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: Received: 23 August 2021 / Approved: 24 August 2021 / Online: 24 August 2021 (14:11:16 CEST)
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Mudziwapasi, R.; Chekera, R.; Shoko, R.; Jomane, F. N.; Mugande, U.; Ganyani, S.; Mlambo, A. Bioethics and Biotechnology Related Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights in Zimbabwe: Issues and Opportunities for Development. Preprints2021, 2021080474
Mudziwapasi, R.; Chekera, R.; Shoko, R.; Jomane, F. N.; Mugande, U.; Ganyani, S.; Mlambo, A. Bioethics and Biotechnology Related Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights in Zimbabwe: Issues and Opportunities for Development. Preprints 2021, 2021080474
Mudziwapasi, R.; Chekera, R.; Shoko, R.; Jomane, F. N.; Mugande, U.; Ganyani, S.; Mlambo, A. Bioethics and Biotechnology Related Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights in Zimbabwe: Issues and Opportunities for Development. Preprints2021, 2021080474
APA Style
Mudziwapasi, R., Chekera, R., Shoko, R., Jomane, F. N., Mugande, U., Ganyani, S., & Mlambo, A. (2021). Bioethics and Biotechnology Related Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights in Zimbabwe: Issues and Opportunities for Development. Preprints. https://doi.org/
Chicago/Turabian Style
Mudziwapasi, R., Sikholuhle Ganyani and Alec Mlambo. 2021 "Bioethics and Biotechnology Related Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights in Zimbabwe: Issues and Opportunities for Development" Preprints. https://doi.org/
Abstract
This paper discusses the bioethics of intellectual property (IP) and intellectual property rights (IPR) applicable to biotechnology-based IP. It outlines some of the laws that are related to IPR in Zimbabwe and globally. The paper additionally highlights gaps, opportunities and concerns with the laws. Finally, the paper highlights some initiatives already underway in Zimbabwe targeted at promoting entrepreneurship, commercialization and industrialization while proposing strategies that can be used to further promote the generation and granting of biotechnology-related IP and IPR in Zimbabwe.
Keywords
Patents; Plant Breeders Rights; IPR laws; Traditional Knowledge; Strategies
Subject
Social Sciences, Law
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