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Intellectual Property Rights: A Focus on Medicinal Plant Products from Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Fekadu Fullas --- , USA Mammo Muchie --- , South AfricaIntellectual Property Rights (IPRs) has been the subject of voluminous literature. Much has been written about its origin, implications and dispositions. Yet, the subject of IPRs is fraught with murky issues, especially as it applies to developing countries. This paper... -
The economic importance and impacts of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in Sudan
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour --- UNU-MERIT, School of Business and Economics, The NetherlandsThis paper explains the importance of IPRs and examines the factors hindering and those contributing toward enhancing IPRs in Sudan. We find that the inadequacy of IPRs protection in Sudan is attributed to low integration in the international institutions, lack... -
Design patents: A snapshot study of the BRICS economies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Kashmiri Lal --- CSIR-National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS), IndiaThis study is an attempt to examine the profile of design patents among the BRICS economies by examining design patents issued by the United States Patents and Trademark Office (USPTO), for the period 2002–2011. During this period, China was granted... -
Node between firm’s knowledge-intensive activities and their propensity to innovate: Insights from Nigeria’s mining industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Oluseye Oladayo Jegede --- , South AfricaWhile studies have examined the nexus between knowledge and innovative performance, the literature from the context of developing countries is very scant. This study thus examines which knowledge-intensive activities influence the propensity of mining firms in Nigeria to implement either... -
An assessment of South African technological capability using patent data from WIPO Patentscope database
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Swapan Kumar Patra --- , South Africa Mammo Muchie --- , South AfricaThe Post-Apartheid South African Government has produced three white papers (1996–2008), (2008–2018) and (2018–2028) on science technology and innovation for national development. In all these policy documents, science and technology-based industries are considered as priority areas in socioeconomic development. Using... -
Bioenergy emerging paradigm: Collaborative networks and determinants in the upgrading process of technological frontiers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Carolina da Silveira Bueno --- University of Campinas, Brazil Fábio Kenji Masago --- University of Campinas, Brazil José Maria Ferreira Jardim da Silveira --- University of Campinas, Brazil Bruna de Souza Moraes --- University of Campinas, Brazil Leonardo Brantes Bacellar Mendes --- , Brazil Ivette Raymunda Luna --- University of Campinas, Brazil Telma Teixeira Franco --- School of Chemical Engineering (FEQ), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, BrazilThis paper examines the collaboration dynamic among areas of knowledge and countries from 1975 to 2017 within the bioenergy field and from a complex network approach, as a driver for the evolution of technological frontiers and emerging paradigms, seeking opportunities... -
Analysis of patents and citations for selected areas of the bioeconomy in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Thabang Lazarus Bambo --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Anastassios Pouris --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThe South African bioeconomy strategy did not clearly articulate the measurement framework to monitor the implementation of the strategy. This paper provides an analysis of bioeconomy patents, the most prolific organizations and citations at the EPO and USPTO for South... -
How open are African inventors? Open green technologies and patenting activities in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Maruf Sanni --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Yeong Jae Kim --- KDI School of Public Policy and Management, Republic of KoreaOpen green innovation is essential to accelerate decarbonization in Africa. The dearth of empirical evidence on the current trajectory of green innovation in Africa often hinders appropriate green innovation policy design. This study investigates the incidence of collaboration in inventive... -
The role of academic institutions in leveraging innovation through patenting activities: A diagnostic of the Moroccan experience focusing on the agricultural sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sanaa Zebakh --- Ibn Tofail University, Morocco Jaouad Anissi --- EUORMED Research Centre EI-BIOMEDTECH, EUROMED University of Fes, Morocco, Salim Bounou --- EUORMED Research Centre EI-BIOMEDTECH, EUROMED University of Fes, Morocco, Mohammed Sadiki --- Rabat-Instituts, MoroccoIn the late 2000s, Morocco implemented various actions and programmes to establish a National Innovation System, which has helped to bolster innovation and patenting activities within higher education and research institutions. This article investigates the Moroccan innovation framework that facilitated...