African contributions in shaping the worldwide intellectual property system

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Author:

Kongolo, Tshimanga.

ISBN:

9780754677406

Personal Author:

Kongolo, Tshimanga.

Publication Information:

Farnham : Ashgate, 2013.

Physical Description:

xx, 319 pages ; 24 cm.

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 2.African Countries' National Perspectives on Various Intellectual Property Issues -- Introduction -- Scope of Protection of Patents -- Disclosure Requirements -- Exclusions from Patentability -- Exceptions to Patent Rights -- Compulsory Licensing in the Field of Patents -- Non-Traditional Marks -- Well-Known Marks Protection -- Trademarks and the Internet -- Exceptions and Limitations to Breeders' Rights -- Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions, and Genetic Resources -- Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) -- Conclusion -- 3.African Regional Intellectual Property Systems and Regional Initiatives -- The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) -- Background -- Protocol on Patents and Industrial Designs within the Framework of the ARIPO -- The Banjul Protocol on Marks -- The AR1PO-PCT Relationship --

Contents note continued: African Intellectual Property Organization (Organisation Africaine de la Propriete Intellectuelle) (OAPI) -- Background -- Patents -- Trademarks and Service Marks -- Protection of Plant Varieties -- African Regional Initiatives -- Protocol on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Folklore adopted by the ARIPO on August 9, 2010 -- Introduction -- Protection of traditional knowledge -- Criteria of protection -- Beneficiaries -- Rights conferred -- Equitable benefit-sharing -- Exceptions and limitations -- Compulsory licenses -- Duration of protection -- Protection of expressions of folklore -- Criteria of protection -- Beneficiaries -- Protection of expressions of folklore against unlawful acts -- Exceptions and limitations -- Duration of protection -- The ARIPO Draft Protocol on Plant Varieties Protection -- Preamble -- Purpose -- Genera and species to be protected -- Conditions of protection --

Contents note continued: Persons entitled to apply for protection -- Granting and rejection of the plant breeders' right -- Scope of the plant breeders' right -- Exceptions to the plant breeders' right -- Exhaustion of the plant breeders' right -- Restrictions on the exercise of the plant breeders' right -- Duration of the plant breeders' right -- Appeals and enforcement procedures -- Transitional provisions -- The African Model Law for the Protection of the Rights of Local Communities, Farmers and Breeders, and for the Regulation of Access to Biological Resources -- Objectives -- Scope -- Access to biological resources -- Community rights -- Farmers' rights -- Plant breeders' rights -- The AU Model Law on Biosafety -- Preamble -- Objectives -- Scope -- National Biosafety Committee -- Application -- Risk assessment -- Identification and labeling -- Export -- Liability and redress -- Community rights for GMO-free zones -- Conclusion --

Contents note continued: The Establishment of the Pan-African Intellectual Property Organization -- The African Intellectual Property Organizations: necessity of adopting one uniform system for all Africa -- Discussions on the establishment of PAIPO -- Background and premise to the adoption -- Final Draft Statute of the Pan-African Intellectual Property Organization (PAIPO) -- Preamble -- The way forward -- Conclusion -- 4.African Initiatives at the International Level -- Introduction -- Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions or Expressions of Folklore, and Genetic Resources -- Work Done Within WIPO -- Background and premises to the debates -- African initiatives, positions, and proposals in the context of the IGC -- The pre-text-based negotiation period -- Text-based negotiations -- Current status of the negotiations -- Traditional cultural expressions -- Subject matter of protection -- Beneficiaries -- Scope of protection -- Exceptions and limitations --

