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<font size="-1">Nigeria's Minister of Trade I believe has been very
enthusiastic about stricter enforcement of IPR in Nigeria.<br>
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The last report made from WTO is from 1998 or so and at that time
they still had substantial problems with "bad archiving systems"
aka corruption :P patent applications were automatically granted
because the patent office lacked the expertise to examine
applications. on the other hand they "got lost" in archives
relatively quickly after being granted.<br>
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<td>[Afro-IP] Nigeria, UK to cooperate -- but exactly how?</td>
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<td>Mon, 5 Sep 2011 07:35:45 -0700 (PDT)</td>
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<td>Jeremy <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jjip@btinternet.com"><jjip@btinternet.com></a></td>
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The UK government's News Distribution Service announces a
development that may be of some long-term significance to one of
Africa's most important markets. According to the <b><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=421022&NewsAreaID=2&HUserID=895,776,884,849,773,879,710,705,765,674,677,767,684,762,718,674,708,683,706,718,674&ClientID=-1">text</a></b>:<br>
<blockquote>"A landmark copyright agreement has been signed between
the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and counterparts from
Nigeria. The agreement is the first of its kind between the IPO
and an African country, and will improve international cooperation
on copyright issues between the two nations.<br>
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The move follows the UK Government’s <b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ipresponse-full.pdf">acceptance </a></b>of
the recommendations made in the <b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ipreview-finalreport.pdf">Hargreaves
Review </a></b>of intellectual property and growth. The
review highlighted that the UK should continue to pursue
international interests in intellectual property.<br>
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Minister for Intellectual Property Baroness Wilcox said:<br>
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<blockquote>“Effective copyright law in the UK and Nigeria is
essential for the future growth of both nations’ creative
industries. Businesses need to have confidence in the
intellectual property systems of other countries if they are
to prosper in international markets.</blockquote>
<blockquote>“This agreement will create opportunities for
information sharing as well as opportunities for training and
development in the UK and Nigeria.”</blockquote>
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The agreement was signed today (5 September) in London by the
IPO’s Chief Executive John Alty and Chief Executive of the
Nigerian Copyright Commission, Afam Ezekude".</blockquote>
Afro Leo wonders (i) what is the international cooperation that will
be improved by this agreement, (ii) what sort of information is
going to be shared and (iii) what sort of opportunities for training
and development the two countries have in mind. Do any readers know?
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on 9/05/2011 03:35:00 PM
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