Open AIR Research Project On African IP Presented At WIPO | Intellectual Property Watch

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-06-05

Summary:

"The Open AIR project has gone global. The research project’s findings were presented in a recent side event at the World Intellectual Property Organization. The findings, published in two books, assess how people from different African countries and sectors consider and use intellectual property and present three possible scenarios about how people will innovate in the next two decades. The Open AIR project – Open African Innovation Research and Training on the role of intellectual property in open development – is an international network of experts launched in 2004, “working with African innovators, creators and entrepreneurs to turn knowledge into concrete practices that can transform economies and drive equitable development,” according to their website. The side event was held on 22 May during the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP), which took place from 19-23 May. Jeremy de Beer, associate professor in the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and co-principal investigator of the project, said their work started at the same time as the Development Agenda. When it became evident that there was a lack of research, several experts (including lawyers, economists, and practitioners) decided to start research in Africa ... The book covers six main themes: collaborative intellectual property in the informal sector; collaborative IP and place-based branding; collaborative IP and a traditional knowledge commons; collaborative creativity and copyrights; IP from publicly funded research; and patents and collaborative innovation ..."

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http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/06/04/open-air-research-project-on-african-ip-presented-at-wipo/

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Date tagged:

06/05/2014, 18:25

Date published:

06/05/2014, 14:25