Full Name – Mrs. MPC Wijesooriya
Designation – Lecturer (Probationary)
Contact Number – 0773412940
Email – padmajawijesooriya@yahoo.com
Google Scholar Profile
Qualifications
- Master of Laws in Intellectual Property Law, University of Exeter, UK.
- Master of Laws, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Attorney-at-Law.
- Certificate in Higher Education Teaching (CTHE)- Staff Development Centre, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka (2015)
Teaching Areas
- Law of Contract
- Law of the Sea
- Law of Equity and Trust
- Intellectual Property Law
- Legal Environment of Sri Lanka (Non-Law Subject)
Research Interests
- Intellectual Property Law
- Environmental Law
- Private International Law
- Law of the Sea
Publications
Abstract Publication
- “Will Poseidon Meet Artemis?” An Analysis of the Applicability of Eco-Feminism in Achieving Environmental Justice in Sri Lanka” Co-Author, to be Published at the 14th International Research Conference – General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University- September 2021.
- “Recognizing Medicinal Plants as Traditional Knowledge: A Critical Analysis of Sri Lankan Endemic Medicinal Plants” Published Third IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia Conference” (IPIRA) organized by IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia Network – held at online platform, on 24th – 27th March 2021.
- Oct 2020 – ‘Intellect Eclipsed’: An analysis of the Unconscious Bias and its Impact on the Development of Intellectual Property Law.
Co- Authored and published in the abstract book of 13th International Research Conference organized by General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, October 2020. - Feb 2020 – ‘A Crisis in Waiting: Access to Medicine under Intellectual Property Law’
Published in the abstract book of “Second IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia Conference” (IPIRA) organized by the Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia, in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 2020. - Feb 2016 – “Do We Really Respect the Intellectual Property Rights of the Disable Persons? Sri Lanka as a reference point”
Published in the abstract book of the Melbourne Social Equity Institute’s second biennial conference on the theme ‘Disability, Human Rights and Social Equity’, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2016 - Oct 2015 – “The Future We Want; Adopting Appropriate Policies to Protect Traditional Knowledge in order to Promote Sustainable Development; Sri Lanka as a Reference Point”
Published in the abstract book of the 2nd International Conference on International Law Perspectives on Sustainable Development Goals, Amity Law School, New Delhi, India, 2015 - Aug 2015 – “Plant Variety Protection: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; With Special Reference to UPOV Convention, 1991 and TRIPS Agreement”
Published in the abstract book- International Research Conference –General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2015. - Feb 2015 – “A Fairy Tale or Not: Can Bio-piracy be Prevented by Patenting Genes?”
Published in the abstract CD of the of the Second International Conference onInter- disciplinary Legal Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2015 ISBN 978-0-9939889-3-6 - Feb 2015 – “Developing Environmental Education among the Citizens to Sheild the Benefits Occurred from the Flora Indoors the Country”
Published in the abstract CD of the 2nd International Conference on Education and Social Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey, 2015 ISBN 978-605-64453-2-3 - Jan 2015 – “Why does Sri Lanka need an Electoral System? A comparative Analysis with Indian Electoral System”
Published in the abstract book of the National Seminar on Electoral Reforms in India: Prospects and Challenges, Amity Law School, New Delhi, India, 2015 - Aug 2014 – “Bio-diversity and Bio-piracy: With Special Reference to Sri Lanka”
Published in the abstract book- International Research Conference –General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2014. - May 2014 – “Polygamous Marriages: With Special Reference to Sri Lanka”
11th Asian Law Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to be found at https://law.nus.edu.sg/asli_abstract/view_abstract_d.aspx?abno=169
Accepted Abstracts
- Narrowing a Floodgate; Can Bio-piracy Prevented by Patenting Genes? At the Annual Conference on Intellectual Property and International Law, 17-19 November 2014, London, United Kingdom
Unpublished Theses
Masters Theses- Bio-piracy on fauna and flora; can protect within the existing legal framework of intellectual property law and environmental law in Sri Lanka?
Publications
- Newspaper article series on land law for Ge-Dora magazine.
- Economic and moral rights of the copyright owner and its impact to the human rights published in Silhouette 2011-2012 Journal of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
Involvements with Other Organizations
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Management Studies, Open University of Sri Lanka- From 2012 to present.
Awards
- Awarded the Commonwealth Scholarship (Full Scholarship including tuition fees and a stipend) to pursue Master of Laws in Intellectual Property Law in the University of Exeter.