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Research

Field-grounded research on intellectual property, innovation and sustainability in India. Our research exists to correct our own practice: if a programme is not reaching the people it was designed for, we would rather know.

Current lines of enquiry

  • Who reaches IP protection outside formal research institutions, and who does not.
  • What geographical indications actually return to producer communities.
  • Why assessed sustainable technologies stall before adoption.
  • Documentation practice that protects traditional knowledge without dispossessing its holders.
  • The effect of institutional IP policy on student and employee inventors.

Collaborate

We publish openly and welcome collaboration with universities and research institutions. Write to us with a proposal, including the question you want to answer and the field access you have.

The FIRSTIP letter

A monthly note on IP practice, sustainable technology and the work of our chapters. No more than one email a month.