also the Faculty Editor for the Journal of Intellectual Property Studies and Managing Editor for the Indian Competition Law Review.

She is also a Member of the Subject Allocation, Time-Table and Workload Committee as well as the University’s Mess Committee. She also holds the responsibility of the Chief Warden (Girls) for the University Halls of Residence (Girls).

Her publications include:

Articles:

1. Article titled “Sexual Harassment against Women in India” published in OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development ISSN: 1923:6654 (print) and ISSN: 1923:6662 (online).
2. Article titled “The Basic Structure Doctrine: Restricting the Power to Amend the Constitution” published in the International Journal of Legal Research (IISN:  2349:8463).
3. Article titled “John Rawl’s Philosophy of Justice: The Case for Equality” published in the International Journal of Socio-Legal Research (ISSN: 2393:8250).
4. Article titled “Determining Anti-Competitiveness while granting Compulsory Licenses for a Patent: Controller vs. Competition Commission of India” published in The IUP Law Review Vol.10 No. 3, 2020 (ISSN: 2231- 3095).
5. Article titles “Data Exclusivity and Data Protection - Article 39.3 of the TRIPs Agreement and its Impact on Access to Medicine” published in “CPJ LAW JOURNAL VOL. XI July, 2021” (ISSN 0976-3562) - UGC Care Listed & Peer ReviewedJournal.
6. Article titled “Decoding the Excesses of the Anti-Evergreening Provisions under the Indian Patent Law: The Conflict between Policy and Practice Threatening Drug Innovation in India” published in NIU International Journal of Human Rights Vol. 8 (XVI) -2021 (ISSN 2394-0298) UGC Care Group 1, Peer-Reviewed.
7. Article titled “TRIPs Agreement and its Implications for Patent Regime in India” publishedin UPES Law Review Vol. VII (ISSN 2347-9620) (UGC Care Listed).
8. Article titled “India’s TRIPs Waiver Proposal to Deal with COVID-19 Health Crisis: Lost in the Woods or a Lost Battle?” published in book titled 'Anatomy of Intellectual Property Rights and Human Rights: Impact Analytics' by ICFAI Law School Hyderabad.
9.   Article titled “India’s Tryst with Pharmaceutical Product Patenting: Restricting Ever-greening or Impeding Incremental Innovation?” published in CPJ Law Journal (UGC CareListed) Vol XIV, Issue I, July, 2023 (ISSN 0976-3562).

Book Chapters:

1. Chapter on “Corporate Social Responsibility in Indian Real Estate” published in a book titled “Contours of Real Estate Laws” edited by Dr. Kanupriya and Dr.Komal and published by Thomson Reuters, 2020, ISBN-10: 9389407591.
2. Chapter titled “An Analysis of Punitive Provisions in Intellectual Property Law: Applying General Principles of Criminal Liability to Intellectual Property Crimes and their Socio-Economic Bearings” published in CJAR Handbook on Socio-Economic Offences published by Satyam Law International, 2021 (ISBN: 978-93-91345-28-0).
3. Chapter Titled "Trademarks and the Challenges of the Digital Environment: An Analysis of Comparative and Critical Advertising by Social Media Influencers" published in the book on “Trade Marks: Issues and Implications” published by ALT Publications, under ICFAI Law School, Hyderabad, Edition:2021, (ISBN: 978-93-92347-20-7)
4. Chapter titled “The Relevance of Intellectual property in the Fashion Industry: Interfaces, Overlaps and Issues” is published in edited book titled “Jurisprudence of Intellectual Property Rights” published by University Book House Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur. (ISBN: 978-93-90672-61-5)
5. Chapter titled “Legal and Technical issues in Cyber Crime Investigation: An analysis of the Indian Legal Framework” is published in edited book titled “Cyber Crime and Cyber Security” edited by Dr. Manmohan Gupta published by Eureka Publications. (ISBN: 978-93-91260-85-9)
6. Chapter titled "Relevance of Intellectual Property for Tech-Startups in India" is published in the Edited Book entitled "IPRs in Knowledge Era: Changing Contours" published by DPIIT IPR-Chair, Osmania University. (ISBN: 978-93-91088-21-7 (2022)).

Email Id: kanika.dhingra@nlujodhpur.ac.in

Area of Interest:

• Intellectual Property Rights
• Patent Laws
• Competition Law
• Women & Child Rights
• Consumer Protection Laws.