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Doing It Different: Shaping African Knowledge Society under the Influence of Bilateral Intellectual Property Standards

Doing It Different: Shaping African Knowledge Society under the Influence of Bilateral Intellectual Property Standards

Owais Hassan Shaikh, Yifat Nahmias
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781466698147|ISBN10: 1466698144|EISBN13: 9781466698154
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9814-7.ch020
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Shaikh, Owais Hassan, and Yifat Nahmias. "Doing It Different: Shaping African Knowledge Society under the Influence of Bilateral Intellectual Property Standards." International Business: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 418-434. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9814-7.ch020

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Shaikh, O. H. & Nahmias, Y. (2016). Doing It Different: Shaping African Knowledge Society under the Influence of Bilateral Intellectual Property Standards. In I. Management Association (Ed.), International Business: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 418-434). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9814-7.ch020

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Shaikh, Owais Hassan, and Yifat Nahmias. "Doing It Different: Shaping African Knowledge Society under the Influence of Bilateral Intellectual Property Standards." In International Business: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 418-434. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9814-7.ch020

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Abstract

This chapter highlights the current developments in the area of intellectual property having direct consequence for the prospects of Africa's knowledge society. Even though African countries, especially the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), have not yet faced pressure from the EU, US, and EFTA for higher intellectual property standards, the situation may change soon with the imminent deadline for conclusion of Economic Partnership Agreements in 2014, the lapse of Africa Growth and Opportunities Act in 2015, and the expiry of the Cotonou Agreement in 2020. African countries will be well advised to decouple trade and intellectual property issues by promoting interregional trade or trade with other developing countries that do not demand TRIPS-Plus protection. They must also negotiate intellectual property within the ambit of the WTO.

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