This article evaluates the transatlantic differences over geographical indications (GIs). On the one hand, the EU pursues widespread protection of GIs as a key feature of its international and bilateral trade strategy. On the other hand, the US and Canada resist the EU's approach, opting for the...

The article provides general overview of diverse questions that consumers' use of 3D printing technology brings under Canadian intellectual property law. At the backdrop of recent incidents in which the different applications of 3D printing technology were put to light, the discussion explores...

The purpose of this study was to explore the role that agricultural information and communication technologies (ICTs) might play in scaling up traditional knowledge (TK)-based agricultural production, and to investigate the ways in which local communities have used ICTs to scale up TK in...

This article explores and analyses existing frameworks and current initiatives for legal protection of traditional knowledge (TK) in international intellectual property law. The need to protect TK and to secure fair and equitable sharing of benefits derived from its use is accepted in major...

The article focuses on the use of geographical indications (GIs) rights. It argues that GIs are forms of intellectual property rights to agricultural and other products that have distinct quality, characteristics on account of natural factors in a location. It is argued that the complimentary...

This chapter outlines research into the Ethiopian coffee and Ghanaian cocoa industries that sought to determine the potential for the local communities and diverse stakeholders participating in the two industries to benefit from sui generis geographical indications (GIs). The research was...

This article examines the challenges that the digitalisation of agriculture in Africa brings with respect to ownership and control of data from the perspective of African indigenous farmers as data originators. It discusses the phenomena of the data revolution and digital agriculture in Africa,...

In the wake of its emergence on the international scene, the world’s major international intellectual property tool - the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) - has evoked anger and dismay among indigenous people and local communities, mainly in the...

The paper discusses the use of geographical indications in the protection of traditional knowledge based agricultural products in the international intellectual property framework. It assesses the promise of geographical indications in the effort to cater for the needs of indigenous people and...

The Shrimp-Turtle Case constitutes one of the most important decisions ever decided by the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body that touch upon trade and environment issues. The case left analysts with mixed feelings as far as the relationship between trade liberalization and...