Africa… Taking Customary Law Seriously (Part III): The Story of Oko Mmapule Tadesse 1 Nov 20241 Nov 2024 One of the things that I have found really useful as a scholar AND as a teacher is the power of story and narrative. For my current project, I wrote…
Africa… Taking Customary Law Seriously(Part II): Better than a sui generis system? 24 Oct 202422 Oct 2024 In this piece I am working on I make a proposal for how to implement the recognition of customary law as a means of providing protection for Traditional Knowledge[1] (TK)…
Access to Medicines… Can Countries use TRIPS Article 31 (Compulsory Licensing) to address COVID Vaccine shortages? 23 Feb 2021 (for a longer treatment on the availability of unilateral measures under TRIPS, I recommend Chapter 6 of my PhD Climate Change, Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property: Options for Action at…
Africa African Continental Free Trade Area: IP and Investment? 22 Jan 2021 This month the African Continental Free Trade Agreement began operation (https://mg.co.za/business/2021-01-10-africa-trade-bloc-bets-on-business-without-borders/) The Text is available here: https://au.int/en/treaties/agreement-establishing-african-continental-free-trade-area. It is ambitious in Geographic scope and a welcome step in African integration…
Africa… Solomon Linda, Cultural Pirate? – The Origin Myth of Mbube 5 Aug 2019 Much of the discussion around the Mbube case, in order to make a strong case of misappropriation both emphasized the original contribution made by Solomon Linda and the unique circumstances…
Africa… Solomon Linda, Cultural Pirate? 1 Aug 2019 The Settlement of the Mbube or “Wimoweh” case in South Africa of the claims by Solomon Linda’s family to copyright over the song used on the Lion King Soundtrack cut…
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