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Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2008 3(4):205; doi:10.1093/jiplp/jpn028
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© The Author (2008). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved

Editorial

Intellectual property and Africa: the agony and entropy

Jeremy Phillips
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In recent weeks, I have been considering the problems faced by those seeking to secure, protect, or exploit IP in the African continent. It seems that, despite the wide spectrum of cultural, ethnic, geographic, and economic differences demonstrated across that vast continent, there are some features which are so widely shared as to be virtually pandemic.

One problem facing Africa's 54 countries (or more, depending on how you count countries and . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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