Optimising benefits from publicly funded research

Policy Brief

2014

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9916
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Open A.I.R. Network
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University of Cape Town

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Intellectual Property Research Unit
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Faculty of Law
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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OpenAIR

Abstract
This Briefing Note highlights Open A.I.R. research findings on apparent disconnects between African national policymaking on intellectual property (IP) from publicly funded research and the actual current realities of university research. In both Ethiopia and South Africa, it was found that recent policymaking has focused on university patenting as a key incentive for improved research output. But such a focus has the potential to undermine public researchers' full participation in online international "open science" collaborations.
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open access
dissemination
science, technology and innovation
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  1. Optimising benefits from publicly funded research. (OpenAIR). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Intellectual Property Research Unit. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9916 .
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