4 Intellectual Property Issues Africa is Facing

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4 Intellectual Property issues Africa is facing

• A.A.Tejuoso Co.

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Intellectual Property Rights Lawyer

• All countries have their own fight against piracy
  and infringement of intellectual property rights.
  African countries are no different. They too have
  their own issues to deal with when it comes to
  this area of legal practice. Here are the 4
  biggest intellectual property issues African
  nations are facing right now
• 1. Lack of proper implementation of
  intellectual property laws
• While most other countries have laws in place to
  protect against infringement and piracy, African
  nations seem leagues behind. Some African nations
  have laid down the groundwork for these laws and
  most of them are already in effect. The problem
  now is how to implement them and make sure that
  everyone complies with these laws.

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• 2. Many Africans dont mind piracy and
  counterfeit goods
• Most African nations are poor. So they dont
  mind if they buy goods that are obtained
  illegally as long as it they are not expensive.
  This is why it can be hard to get right down to
  the source and to get to whoever is supplying
  these goods. When the people dont care whether
  or not they are hurting the movie and music
  industry because of piracy, they continue to buy
  fake goods. Sellers of these fake goods get away
  with infringement of intellectual property.
  Intellectual property lawyers Nigeria helps you
  with such piracy and fake goods.
• Laws on intellectual property encourage people to
  keep creating and inventing. In most cases, these
  lead to socioeconomic development and the
  evolution of a rich culture. The law allows the
  creator or inventor to profit from his
  intellectual property. At the same time, the
  innovations and new products pave the way for
  more voracious consumption.
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• 3. Importation and Ports
• Due to the widespread patronage of counterfeit
  goods by consumers, port officials tend to turn a
  blind eye against people importing these goods
  from other countries. Stricter importation checks
  and punishment for importation violations should
  be put in place in order to make people care more
  about not supporting piracy and not encouraging
  the entry of pirated goods into the country.
• 4. They know very little about the dangers
  of using counterfeit goods
• Poverty once again comes into play. Most people
  are ignorant of the effects of these fake goods
  on their health and life. All they know is that
  they are able to watch the latest movies without
  paying full cinema rates or they get to buy
  cheaper makeup. There are entities working
  against like intellectual property law firms
  Nigeria in Africa.

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Important Note

• People dont know that the pirated movies they
  watch might be manufactured under unfair labor
  conditions or that the makeup that they buy could
  cause skin irritation because of bad ingredients.
  They dont know that a defective phone could blow
  up one day and cause more harm. All they care
  about is saving a few dollars. There is very
  little information about these dangers of fake
  goods.

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Important Note

• Unless someone steps up with the right laws and
  the proper implementation, these infringements of
  intellectual properties and copyrights will
  continue. In a few years, hopefully, African
  nations can band together to help stop piracy and
  the use of counterfeit goods. Until then, these
  problems will sadly, persist.

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