Dr Kanchana Kariyawasam

Dr Kanchana Kariyawasam

PhD, M Laws (Advanced), B Laws (Hons)

Lecturer, Griffith Business School

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Research expertise

  • Intellectual Property
  • Commercial Law

Current teaching areas

  • Commercial Law

Publications

Refereed journal articles

  • Kanchana Kariyawasam, 'Protecting Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property in the Pacific: Issues and Challenges', Asia Pacific Law Review, (Butterworths: Lexis/Nexis)- (forthcoming) - August 2008).
  • Kanchana Kariyawasam, 'Terminator Technology as a Technological Means of Forcing Intellectual Property Rights in Plant Germplasm: Its Implications for World Agriculture' European Intellectual Property Review (Sweet and Maxwell Ltd) - (forthcoming) - April 2008).
  • Kanchana Kariyawasam, 'The Growth and Development of E-Commerce: An Analysis of the Electronic Signature Law of Sri Lanka', (2008) 17 (1) Information and Communications Technology Law (Routledge) 51-64.
  • Kanchana Kariyawasam, & S. Guy, 'Intellectual Property Protection of Indigenous Knowledge: Implementing Initiatives at National and Regional Levels' (2007) 12 (2) Deakin Law Review, 101-121.
  • S.Guy, K.Kariyawasam, & B. Hocking, 'The Philosophical Ideals and Political Orientation of Thomas McCawley: A Social Democrat or a Pragmatist?' (2007) 19 (2) Bond Law Review, 58-101. 
  • Kanchana Kariyawasam, 'Access to Biological Resources and Benefit Sharing: Exploring a Regional Mechanism to Implement the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in SAARC Countries' (2007) European Intellectual Property Review (Sweet and Maxwell Ltd) 325-335.
  • Kanchana Kariyawasam, 'The Recent Law Reforms and Plant Intellectual Property Law in Sri Lanka: Compliance with the TRIPS and CBD' (2005) 7 (2) Australian Journal of Asian Law (Federation Press) 169-186.
  • Kanchana Kariyawasam, "How Sri Lanka Protects Breeders' and Farmers' Rights and Access to Genetic Resources through the Implementation of TRIPS and the CBD" (2003/2004) 6 (2) Bio-Science Law Review (Lawtext Publishing) 61-68.

Monographs

  • Kanchana Kariyawasam, Property Rights, (Sri Lanka: Centre for Women's Research, 1999) - ISBN 955-9052-57-8.
  • Kanchana Kariyawasam, Employment Rights, (Sri Lanka: Centre for Women's Research, 1999) - ISBN 955-9052-58-6.

Conference papers

  • Kanchana Kariyawasam, 'Terminator Technology and Its Implications for Developing Countries', (the 23rd Australasian Law and Society Conference in December 2006, University of Wollongong, Sydney).

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