Full Description
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.
Contents
1. The Intricate Nexus between Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development in Africa 2. Geographical Indications and Sustainable Development in Africa 3. Geographical Indications Driving Sustainable Development Goals 5, 12 & 16 in Africa 4. Harnessing Plant Variety Protection towards Food Sovereignty for Sustainable Agriculture 5. Patent Regimes and Public Health 6.Unlocking Innovation 7. Public Domain Patents and Innovation in Africa 8. Promoting Innovation from University Through IP And Research Commercialization Capacity Enhancement 9. Intellectual Property-Based Financing for Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 9 in Nigeria 10. Securitization of Intellectual Property as a Means of Financing Innovations and Creativity in Tanzania 11. The Synergy of Data Protection and Intellectual Property Rights 12. Strengthening the Intellectual Property Framework for Sustainable Development in Africa 13. Critic of the Legal Framework for the Protection of Traditional Knowledge in Nigeria 14. Intellectual Property as a Catalyst for Sustainable Development in Africa 15. AI Generated Works and African Copyright Law 16. Bridging the gap 17. Promoting Small Businesses in Africa Through Intellectual Property Rights Commercialization 18. Criminal Enforcement of Trademark Counterfeiting 19. Strategic Reform of Africa's Intellectual Property Systems for Sustainable Development
