African Free Trade Agreements and Intellectual Property

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African Free Trade Agreements and Intellectual Property

9781035328949 Edward Elgar Publishing
Michael Blakeney, Winthrop Professor of Law, UWA Law School, University of Western Australia and Getachew Mengistie Alemu, Intellectual Property Consultant, Maryland, US
Publication Date: 2024 ISBN: 978 1 03532 894 9 Extent: 292 pp
This informative book examines the intellectual property (IP) provisions of the sub-regional and continental Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) that have been implemented in Africa to facilitate trade and promote economic integration. Michael Blakeney and Getachew Mengistie Alemu explain how FTAs can be used when setting IP standards in order to influence the ongoing effort to develop effective international agreements with Africa.

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This informative book examines the intellectual property (IP) provisions of the sub-regional, continental and international Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) that have been implemented by African countries to facilitate trade and promote economic integration. Michael Blakeney and Getachew Mengistie Alemu explain how FTAs can be used when setting IP standards in order to influence the ongoing effort to develop effective international agreements with Africa.

African Free Trade Agreements and Intellectual Property details the national, sub-regional and continental structure of African IP laws and their relationship to the FTAs entered into by African states and sub-regional groupings. The book explores a broad range of topics including the socio-economic challenges of African countries, the African continental IP arrangements, Agenda 2063, cultural and biodiversity legislation. Looking ahead, the book recommends using IP to better support African countries in relation to biopiracy, access to genetic resources, the equitable sharing of benefits from the exploitation of those resources and the protection of traditional knowledge, cultural expressions and folklore.

This book will be an insightful read for researchers and students specialising in intellectual property law, international economic law, trade law and public international law. Providing an in-depth examination of IP and FTA agreements in Africa, this book will also be of benefit to policy-makers and legal practitioners working in the field.
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‘Highly informative and academically convincing, the new book by Michael Blakeney and Getachew Mengistie Alemu brilliantly analyses the intricate web of IP rules and policies affecting the African continent and its states. Readers will be delighted learning about how IP regimes affect entrepreneurship in Africa and their intersection and clash with economic development targets and overriding public goods including public health, culture, education, food security and biodiversity conservation.’
– Enrico Bonadio, City, University of London, UK

‘Much has been written about the impact of the intellectual property and trade paradigm but not much about its impact on African countries. The two authors, both of great experience and scholarship, show the reader in a clear and systematic fashion how the paradigm matters to Africa and its people.’
– Peter Drahos, European University Institute, Italy
Contents
Contents:
1 Overview of the socio-economic profile of and challenges
faced by African countries
2 Sub-regional and regional trade agreements
3 African Continental Free Trade Agreement
4 The intellectual property system in Africa
5 African continental intellectual property arrangements
6 FTAs and African IP arrangements
7 African countries’ membership of international IP agreements
8 Biodiversity
9 Preserving Africa’s culture
10 FTAs, IP, and economic development
Index
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