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Professor Chidi Oguamanam on Traditional Knowledge and Biomedical Innovation

Over the past few years, Professor Chidi Oguamanam, a member of Open AIR's Steering Committee, has continued to shape the global discourse on Intellectual...

Intersection of Philosophy with Intellectual Property and Capitalism

Researchers Omowamiwa Kolawole and Caroline B. Ncube have published a research article entitled Rethinking Ownership, Power and Policy in Drug Patents: The Case for...

Intersection of International Law with Intellectual Property

Researchers Jeremy de Beer and Rosa de Koker have published a paper which delves into international health law and intellectual property. Negotiation of new...

Health and Intellectual Property

Researchers Omowamiwa Kolawole, Caroline B. Ncube, and Jeremy de Beer analyze whether technology transfer can be a path forward towards knowledge and vaccine transfers...

Waiting for An Inclusive Pathogen Access And Benefit Sharing Policy

By Anthony Oguguo, QEScholar and PhD Student, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada The inadequacies of the global health law framework during the pandemic...

Police Power Doctrine and Security of Investment: Balancing Regulation with Innovation

By Dr. Otitodiri Ogadinma OnyemaQES Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Law, Open AIR In October, 2025, I had the privilege of presenting my research at the International Conference...

Appel à soumissions : Perspectives africaines sur la régulation de l’innovation

Le Réseau Open AIR est heureux d’annoncer un appel à soumissions pour un atelier international et une publication sur le thème de la régulation...

Open AIR Awarded CAD 750,000 to Transform Artificial Intelligence Related Intellectual Property Law and...

Researchers from the Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) network have been awarded almost CAD 750,000 for a new three-year research project, Catalyzing AI’s Potential in Africa...

Researchers from the Award-Winning Open AIR Network Land Second $2.5M SSHRC Partnership Grant to...

Researchers from the Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) network have been awarded $2.5 million CAD through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s Partnership Grants program...

Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform societies through new forms of knowledge creation, data use, and technological capability. Realising this potential requires...