DEVELOPMENT OF IP SYSTEM AND PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE Sample Clauses

DEVELOPMENT OF IP SYSTEM AND PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE. RELATED TO GENETIC RESOURCES IN ETHIOPIA Intellectual property rights, if carefully managed and protected can play a significant role in the course of the development process of a country.110 As a result our country Ethiopia hasincorporated IP matters in the national development programs. Due to this fact the need and protection of intellectual property rights in Ethiopia started with the enactment of the country‘s civil code(1960) and criminal code (2005) which recognizes and protects literary and artistic works ,other creation of the human minds and penalizes infringements of such personal rights.111 In addition, the commercial code of the country is also devoted to the protection of intellectual property rights such as the trade mark or good will of a business organization and states acts of unfair competition and remedies for it.112 However these laws are general, not complete to protect IPRs in Ethiopia. Due to its inadequacy and the need to strengthen the country‘s IP system, the government has adopted or enacted a number of other policies, proclamations proclaimed at different times to deal with matter of intellectual property rights. In this regard the supreme law of the country, the country‘s constitution for the first time recognizes the need for the protection of IPRs and provides the federal government the power to protect IPRs.113This constitutional recognition of IPRs serves as a milestone for the development and further enactment of specific laws, policies and institutions. In Ethiopia an organized national IP policies is a recent phenomenon. It begins with the establishment of the Ethiopian intellectual property office in 2003.114The office is established with a vision to be: a leading development oriented national IP office, has the aim of promoting local inventive and creative activities and encourages flow of foreign technologies, investment 110 EIPO.,2011.IP law and administration in Ethiopia, Presented at the WIPO training on effective intellectual property asset management. Xxxxx Xxxxx, Ethiopia November 30-december 2,2011. 111 Example: art.717-724 of the criminal code deals with crimes against intangible rights, like marks designs and unfair competition. 112 Art 131-134 of commercial code of Ethiopia deals with the protection of intellectual property rights 113 Article 51 of the FDRE constitution 114 EIPO, Supra note 110 ,p.2 and ensuring a competitive markets, assists the identification protection and exploitation of the country‘s I...
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