Our Vision

Notes from an IP theory enthusiast—and a pair of unrepentant IP musers. This platform has a purpose. Through our law school journeys, we’ve come to appreciate the richness of theoretical reading and academic work, but we’ve also been reminded—often—that a Great Divide exists between the law we study and how law is actually practised. The echoes of this divide resonate through the hallowed halls of courtrooms, law classrooms, bureaucratic offices, and beyond. And that’s where the roots of this blog were laid.

The purpose here is straightforward: to think aloud, ideate, and pen ideas that pique or even peeve our interests, while challenging—and hopefully bridging—that great divide between theory and practice. Put differently, this blog aims to dissect academia and test its essence and relevance in real-world practice. This is a reader’s perspective, for our readers. We want to share our understanding of the material discussed—and nothing beyond it. Don’t trust us too much (we’re students, after all, learning by writing and thinking together), but do read, respond, and join the conversation.

Intellectual Property (IP)— the law that has of late become the fulcrum of knowledge governance and information regulation — has intuitively drawn both of us in. We, as one could call it, are IP aficionados (not to mean that we are pro-Intellectual Property – we are conflicted on that). We LOVE reading, theorising, philosophising about IP, exploring diverse ideas connected to how they shape policies around information regulation. Beyond casual reading, we’ve been fortunate enough to dive into the academic works of renowned and emerging IP scholars worldwide, gaining exposure to a broad spectrum of thoughts and debates on the very purpose of IP itself. (A big thanks to our friends, mentors, employers, supervisors, and colleagues who have constantly nudged our thinking in these directions.) Through this platform, we aim to engage our readers (hopefully students, academics, practitioners, judges, and other interested pals) in these academic readings and thoughts, and rethink the intuitive dialogue that surrounds the areas of IP.