Research by Our Team

Selected Publications in International Journals:

●Karim, MA, (June, 2022), A Critical Appraisal of Farmers’ Rights in Plant Variety Protection Law of Bangladesh: Reflections from International and Indian Legal Regimes, Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property Law, Vol. 12, Issue. 2, pp. 242–264, Edward Elgar Publishing.

●Karim, MA, (November, 2018), TRIPS Compatibility of Bangladeshi Legal Regime on Geographical Indications and its Ramifications: A Comparative Review, The Journal of World Intellectual Property, Vol. 21, Issue. 5-6, pp. 421-436, Wiley Publishing.

●Kairm, MA and Karim, MEK, (April, 2017), Protection of ‘Handicraft’ as geographical indications under municipal Law, TRIPS and BTAs vis-à-vis CETA: ‘Bangladeshi Jamdani’ as Case Study, Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property Law, Vol. 7, Issue. 1, pp. 49-73, Edward Elgar Publishing.

●Karim, MA, (September, 2016), An excellent guide to TRIPS-compliant patent regime and public health concerns in the developing world, Journal of Intellectual Property and Practice, Vol. 11, No. 10, pp. 795-797, Oxford University Press. (Book review of Intellectual Property and Public Health in the Developing World by Monirul Azam, published from Open Book Publishers (2016), Cambridge, UK).

●Karim, MA, (February, 2016), Indian Claims over Geographical Indications of Bangladesh: sustainability under IP regime, Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property Law, Vol. 6, Issue. 1, pp. 75-91, Edward Elgar Publishing.

●Zahur, M, (2018) ‘An old issue of protecting GIs for culture: a new insight from the experience of India and Bangladesh’, Commonwealth Law Bulletin, vol 43, issue 2, pp 179-202.


●Zahur, M, (2017) ‘The Geographical Indication Act 2013: Protection of Traditional Knowledge in Bangladesh with Special Reference to Jamdani’ in ‘Geographical Indications at the Crossroads of Trade, Development and Culture: Focus on Asia-Pacific (eds.) Irene Calboli and Wee Loon Ng-Loy, (June 2017: Cambridge University Press), pp. 439-460.

International Blog Publication:

●Mohammad Ataul Karim, (2020), The Intellectual Property Response to COVID-19: In Search of Common Good, ILA Reporter (The official blog of the International Law Association (Australian Branch)

Opinion in National Dailies:

●Mohammad Ataul Karim, (2020), Making innovations accessible to the people during pandemic Law, Law & Our Rights, The Daily Star, published on June 23, 2020.

●Mohammad Ataul Karim, (2020), Farmers’ rights in plant variety protection law of Bangladesh, Law & Our Rights, The Daily Star, published on June 09, 2020.

●Mohammad Ataul Karim, (2020), The legal challenges of intellectual property protection for data, Law & Our Rights, The Daily Star, published on February 18, 2020.

●Mohammad Ataul Karim, (2020), Who owns our laws?, Law & Our Rights, The Daily Star, published on January 14, 2020.

●Mohammad Ataul Karim, (2019), Intellectual Property Regime in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Law & Our Rights, The Daily Star, published on November 12, 2019.

●Mohammad Ataul Karim, (2019), Accessible book format for the persons with visual impairment, Law & Our Rights, The Daily Star, published on August 20, 2019.

●Mohammad Ataul Karim, (2019), Time to adopt intellectual property policy for universities, Law & Our Rights, Daily Star, published on July 30, 2019.

●Mohammad Ataul Karim, (2016), Demand for Medicine Patenting, Law & Our Rights, The Daily Star, published on July 26, 2016.