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Forthcoming Publications

 1. ‘IPRs Issues in Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Connecting the Dots Through Philip Morris,  Eli Lilly and Bridgestone Awards’ (2021) 31 (3) American Review of International Arbitration 1-59 (accepted, forthcoming) 
 2.'The Role of National and International Intellectual Property Law and Policy in Reconceptualising the Definition of Investment’ (2021) IIC-International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 1-34. Click here to read article.
3. Book Review of Christopher Heath and Anselm Kamperman Sanders (eds) Intellectual Property and International Dispute Settlement (Kluwer Law International, 2019) forthcoming in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 2021.

Recent Publications

1. Book Review of Professor Bryan Mercurio, Drugs, Patents and Policy: A Contextual Study of Hong Kong Published by CUP, 2018, published in 2020 (15) (2) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice  (Oxford University Press) 847
2. 'Intellectual Property, Investment and WTO: A Historical Account' in Christoph Geiger(ed) Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Investment Law (Cheltenham/UK, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020) 182-205. Click here to read article.
3.'Phase One US-China Trade Deal: What Does It Mean for Intellectual Property?' (with María Vásquez Callo-Müller) (2020) 69 (4) GRUR International: Journal of European and International IP Law (Oxford University Press) 389. Click here to read article.
4. 'Trade Mark Restrictions Under the TRIPS Agreement: The WTO Panel Findings on Australia’s Tobacco Plain Packaging Legislation'(2020) 54(2) Journal of World Trade(Kluwer Law International,2020)239-264. Click here to read article.
5. 'IP issues in ISDS' in Jus Mundi Wiki Notes, Paris, France. Click here to read article.
6. 'Nepal'(with Professor Surya P. Subedi (QC))in Simon Chesterman, Hisashi Owada, Ben Saul (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Asia and the Pacific (Oxford University Press, 2019) 629-655.
7. 'Geographical Indications in Nepal: In Search of Identity' in Susy Frankel (ed.) Is Intellectual Property Pluralism Functional? (Cheltenham/UK Edward Elgar 2019) 235-266.

Policy Briefs
1. 'Prospects of Geographical Indications in Nepal'(Forthcoming)
2. 'IP Licence, Trademarks and ISDS: Bridgestone v. Panama' (Investment Policy Brief 13 December 2018, South Centre, Geneva)

Amicus Curiae Brief

1. Amicus Curiae Submission on Eli Lily the Company vs. The Government of Canada, Submitted to the ICSID Case No. UNCT14/2. Click here to read.

Book Review

1. Christopher Heath and Anselm Kamperman Sanders (eds) Intellectual Property and International Dispute Settlement (Kluwer Law International, 2019) forthcoming in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 2021.
2. Bryan Mercurio, Drugs, Patents and Policy: A Contextual Study of Hong Kong Published by CUP, 2018, published in 2020 (15) (2) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice  (Oxford University Press) 847
3. TianXiang He Copyright and Fan Productivity in China: A Cross-Jurisdictional Perspective ( Springer, 2017) (2019) 41 (2) European Intellectual Property Review 127

Selective Publications (2012-)

1.'Navigating the currents of Belt and Road Initiative: Perspectives on Least Developed Countries' (with Tejeshwi N. Bhattarai) Global Trade & Customs Journal (2019) 14(5)  (Kluwer Law International) 259. Click here to read article.
2. 'Trumping Local Marks: A Note on Well-Known Trademarks in Nepal' (2019) 14 (2) Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice  (Oxford University Press)144. Click here to read article.
3. 'IP Licence as an Investment: Insights from Bridgestone v. Panama (2018)1(1) Stockholm Intellectual Property Law Review (SIPLR)16-27. Click here to read article.
4. Eli Lilly v Canada: The Tale of Promise v. Expectation' (2018) 21 (3) International Arbitration Law Review 84
5. 'Philip Morris v Uruguay: A Breathing Space for Domestic IP Regulation' 40(4) (2018) European Intellectual Property Review 277. Click here to read article.
6. 'From TPP to CPTPP: Why Intellectual Property Matters' (2018) 13(2) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice  (Oxford University Press) 100
7. 'Nepal’s First National Intellectual Property Policy-2017: Never too Late' (2017) 12 (7) The Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (Oxford University Press) 550 
8. 'Litigating Intellectual Property Issues in Investor-State Dispute Settlement: A Jurisdictional Conflict'  (2016) 11 (7/8) Global Trade and Customs Journal (Kluwer Law International Publication) 343. Click here to read article.
9. 'Enforcing IPRs Through Investor-State Dispute Settlement: A Paradigm Shift in Global IP Practice' (2016) 19 (1/2) The Journal of World Intellectual Property 53-82. Click here to read article.
10. 'All Smoke But No Fire: A Curious Case of Plain Packaging and Intellectual Property', (2015) 1 Amity International Journal of Juridical Sciences (Amity University, School of Law, New Delhi) 113-131

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