African Traditional Intellectual Property Rights, Customary Law, and Legal Pluralism

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" African Traditional Intellectual Property Rights, Customary Law, and Legal Pluralism "
Ayoyemi Lawal Arowolo

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1064429
Doc. No	:	LA108058
Call No	:	‭10.1163/17087384-12340037‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Ayoyemi Lawal Arowolo
Title & Author	:	African Traditional Intellectual Property Rights, Customary Law, and Legal Pluralism [Article]\ Ayoyemi Lawal Arowolo
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill \| Nijhoff
Title of Periodical	:	African Journal of Legal Studies
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	11/4
Page No	:	299–318
Abstract	:	Indeed, intellectual property rights are not new to traditional African communities. Traditional legal systems of protection in Africa such as customary law protected the rights of members of these communities. These systems of protection are still used. There are also practices of monopoly from the past regarding the use of some products of creative works. This paper examines the various ways in which traditional intellectual properties have been protected over the years which are similar in some ways to modern intellectual property rights. Thus, proposing that the adoption of a pluralistic protection mechanism (legal pluralism) for traditional intellectual properties could resolve legal issues related to them in Africa. Indeed, intellectual property rights are not new to traditional African communities. Traditional legal systems of protection in Africa such as customary law protected the rights of members of these communities. These systems of protection are still used. There are also practices of monopoly from the past regarding the use of some products of creative works. This paper examines the various ways in which traditional intellectual properties have been protected over the years which are similar in some ways to modern intellectual property rights. Thus, proposing that the adoption of a pluralistic protection mechanism (legal pluralism) for traditional intellectual properties could resolve legal issues related to them in Africa.
Descriptor	:	Africa legal pluralism
Descriptor	:	customary law
Descriptor	:	intellectual property rights
Descriptor	:	traditional intellectual properties
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/17087384-12340037‬