Intellectual property policy, law and administration in Africa : exploring continental and sub-regional co-operation / Caroline B. Ncube.
2016
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Title
Intellectual property policy, law and administration in Africa : exploring continental and sub-regional co-operation / Caroline B. Ncube.
Published
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.
Call Number
KQC370 .N37 2016
ISBN
9781138820739 (hardback)
1138820733 (hardback)
9781315743714 (ebook)
1138820733 (hardback)
9781315743714 (ebook)
Description
xvi, 188 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)908838929
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of abbreviations
ix
Acknowledgements
xiii
Preface
xiv
Foreword
xv
1.
Introduction
1
Intellectual Property landscape in Africa
1
Overview and history of national IP laws
2
IP and the public interest
5
African states' diversity and the need for flexible and nuanced IP systems
10
African states' contribution to the articulation and formulation of the Development Agenda at WIPO
12
TRIPS implementation by African states
14
Book overview
31
2.
IP policy frameworks in Africa
40
Introduction
40
importance of IP policies in Africa
43
Factors affecting IP policy design
44
Technical assistance
46
REC IP policies
51
Country profiles
52
Conclusion
60
3.
Sub-regional trade co-operation and integration
68
Introduction
68
Theories of regionalism
69
AU and the AEC
73
relationship between community laws and national laws
76
COMESA
78
EAC
79
ECOWAS
82
SADC
83
T-FTA
86
Conclusion
90
4.
Sub-regional IP co-operation
97
Introduction
97
ARIPO
98
OAPI
109
Conclusion
121
5.
Continental IP co-operation: PAIPO
126
Introduction
126
Historical overview of the A U's efforts to establish PAIPO
126
How PAIPO will function
131
Policy imperatives -- the PAIPO statute and the WIPO development agenda
139
Conclusion
139
6.
Key considerations in the development of IP harmonization models
145
Introduction
145
IP co-operation
146
Harmonization
153
Lessons from existing harmonization efforts
160
Conclusion
165
7.
General conclusions
176
Index
181