Round-up of IP decisions and legislative reforms in Africa 2021

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Okorie, Chijioke
Chuks-Okeke, Ekene
Schneider, Marius
Ho Tu Nam, Nora

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Oxford University Press

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This article provides an analysis of several important judgments issued by national courts in individual African countries (mostly Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa) in the period 1 January to 31 December 2021. Apart from the judgments, the article highlights developments in legislative and administrative reforms in various intellectual property law fields in 2021. The intellectual property law fields covered include copyright, trade marks and patents.

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Judgments, National courts, African countries, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa (SA), Legislative reforms, Administrative reforms, Intellectual property law, Patents, Copyright, Trade marks

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Chijioke Okorie, Ekene Chuks-Okeke, Marius Schneider, Nora Ho Tu Nam, Round-up of IP decisions and legislative reforms in Africa 2021, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 17, Issue 6, June 2022, Pages 491–502, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpac044.