Phalguni Mahapatra

Email Id: 2433641M@student.gla.ac.uk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phalguni-mahapatra/

Research title: Copyright Users Rights and Contractual Override

Research Summary

 

Research Interests

  • Right to Repair
  • Private Ordering in Copyright Law
  • Digital Platform Regulation of Copyright
  • User Rights in Digital Copyright Framework
  • Contractual Override of Copyright Exceptions

 

Current Research

My research focuses on the impact of copyright based technological protection measures (TPMs) and the availability of spare parts on the ability to repair consumer electronics. By comparing the regulatory environments of India and the United Kingdom, the research aims to explore how TPMs and limited access to spare parts constrain repair practices and the broader implications of these constraints for innovation, user agency, and the economic livelihood of independent repairers.

Publications

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Supervisors

Grants

College of Social Sciences (CoSS) PhD Scholarship, University of Glasgow

Conferences

  • 43rd ATRIP Congress 2025 organized by the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP) in Copenhagen, Denmark - presented "Beyond Repair? How Private Ordering Shapes Repair Restrictions, Innovation, and Sustainability in India and the
    UK” in Doctoral Students Workshop 
  • 41st ATRIP Congress 2023 organized by the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP) in Tokyo, Japan – presented my paper on “Emergence of Private Ordering: What does it mean to the Current IP System”
  • IP Researchers Europe (IPRE) Conference 2023 organized by the University of Geneva and hosted at WIPO and WTO – presented my paper on “ ‘Social Networking Sites’ Unfair Licensing Terms: Creating Complexities for User Generated Content?”
  • Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference 2023 organized by Ulster University, UK – presented my paper online on “Automated Copyright Enforcement – Fracturing the Fair Use Doctrine of the IP Law”

Additional Information

  • LLM. in Intellectual Property Law from the University of Edinburgh (2019/2020)
  • BA.LLB. (Hons.) from Hidayatullah National Law University, India (2014/2019)
  • Qualified Lawyer in the Bar Council of India (BCI)
  • Researcher at the DPIIT-IPR Chair (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India), NALSAR University of Law, India (2022/2024)
  • Associate (Trademark Attorney) at Lall & Sethi, a leading IP boutique firm, Delhi, India (2021/2022)