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The access and benefit - Sharing law regarding genetic resources and traditional knowledge in Africa under the international intellectual property regime
Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2014
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/43642 The access and benefit - Sharing law regarding genetic resources and traditional knowledge in Africa under the international intellectual property regime Soyeju, Olufemi Olugbemiga tigist91@gmail.com Gebrehiwot, Tigist International intellectual property regime Genetic Resources (GRs) Traditional Knowledge (TK) Aggement Access and benefit-sharing (ABS) Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2014 This research critically analyse the existing international intellectual property regime with regard to protection of Genetic Resources (GRs) and Traditional Knowledge (TK) in respect of developing countries. It further discusses access and benefit-sharing (ABS) law and its agreement and the implications of such agreement for developing countries and the extent of effectiveness of the existing IIP regimes specifically on the protection of GRs and TK. Developing countries, such as Ethiopia, are considered to be rich in GRs and the associated TK. It is to their disadvantage in such cases that the current IIP regime is not able to protect GRs and TK, and to date, the international intellectual property regime has failed, permitting excessively broad patents over genetic biodiversity. The study also seeks to address the bearing of international intellectual property regimes on access and benefit sharing to biodiversity resources and associated knowledge. It then argues that there is an inherent gap in the current international intellectual property (IIP) regime with regard to GRs and TK, and unless IIP regime is revised in a manner that gives protection to GRs and TK, developing countries will remain disadvantaged. gm2015 Centre for Human Rights LLM Unrestricted 2015-02-12T06:18:51Z 2015-02-12T06:18:51Z 2014-12-10 2014 Dissertation Gebrehiwot, T 2014, The access and benefit - Sharing law regarding genetic resources and traditional knowledge in Africa under the international intellectual property regime, LLM Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43642> M14/4/481/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43642 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | International intellectual property regime Genetic Resources (GRs) Traditional Knowledge (TK) Aggement Access and benefit-sharing (ABS) The access and benefit - Sharing law regarding genetic resources and traditional knowledge in Africa under the international intellectual property regime |
| title | The access and benefit - Sharing law regarding genetic resources and traditional knowledge in Africa under the international intellectual property regime |
| title_full | The access and benefit - Sharing law regarding genetic resources and traditional knowledge in Africa under the international intellectual property regime |
| title_fullStr | The access and benefit - Sharing law regarding genetic resources and traditional knowledge in Africa under the international intellectual property regime |
| title_full_unstemmed | The access and benefit - Sharing law regarding genetic resources and traditional knowledge in Africa under the international intellectual property regime |
| title_short | The access and benefit - Sharing law regarding genetic resources and traditional knowledge in Africa under the international intellectual property regime |
| title_sort | access and benefit sharing law regarding genetic resources and traditional knowledge in africa under the international intellectual property regime |
| topic | International intellectual property regime Genetic Resources (GRs) Traditional Knowledge (TK) Aggement Access and benefit-sharing (ABS) |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43642 |