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OverviewIn the global knowledge economy, intellectual property rights - and the innovations they are meant to spur - are important determinants of progress. But what does this mean for the nations of Africa? One view is that strong IP protection can facilitate innovation in African settings. Others say that existing IP systems are simply not suited to the realities of Africa. This book, based on case studies and evidence collected across nine countries in Africa sheds new light on the complex relationships between innovation and intellectual property. It covers findings across many sites of innovation and creativity, including music, leather goods, textiles, cocoal, coffee, auto parts, traditional medicine, book publishing, biofuels and university research, and presents a picture in which innovators share a common appreciation for collaboration and openness. Full Product DetailsAuthor: J. de Beer , C. Armstrong , C. Oguamanam , T. TschonwetterPublisher: Juta Academic Imprint: UCT Press Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.500kg ISBN: 9781919895994ISBN 10: 191989599 Pages: 432 Publication Date: 07 February 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews"""Africa is increasingly being acknowledged as an emerging region economically and this makes intellectual property an especially timely issue. Africans need to know about IP and of course many parts of the continent have a growing middle class reading public. People outside Africa also need now to know about IP there."" --Professor Graham Dutfield, Leeds University, UK" Africa is increasingly being acknowledged as an emerging region economically and this makes intellectual property an especially timely issue. Africans need to know about IP and of course many parts of the continent have a growing middle class reading public. People outside Africa also need now to know about IP there. --Professor Graham Dutfield, Leeds University, UK Author InformationChris Armstrong is a Visiting Researcher at the LINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, publishing and ciommunications consultant for the Open A.I.R. Project and former Research Manager of the African Copyright and Access to Knowledge Project. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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