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Indigenus Peoples' Rights At The Intersection Of Human Rights And Intellectual Property Rights, Chidi Oguamanam Feb 2013

Indigenus Peoples' Rights At The Intersection Of Human Rights And Intellectual Property Rights, Chidi Oguamanam

Chidi Oguamanam

Exploration of the interface between human rights (HRs) and intellectual property rights (IPRs) is a venture still at a gestational stage. One of the major challenges of that initiative is how to map indigenous peoples’ rights into the discourse. Indigenous peoples’ rights pose significant challenges to both HRs and IPRs jurisprudence. Not only is there a clarity gap over indigenous peoples’ rights in the international bill of rights. Indigenous people’s rights are analogous misfits to any head of conventional HRs as well as conventional IPRs. Overall, indigenous people’s rights are a source of irritation to both HRs and IPRs. The …


Open Minds: Lessons On Intellectual Property, Innovation And Development From Nigeria, Chidi Oguamanam, Jeremy De Beer Jan 2013

Open Minds: Lessons On Intellectual Property, Innovation And Development From Nigeria, Chidi Oguamanam, Jeremy De Beer

Chidi Oguamanam

A more robust and nuanced understanding of the role IP really plays in society is, in turn, a prerequisite to creating IP systems that drive innovation, economic growth, and human freedom. A holistic appreciation of not just laws and policies, but also practices related to IP and innovation will help developing countries design appropriate, context-specific systems of knowledge governance. To this end, this chapter offers an analysis of WIPO’s key role in IP training and education in developing countries, a country-specific case study of the Nigerian experience, and some strategic recommendations for creating a more open-minded IP education system. It …


Intellectual Property, Ag-Biotech And The Right To Adequate Food: A Critical African Perspective, Chidi Oguamanam Jan 2013

Intellectual Property, Ag-Biotech And The Right To Adequate Food: A Critical African Perspective, Chidi Oguamanam

Chidi Oguamanam

Recent transformations in agricultural innovations have resulted in the consolidation of intellectual property rights in the agricultural arena resulting in an ongoing struggle for the control of plant genetic resources. For many developing countries, especially in Africa, traditional and communal-based artisanal farmers are the producers of over three quarters of regional food supply. But contemporary techno-legal transformations in agriculture undermine the critical role of these informal actors in a manner that aggravates the state of regional food insecurity in Africa. The aspirations of African countries to implement their obligations in regard to the right to adequate food under the International …


Rio+20: Indigenous Knowledge And Intellectual Property In Coastal And Ocean Law, Chidi Oguamanam Jan 2013

Rio+20: Indigenous Knowledge And Intellectual Property In Coastal And Ocean Law, Chidi Oguamanam

Chidi Oguamanam

No abstract provided.


Open Innovation In Plant Genetic Resources For Food And Agriculture, Chidi Oguamanam Jan 2013

Open Innovation In Plant Genetic Resources For Food And Agriculture, Chidi Oguamanam

Chidi Oguamanam

No abstract provided.