ABOUT THE INSTITUTION:
Government Law College, Kozhikode, established in 1970, aims to provide qulaity education to law students through its various courses. An exemplar in extra curricular activities, Govt. Law College, Kozhikode has evolved over the years in providing opportunities to not only its students but also others who have a keen passion for law.
MaFlac Community – is a dedicated community, focused on its students pursuing their Five Year LLB Course to provide an interface to the students with advocacy, promote and host extra curricular academic events in a wide range of subjects, initiate interactive skill development programs for students at least once a month and inter bacth management fests.
ABOUT THE EVENT:
MaFlac Community is hosting a Two Day Seminar on IMPERIUM CAPITALIS: Empire of Capital” — a Two-Day National Seminar on INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AS CORPORATE HEGEMONY: Law, Capital, Knowledge, and the Politics of Ownership.
Open to students of Law, Researchers, Teachers, Lawyers, Professionals- the seminar focuses on Who Owns Knowledge?
THEMES FOR THE SEMINAR:
The following are the broad sub themes for the seminar:
- PHILOSOPHICAL JUSTIFICATION OF IP: DEVELOPING COUNTRY PERSPECTIVE
- POLITICAL ECONOMY OF IP
- TRIPS & THE GLOBAL SOUTH
- PHARMA PATENTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH
- AI, COPYRIGHT & DIGITAL CAPITALISM
- IP, AGRICULTURE & FOOD
- IPR, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, & BIOPIRACY
- OPEN SOURCE, OPEN ACCESS & COMMONS
- PUBLIC INTEREST LIMITATION ON IP
- IP, CAPITAL, CORPORATE POWER
AWARDS:
Best Paper Award/Best Paper Presenter/Second Best Paper Presenter-
each with a Certificate of Excellence + Complimentary 1 – Year Legal Bites Subscription. All selected papers will be published in an edited volume with ISBN and receive a complimentary Legal Bites Subscription
REGISTRATION FEES:
Paper Presentation:
- For GLC, Kozhikode Students : Rs. 300/-
- For Other College UG/PG Students: Rs. 500/-
- Research Scholars: Rs. 600/-
- Faculty/Academicians: Rs. 750/-
- Legal Practititoners/Industry/Management Professionals: 1000/-
For attendance alone:
- For GLC, Kozhikode Students : Free
- For Other College UG/PG Students: Rs. 100/-
- Research Scholars: Rs. 250/-
- Faculty/Academicians: Rs. 250/-
- Legal Practititoners/Industry/Management Professionals: 250/-
IMPERIUM CAPITALIS 2026
- Registration Deadline: 13th September 2026
- Abstract Submission Deadline: 15th September 2026
- Intimation of Selected Abstracts: 17th September 2026
- Full Paper Submission Deadline: 23rd September 2026
- Seminar Dates: 29th & 30th September 2026
FOR CONTACT AND FURTHER INFO:
STUDENT COORDINATOR : Karthik Mukundan P — 8590159816
REGISTRATION COMMITTEE : Ranjitha Das — 75102 39309
GENERAL GRIEVANCES:
MaFLaC Office Bearers
PRESIDENT : Arunima Suresh — 8848861037
SECRETARY : Aswin Devaraj — 9847610433
JOINT SECRETARY: Ameena N — 83010 69633
For queries: imperiumcapitalis@gmail.com
