Research Paper 67, June 2016
Innovation and Global Intellectual Property Regulatory Regimes – The Tension between Protection and Access in Africa
This paper discusses the participation of African countries in global intellectual property (IP) regimes centred on the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the implications of the expansion of the scope of IP regimes through bilateral trade and investment agreements.
It provides recommendations for an appropriate intellectual property regime to complement Africa’s regional integration programmes.
This article was tagged: Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), Innovation, Intellectual Property, Regional Integration, Traditional Knowledge, WIPO, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), World Trade Organization (WTO)
