A5067747626- Intellectual Property and Patents
- Copyright and Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property Law
- Innovation Policy and R&D
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
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- Genetically Modified Organisms Research
- Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
- Open Source Software Innovations
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- Taxation and Compliance Studies
- Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction
- Global trade and economics
- Criminal Law and Evidence
- Innovation and Knowledge Management
- International Arbitration and Investment Law
- Economic Growth and Development
- International Development and Aid
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Community Development and Social Impact
- Digital Economy and Work Transformation
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- World Trade Organization Law
- Public-Private Partnership Projects
University of Ottawa
2015-2024
University of Johannesburg
2020-2024
Ottawa University
2012-2023
Centre for Law, Technology and Society
2022
University of Cape Town
2010-2021
Centre for International Governance Innovation
2020-2021
ORCID
2020
Strathmore University
2020
Centro Universitário Newton Paiva
2020
American University in Cairo
2020
The deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is proliferating on the African continent, but policy responses are still at their early stages. This article provides an overview main elements AI in Africa, AI's core benefits and challenges settings, dimensions for continent. It argued that to build, rather than undermine, socio-economic inclusion policymakers need be cognisant following key dimensions: gender equity, cultural linguistic diversity, labour market shifts.
Tapping into the creativity of a crowd can provide highly efficient and effective means acquiring ideas, work, content to solve problems. But crowdsourcing solutions also come with risks, including legal risks associated intellectual property. Therefore, we raise address two-part question: Why—and how—should organizations deal property issues when engaging in solutions? The answers lie understanding approaches for sufficient from limiting using that Herein, discuss hazards not considering...
Precision agriculture, including the deployment of robotic farm workers, artificial intelligence (AI) driven equipment, and corresponding "smart" systems, is being enthusiastically lauded for improving crop yields, strengthening food security, generating economic growth, combating poverty. Techno-optimism has captured imagination media, industry, governments alike. Simultaneously, researchers in computer science machine learning spaces have begun cataloguing potential harms that arise from...
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are being used across the world to generate efficiency gains for farmers. This has led an information data explosion with associated boom in new applications, tools, actors, business models, entire industries. Agri-food systems transformed. Beyond technological developments, from farmers become a growth area, driving expectations investments big data, blockchain technology, precision agriculture, farmer profiling e-extension. Investing...
Abstract The decoupling of biological information from its material source has changed debates about global access and benefit sharing (ABS) genetic resources. What does the digitization imply for resources proven potential value? implications digital sequence (DSI) have individuals groups, who invested time effort in augmenting refining valuable characteristics resources? Stakeholders discussing this issue various international fora unanimously acknowledge there are currently more questions...
In this working paper, the authors connect concepts, definitions and data regarding informal economy, innovation, intellectual property in order to establish a framework for further qualitative quantitative research improvement of public policies respect these issues. First, review literature defining present an original synthesis statistical economy's social economic significance. Second, apply established emerging concepts innovation context systems. Third, discuss spectrum appropriation...
(2010). Canada's ‘Orphan Works’ Regime: Unlocatable Copyright Owners and the Board. Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 215-254.
Governments have long been interested in making intellectual property (IP) policy based on sound evidence. There is a large body of literature addressing the economic impacts IP, but little it accessible to makers. This article aims improve understanding how IP contributes performance country's innovative sectors. A detailed review and meta‐analysis identifies existing methodologies analytical frameworks. The organizes conclusions into four major archetypes, explains advantages/disadvantages...
For several years, research at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law (MPI) − in collaboration with experts from all over world has examined trend of bilateral regional agreements that include provisions on protection enforcement intellectual property (IP) rights. By building this research, following principles These emanate consultations within MPI especially a workshop was held external October 2012 Munich, Germany. They represent views those first...
This article applies the Max Planck Principles on Intellectual Property Provisions in Bilateral and Regional Agreements to several recently established or still-being-negotiated international lawmaking instruments. It identifies recent, fundamental changes overarching patterns evolution procedures, institutions, substantive outcomes of intellectual property lawmaking. Specific analysis is provided Principles' potential application Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), Trans-Pacific...
IntroductionThe biohacking movement is changing who can innovate in biotechnology. Driven by principles of inclusivity and open science, the encourages sharing transparency data, ideas, resources. As a result, innovation now happening outside traditional research labs, unconventional spaces – do-it-yourself (DIY) biology labs known as
This chapter reviews conceptual frameworks to understand and measure innovation, then outlines links between innovation the concepts of entrepreneurship, informal economy (IE) intellectual property (IP). The review suggests that time is ripe for African policy-makers seek more holistic approaches facilitating and, in turn, fostering socio-economic development nations.
This article seeks enhanced understanding of the dynamics open innovation and knowledge appropriation in African settings.More specifically, authors focus on micro small enterprises (MSEs), which are key engines productivity continent.The begin by providing an expansion emergent conceptual framework for intersections between innovation, openness small-enterprise settings.Then, based this framework, they review evidence generated five recent case studies looking at development, sharing among...