{"id":96,"date":"2018-09-11T10:56:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T10:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2018-10-04T08:16:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T08:16:02","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/commercial.law\/nishanthasampath\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Interests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation<\/li><li class=\"\">Competition, Anti-trust Law, and Consumer Protection<\/li><li class=\"\">Protection of Biotechnological Inventions<\/li><li class=\"\">E-Commerce and Information Technology Law<\/li><li class=\"\">Interface of Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property<\/li><li class=\"\"> European and WTO Law<\/li><li class=\"\">Entertainment Law<\/li><\/ul>[vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1537260928899{background-color: #e0e0e0 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1537419041323{border-top-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Research Experience<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"ul-withdetails \"><li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/commercial.law\/nishanthasampath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/09\/WIPO.png);\"><div class=\"imageoverlay\"><i class=\"fa fa-search\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><div class=\"meta\"><h3>Utility Model Protection-A Feasible Option for Incentivising Incremental Innovation<\/h3><p>Researcher<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t<p>Researcher in an international study on \u2018Utility Model Protection-A Feasible<\/p>\n<p>Option for Incentivising Incremental Innovation?\u2019 for the World Intellectual<\/p>\n<p>Property Organisation in 2012 (This study was conducted with Dr Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, Senior Researcher at the Max Planck Institute).<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li><li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/commercial.law\/nishanthasampath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/09\/eipin_logo.gif);\"><div class=\"imageoverlay\"><i class=\"fa fa-search\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><div class=\"meta\"><h3>Designing a Second-Tier Protection System to Promote Innovation of SMEs: South Asian and Sri Lankan Perspectives<\/h3><p>Research paper<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t<p>Presented a research paper on \u201cDesigning a Second-Tier Protection System to Promote Innovation of SMEs: South Asian and Sri Lankan Perspectives\u201d in the Doctoral Conference of the European Intellectual Property Institutes Network (EIPIN), February 2012, Munich, Germany.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li><li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/commercial.law\/nishanthasampath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/09\/nujs_logo.jpg);\"><div class=\"imageoverlay\"><i class=\"fa fa-search\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><div class=\"meta\"><h3>Utility Models Instead of Patents<\/h3><p>Research paper<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t<p>Presented a research paper on \u201cUtility Models Instead of Patents\u201d in an international conference on Innovation, Creativity and IP Policy at the National University of Juridical Science, Kolkata, India. This conference was organized by the NUJS IP Chair in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich, Germany<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li><li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/commercial.law\/nishanthasampath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/09\/eipin_logo.gif);\"><div class=\"imageoverlay\"><i class=\"fa fa-search\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><div class=\"meta\"><h3>Discovery Proceedings in Enforcement in the US and in Europe<\/h3><p>Team Report<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t<p>Research contribution to the EIPIN Team Report on Discovery Proceedings in Enforcement in the US and in Europe, 2009<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li><li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/commercial.law\/nishanthasampath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/09\/languagesdept.gov_.lk_.png);\"><div class=\"imageoverlay\"><i class=\"fa fa-search\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><div class=\"meta\"><h3>Review of the Official Language policy and Practice in Sri Lanka<\/h3><p>Assistant Researcher<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t<p>Assistant Researcher in the Research project on the Review of the Official Language policy and Practice in Sri Lanka, 2006. (This research was conducted under the guidance of Mr. N. Selvakkumaran, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo.)<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li><li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/commercial.law\/nishanthasampath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/09\/ROC_Ministry_of_Justice_Emblem.svg_-1024x873-1024x873.png);\"><div class=\"imageoverlay\"><i class=\"fa fa-search\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><div class=\"meta\"><h3>Maintenance Act No. 37 of 1999<\/h3><p>Researcher<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t<p>Researcher in the project conducted by the Ministry of Justice on the Maintenance Act No. 37 of 1999. (This research was conducted under the guidance of Professor Sharya Scharenguivel, Faculty of Law,University of Colombo.)<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Graduate Supervision<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Thesis Supervisor, MPhil\/PhD in Management and Business Studies Program, Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo<\/li><li class=\"\">Thesis Supervisor, MPhil\/PhD in Law Program, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo<\/li><li class=\"\">Supervisor of Master of Law candidates, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo<\/li><li class=\"\">Supervisor of Post Graduate Diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies and Postgraduate Diploma in Human Rights Programme, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo<\/li><li class=\"\">Available for supervision of MPhil and PhD candidates<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1537260928899{background-color: #e0e0e0 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1537419041323{border-top-width: 20px !important;border-bottom-width: 20px !important;}&#8221;] Research Experience [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/commercial.law\/nishanthasampath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/commercial.law\/nishanthasampath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/commercial.law\/nishanthasampath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/commercial.law\/nishanthasampath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/commercial.law\/nishanthasampath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/commercial.law\/nishanthasampath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/commercial.law\/nishanthasampath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions\/142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/commercial.law\/nishanthasampath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}