Ikechi Mgbeoji

York University - Osgoode Hall Law School

4700 Keele Street

Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3

Canada

http://osgoode.yorku.ca/ikechimgbeoji

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Scholarly Papers (15)

1.

Making Space for Grandma: The Emancipation of Traditional Knowledge and the Dominance of Western-Style Intellectual Property Rights Regimes

Osgoode CLPE Research Paper No. 39/2010
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 07 Oct 2010
Ikechi Mgbeoji
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
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Traditional Knowledge, Intellectual Property, Policy, IPRs Regimes

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The Juridical Origins of the International Patent System: Towards a Historiography of the Role of Patents in Industrialization

Journal of the History of International Law, Vol. 5, pp. 403-422, 2003
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 27 Jul 2011
Ikechi Mgbeoji
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
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patent, institutionalization of patents, origin of patent systems, history of patent, progenitor of the modern patent system

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Beyond Patents: The Cultural Life of Native Healing and the Limitations of the Patent System as a Protective Mechanism for Indigenous Knowledge on the Medicinal Uses of Plants

Canadian Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1-12, 2005
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 17 Mar 2010
Ikechi Mgbeoji
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
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Patents and Traditional Knowledge of the Uses of Plants: Is a Communal Patent Regime Part of the Solution to the Scourge of Bio Piracy?

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, pp. 163-186, 2001
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Mar 2010
Ikechi Mgbeoji
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
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The Comprador Complex: Africa's IPRs Elite, Neo-Colonialism and the Enduring Control of African IPRs Agenda by External Interests

Osgoode Legal Studies Research Paper No. 32/2014
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 28 May 2014 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2015
Ikechi Mgbeoji
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
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Intellectual property rights (IPR), African states, Law, Trademarks

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Beyond Rhetoric: State Sovereignty, Common Concern, and the Inapplicability of the Common Heritage Concept to Plant Genetic Resources

Leiden Journal of International Law, pp. 821-837, 2003
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 17 Mar 2010
Ikechi Mgbeoji
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
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(Under)Mining the Seabed? Between the International Seabed Authority Mining Code and Sustainable Bioprospecting of Hydrothermal Vent Ecosystems in the Seabed Area: Taking Precaution Seriously

(UNDER)MINING THE SEABED? BETWEEN THE INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY MINING CODE AND SUSTAINABLE BIOPROSPECTING OF HYDROTHERMAL VENT ECOSYSTEMS IN THE SEABED AREA: TAKING PRECAUTION SERIOUSLY, Aldo Chircop, Miroa McConnell, eds., Vol. 18, pp. 413-452, The Universtiy of Chicago Press, 2004
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 Jul 2011
Ikechi Mgbeoji
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
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Adventitious Presence of Patented Genetically Modified Organisms: Is Intent Necessary for Actions in Infringement?

CLPE Research Paper No. 4/2007
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 07 Mar 2007
Ikechi Mgbeoji
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
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patent, genetically modified organism, infringement

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Patent First, Litigate Later! The Scramble for Speculative and Overly Broad Genetic Patents: Implications for Access to Health Care and Biomedical Research

Canadian Journal for Law and Technology, pp. 83-98, 2003
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 17 Mar 2010
Ikechi Mgbeoji and Byron Allen
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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The Terminator Patent and its Discontents: Rethinking the Normative Deficit in Utility Test of Modern Patent Law

St. Thomas Law Review, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 95-122, 2004
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 27 Jul 2011
Ikechi Mgbeoji
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
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utility and patents, GURTs, Venetian patent system, British Statute of Monopolies, utility and patent law

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Intellectual Property and the Life Science Industries: A Twentieth Century History by Graham Dutfield

Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 681-689, 2004
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 12 Sep 2010
Ikechi Mgbeoji
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
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Intellectual Property, IP, life science

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Prophylactic Use of Force in International Law: The Illegitimacy of Canada’s Participation in ‘Coalitions of the Willing’ Without United Nations’ Authorization and Parliamentary Sanction

Constitutional Review Studies, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 169-202, 2003
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Sep 2010
Ikechi Mgbeoji
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
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Canada, non-defensive aggression, international conflicts, decision to participate, domestic terrain, constitutional conventions, practices, and applicable laws

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The Bearded Bandit, the Outlaw Cop, and the Naked Emperor: Towards a North-South (De)Construction of the Texts and Contexts of International Law's (Dis)Engagement with Terrorism

Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Vol. 41, Nos. 1-2, pp. 105-135, 2005
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 17 Mar 2010
Ikechi Mgbeoji
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
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Reluctant Warrior, Enthusiastic Peacekeeper: Domestic Legal Regulation of Canadian Participation in Armed Conflicts

Constitutional Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 7-17, 2005
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 28 Jul 2011
Ikechi Mgbeoji
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
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democracy and war, Canada and international conflict, Canadian armed conflict, parliment and war

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The Civilised Self and the Barbaric Other: Imperial Delusions of Order and the Challenges of Human Security

Third World Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 855-869, 2006
Posted: 17 Mar 2010
Ikechi Mgbeoji
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School

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