Shamnad Basheer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shamnad Basheer

Indian Jurist

Date of Birth: 14-May-1976

Place of Birth: Kulathupuzha, Kerala, India

Date of Death: 08-Aug-2019

Profession: legal scholar

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Shamnad Basheer (14 May 1976 – c.
8 August 2019) was an Indian legal scholar and founder of the blog SpicyIP.
He was also the founder of IDIA, a trust which works on making legal education accessible for underprivileged students.
Basheer was a Ministry of Human Resource Development Chaired Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the WBNUJS, Kolkata, and the Frank H.
Marks Visiting Associate Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the George Washington University Law School, and a research associate at the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Center (OIPRC).
He founded several initiatives such as SpicyIP, IDIA, P-PIL and Lex Biosis.
Basheer intervened in the landmark Novartis case, filed a number of other public interest litigations and took initiative to bring about changes in the IPR regime in India.
He was found dead on August 8, 2019 at Baba Budangiri Hills in Karnataka.