
Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development Goals in Africa
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Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development Goals in Africa
About this book
This volume provides a technical analysis of intellectual property (IP) rights in Africa, focusing on their intersection with sustainable development. Through case studies, it evaluates IP frameworks in agriculture, public health, innovation financing, and data protection, emphasizing the need for context-sensitive systems tailored to Africa's unique challenges. The research highlights IP's contribution to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including food security, Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) empowerment, and gender equality. It addresses critical issues such as AI-generated (Artificial Intelligence) content, traditional knowledge, and access to medicine, advocating for balanced IP protection that stimulates innovation while ensuring equitable development.
It
- Explores the complex and evolving interface of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and the SDGs, especially SDGs 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 16 from an African perspective.
- Includes chapters having diverse sectoral focus like creative industries, agriculture, finance, AI, and so forth.
- Emphasizes need for localized IP frameworks, capacity development, and policy reform.
- Reiterates a nuanced and balanced IP system tailored to Africa's socio-economic realities.
- Draws upon case studies from Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroon, Morocco, Tanzania, Egypt, Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Gambia, and Ghana.
This book is aimed at academics, researchers, legal practitioners, and formulators within the innovation, IP, and sustainable development context.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 The Intricate Nexus between Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development in Africa
- Chapter 2 Geographical Indications and Sustainable Development in Africa: Options for Chipinge Coffee from Zimbabwe
- Chapter 3 Geographical Indications Driving Sustainable Development Goals 5, 12, and 16 in Africa: Lessons from ARIPO, OAPI, Morocco, and South Africa
- Chapter 4 Harnessing Plant Variety Protection towards Food Sovereignty for Sustainable Agriculture: Insights from Kenya
- Chapter 5 Patent Regimes and Public Health: Unpacking the Strategies to the Realisation of SDG 3 in South Africa
- Chapter 6 Unlocking Innovation: Paving the Way for High-Quality Patents and Sustainable Development in South Africa
- Chapter 7 Public Domain Patents and Innovation in Africa: Unlocking the Potential for Sustainable Development
- Chapter 8 Promoting Innovation from University through IP and Research Commercialization Capacity Enhancement: A Case of Obafemi Awolowo University
- Chapter 9 Intellectual Property-based Financing for Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 9 in Nigeria
- Chapter 10 Securitization of Intellectual Property as a Means of Financing Innovations and Creativity in Tanzania: A Prospect or a Nightmare?
- Chapter 11 The Synergy of Data Protection and Intellectual Property Rights: Catalysing Business Growth in Africa
- Chapter 12 Strengthening the Intellectual Property Framework for Sustainable Development in Africa: Challenges and Prospects
- Chapter 13 Critic of the Legal Framework for the Protection of Traditional Knowledge in Nigeria
- Chapter 14 Intellectual Property as a Catalyst for Sustainable Development in Africa: A Call for Change
- Chapter 15 AI-Generated Works and African Copyright Law: A Framework for Balancing Innovation and Intellectual Property Protection
- Chapter 16 Bridging the Gap: Promoting Small Business Growth through IPR Commercialization in Africa – A Comparison with the United States
- Chapter 17 Promoting Small Businesses in Africa through Intellectual Property Rights Commercialization
- Chapter 18 Criminal Enforcement of Trademark Counterfeiting: A Study of the Legal Implications in India and South Africa
- Chapter 19 Strategic Reform of Africa’s Intellectual Property Systems for Sustainable Development
- Index