Evolution of Africa’s Intellectual Property Treaty Ratification Landscape

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dc.citation.doihttps://doi.org/10.23962/10539/26173
dc.citation.epage82
dc.citation.issue22
dc.citation.spage53
dc.contributor.authorDe Beer, Jeremy
dc.contributor.authorBaarbé, Jeremiah
dc.contributor.authorNcube, Caroline
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-04T14:19:18Z
dc.date.available2018-12-04T14:19:18Z
dc.date.issued2018-12-07
dc.description.abstractIntellectual property (IP) policy is an important contributor to economic growth and human development. However, international commitments harmonised in IP treaties often exist in tension with local needs for flexibility. This article tracks the adoption of IP treaties in Africa over a 131-year span, from 1884 to 2015, through breaking it down into four periods demarcated by points in time coinciding with key events in African and international IP law: the periods 1884–1935, 1936–1965, 1966–1995, and 1996¬–2015. The article explores relevant historical and legal aspects of each of these four periods, in order to assess and contextualise the evolutions of the IP treaty landscape on the continent. The findings show that treaties now saturate the IP policy space throughout the continent, limiting the ability to locally tailor approaches to knowledge governance.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianCA2018en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipOpen African Innovation Research (Open AIR) network, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), UK Department for International Development (DFID), National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDe Beer, J., Baarbé, J., & Ncube, C. (2018). Evolution of Africa’s intellectual property treaty ratification landscape. The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), 22, 53-82. https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/26173
dc.identifier.issn2077-7213 (online version)
dc.identifier.issn2077-7205 (print version)
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.23962/10539/26173
dc.identifier.urihttp://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/26192
dc.journal.titleThe African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC)en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherLINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburgen_ZA
dc.subjectinternational law, Africa, intellectual property (IP), treaty ratification, development, data visualisation, WIPO, WTO, trade, harmonisationen_ZA
dc.titleEvolution of Africa’s Intellectual Property Treaty Ratification Landscape
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
ddi.keywordinternational law, Africa, intellectual property (IP), treaty ratification, development, data visualisation, WIPO, WTO, trade, harmonisation
z.orcidBaarbé: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5360-2975 Ncube: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0933-937X
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