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Itanyi, Nkem 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2124-2642 and Mgbado, Joy
(2019)
The Nigerian patent system vis-à-vis her technology transfer: A mere rhetoric.
The Nigerian Juridical Review, 5 (1).
pp. 55-88.
ISSN 0189-4315
Abstract
Intellectual property law creates a platform for the exploitation of the inventive efforts of an individual to achieve commercial gain and therefore encourages innovation. Intellectual property can be expressed to be a valuable product of the human intellect expressed through intangible rights, i.e. choses in action. One of such rights is patent rights which protect one's invention in such a manner as to preclude others from making, using, selling or otherwise exploiting in any manner such invention. Whereas Nigeria can boast of indigenous manpower and raw talent necessary to achieve technological advancement, the country is still regarded as one of the least countries in respect of patents and technology transfer. Several factors amongst which include poor investment in research and development, inadequate infrastructure, absence of an encouraging framework towards innovativeness and over-reliance on foreign technology importation are responsible for this. This article considers the position in Nigeria as regards the invention of products, available framework for the protection of such inventions and their activity rate so far. The paper concludes with a call for technology transfer and patent protection to be viewed as a national priority to enable the country to move forward and compete effectively with other nations in the field of intellectual property.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law |
| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Oct 2024 12:30 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Oct 2024 06:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/96913 |
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