Harnessing intellectual property for development : some thoughts on an appropriate theoretical framework

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2013

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12556
 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/pelj.v16i4.10
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Ncube, Caroline
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North-West University

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University of Cape Town

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Department of Commercial Law
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Faculty of Law
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Intellectual Property (IP) law is expected to provide equitable protection for eligible kinds of works in virtually all industries; to achieve fair treatment of creator, user and societal interests; and to contribute to a country's efforts to achieve economic development. This is a tall order and debates pertaining to IP law tend to be heated and heavily contested due to the tensions caused by these high expectations. In an effort to move such debates forward, this paper advances a nuanced framework through which contested IP issues may be resolved and upon which national IP policy and legislation may be based.
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Ncube, C.B. 2013. ‘Harnessing Intellectual Property for Development: Some Thoughts On An Appropriate Theoretical Framework’. Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 16 (4):370–396

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