Srividhya Ragavan

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Professor of Law
BA. LLB (Honors), National Law School of India University, 1994
LL.M, King's College, University of London, 1995
S.J.D, George Washington University, 2007

Srividhya Ragavan joined the law faculty in 2003 to teach intellectual property law, patent law and the law of contracts. Ragavan's scholarship focuses on the interplay between international trade law and intellectual property issues. Her work emphasizes issues that affect developing nations from embracing the trade regime. Her publications have expounded diverse topics like traditional knowledge, pharmaceutical patenting and agricultural subsidies.

After graduating with a BA. LLB (Honors) from the National Law School of India University in Bangalore, Ragavan received the ODASS Scholarship to pursue her LL.M from King's College, University of London. Ragavan completed her SJD from the George Washington University Law School. Ragavan was the First Texas Instruments Visiting Scholar at the Center for Advanced Study & Research on Intellectual Property at the University of Washington at Seattle.

Prior to joining the University of Oklahoma, Ragavan served as a faculty at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore. Ragavan also served as a visiting faculty for the IP program at National Academy for Legal Scholarship & Research in Hyderabad, India.

Before pursuing her teaching interests, Ragavan worked in J. Sagar Associates, a New Delhi based law firm, in-housed as a legal counsel for Wipro Industries and worked as a legal consultant for WorldTel India Limited. Ragavan was also a regular contributor for the technology blog - IP Address'd - hosted by LiveMint .

Ragavan serves as a special consultant to Ali Associates, a Chennai, India based boutique specializing in law and technology practice.

Books

  • Disparate Development and Desperate Times: Story of Patents in Developing Countries (on contract, Oxford University Press).

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