Negotiating the Intellectual Property Protocol under the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area: Priorities and Opportunities for Nigeria.

Autor: Adewopo, Adebambo, Oriakhogba, Desmond, Okorie, Chijioke
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Zdroj: Law & Development Review; Feb2022, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p33-62, 30p
Abstrakt: 6 Conclusion So far, this paper has highlighted and discussed the negotiation principles inherent in the AfCFTA agreement and those espoused by global experts under the aegis of the MPI Principles, which are recommended as appropriate guides for Nigeria in developing its national negotiation priorities as it embarks on the AfCFTA phase II negotiations. Keywords: AfCFTA agreement; IPRs; trade; Nigeria; access to medicines EN AfCFTA agreement IPRs trade Nigeria access to medicines 33 62 30 02/18/22 20220201 NES 220201 1 Background Nigeria signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement on 7 July 2019 and ratified it on 5 December 2020. The following tables present the global architecture with respect to key global IPR treaties to which Nigeria is committed (Table 1), and Nigeria's domestic IPR regimes (Table 2), which should be considered when setting Nigeria's national negotiation priorities. [Extracted from the article]
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