Innovation and sovereignty / Calestous Juma and Jackton B. Ojwang, editors.

x, 252 pages ; 21 cm.

9966410007
9789966410009

G 22 JUM.I

Price : NLG; Supplier : Nedbook International bv P.O. Box 3113 1003 AC Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel : 0031 20 63 21 771 Fax : 0031 20 63 40 963 Publisher : African Centre for Technology Studies P.O. Box 45917 Nairobi Kenya Tel : 50 59 20 Contents: Preface; Introduction; Part 1. Technological change and national sovereignty : 1. CALESTOUS, Juma and OJWANG, Jackton B. Innovation and Sovereignty; 2. OJWANG, Jackton B. A regime for protecting inventions and innovations; Part 2. Global trends in intellectual property rights : 3. UNCTAD Secretariat. Intellectual property rights in a changing economic and technological environment; 4. KAPLINSKY, Raphael. Intellectual property and international trade; Part 3. Sectorial studies : 5. CALESTOUS, Juma. Intellectual property rights for Jua Kali innovations; 6. CALESTOUS, Juma. Intellectual property rights for biological innovations; 7. OKECH-OWITI. Regulating technology : the case of computers in Kenya; Part 4. The way ahead : 8. ITA, Silas and CALESTOUS, Juma. In search of a new regime for protecting innovations; 9. KING'ARUI, Joseph. Towards a national patent law for Kenya; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index;.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-245) and index.

African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) research series ; no. 2.

Nairobi, Kenya : African Centre for Technology Studies, 1989.

English