Contents note continued: Term of protection -- Other matters -- Traditional knowledge -- Subject matter of protection -- Beneficiaries -- Scope of protection -- Scope of protection and sanctions -- Exceptions and limitations -- Term of protection -- Other matters -- Genetic resources -- Traditional knowledge and the public domain -- Conclusion -- Work Done Within the WTO -- Background and premises to debates -- African main positions relating to the review of Article 27.3(b), the relationship between the TRIPs Agreement and the CBD, and protection of traditional knowledge and folklore -- The relationship between the TRIPs Agreement and the CBD -- An effective sui generis system -- Protection of traditional knowledge and folklore -- Current status of the debate -- Proposal on the Disclosure of Origin of Biological/Genetic Resources and/or Associated Traditional Knowledge -- Draft Modalities Text for TRIPs related issues -- Conclusion -- Patents and Public Health -- Introduction --

Contents note continued: African Contributions within the WTO in the Context of Patents and Public Health -- Background and premises to the debates -- The Doha Declaration on the TRIPs Agreement and Public Health -- Decision of the General Council of WTO of August 30, 2003 implementing Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPs Agreement and Public Health -- The Protocol Amending the TRIPs Agreement -- Conclusion -- African Contributions within WHO in the Context of Public Health, Innovation and Patents -- Background and premises to the debates -- Final report and recommendations of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health of 2006 -- The Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property -- Collaboration among WHO, WTO, and WIPO on public health and patents -- Draft Resolution on Counterfeit Medical Products -- Conclusion -- Patents and Public Health within WIPO --

Contents note continued: Tripartite cooperation between WHO-WIPO-WTO -- Patents and health in the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) -- Joint proposal by the African Group and the Development Agenda Group, SCP Work Program on Patents and Health -- Patents and Health: the US proposal -- Other Contributions of WIPO in the Field of Patents and Health -- Exceptions and Limitations to Copyright -- Background and Premises to the Debates -- Proposals on Exceptions and Limitations and Debated Issues from 2009 to 2012 -- Exceptions and limitations for visually impaired persons/persons with print disabilities and other reading disabilities -- Proposal of Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay -- Proposal of the United States of America -- Proposal of the European Union -- International Instrument on Limitations and Exceptions for Visually Impaired Persons/Persons with Print Disabilities: Proposal of the Chair -- Exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives --

Contents note continued: Proposal on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives submitted by Brazil, Ecuador and Uruguay -- Proposal on Objectives and Principles for Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives submitted by the United States of America -- The Case for a Treaty on Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives: Background Paper by IFLA, ICA, EIFL, and INNOVARTE -- Provisional Working Document Containing Comments on and Textual Suggestions Towards an Appropriate International Legal Instrument (in whatever form) on Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives -- Exceptions and limitations to copyright for educational, teaching, and research institutions -- The proposal of Brazil -- The proposal of Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay -- Provisional Working Document -- Proposal of the African Group: Draft WIPO Treaty on Exceptions and Limitations for the Disabled, Educational and Research Institutions, Libraries and Archive Centers --

Contents note continued: African Positions on Selected International Intellectual Property Issues -- Protection of Life Forms -- Patenting of Micro-organisms and Non-Biological and Microbiological Processes -- Research Exemption/Exception -- Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) -- Conclusions on Chapter 4 -- 5.General Conclusions.

Subject Term:

Intellectual property (International law)

Intellectual property -- Africa.

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Africa is playing an increasingly more significant role in the domain of international intellectual property law, and this book underlines the contributions made by African countries as a group to the development of the current international IP system. It examines in detail their breakthrough proposals and initiatives at the WTO, WIPO and WHO with regard to IP and public health; IP and traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions and genetic resources; IP and biodiversity; and exceptions and limitations to copyright. Using Botswana, Burundi, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, South Africa and Tunisia as examples, it examines the systems under which these IP subject matters are protected. From a regional perspective, the book also analyses some initiatives taken by ARIPO, OAPI and the African Union to protect traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions, especially in relation to protection of the rights of local farming communities and breeders, regulation of access to biological resources, genetically modified organisms and the proposed establishment of the new Pan-African Intellectual Property Organization (PAIPO). Demonstrating how Africa is now an active player on the international IP scene, this book will be invaluable to those interested in intellectual property law, business and commercial law, and African and international law.