The Elgar Companion to Intellectual Property and the Sustainable Development Goals

Edited by Bita Amani, Associate Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Canada, Caroline B. Ncube, Professor and the DSI/NRF SARChI Research Chair in Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development, Department of Commercial Law, University of Cape Town, South Africa and Matthew Rimmer, Professor of Intellectual Property and Innovation Law, Faculty of Business and Law, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia

Contents:

Foreword: Our Future Commons xvi
Christine Milne AO
Introduction: ‘The people’s agenda’: a history of intellectual property and
sustainable development 1
Bita Amani, Caroline B. Ncube and Matthew Rimmer
1 Intellectual property’s role in eliminating poverty: SDG 1 37
J. Janewa Osei-Tutu
2 SDG 2: Zero hunger, food and plant-related intellectual property, and
access to plant genetic resources 50
S. Ali Malik
3 The tobacco endgame: intellectual property, human rights, and
sustainable development 74
Matthew Rimmer
4 SDG 3b: Patent law and access to medicines 107
Emmanuel Kolawole Oke
5 Genetic patents and the Sustainable Development Goals 124
Jorge L. Contreras
6 Copyright, access to knowledge, and SDG 4 in Southern Africa 142
Desmond Oriakhogba and Lonias Ndlovu
7 Prioritising inclusion: the nexus of disability rights, Sustainable
Development Goals on education, and intellectual property interests 175
Paul Harpur and Michael Ashley Stein
8 Intellectual property and gender inequality: towards sustainable
development—or sustaining the status quo? 198
Carys J. Craig
9 Intellectual property’s other: a new social–natural contract for the
advancement of access to clean water and sanitation 224
Jessica C. Lai
10 Renewable energy technology and intellectual property rights: global
public goods 243
Felicity Deane and Chelsea Bodimeade
11 Economic growth requires idea generators 262
Sharon K. Sandeen
12 SDG 9: Innovation, intellectual property and gender equity 281
Myra Tawfik and Marcia Valiante
13 Sustainable patent governance of artificial intelligence: recalibrating the
European Patent System to foster innovation (SDG 9) 299
Guido Noto La Diega, Gabriele Cifrodelli and Artha Dermawan
14 Open prosthetics: intellectual property, 3D printing, medical innovation,
and sustainable development 323
Matthew Rimmer
15 Some more equal than others: critical contexts for the (false) promises
of intellectual property rights 350
Bita Amani
16 Greener cities: intellectual property and data in sustainable smart cities 376
Natasha Tusikov
17 Responsible production and consumption (SDG 12) – a new emphasis
for material lifespans in intellectual property rights regulation? 398
Taina Pihlajarinne
18 SDG 13 and intellectual property rights: a complex conundrum 415
Krishna Ravi Srinivas
19 SDG 14, ocean sustainability and transfer of marine technology: the
role of UNCLOS and international intellectual property law 438
Md Mahatab Uddin and Md Saiful Karim
20 Epistemic injustice: intellectual property, biodiversity and traditional
knowledge 458
Daniel F. Robinson, Miri (Margaret) Raven and Simon Lumsden
21 The role of the World Intellectual Property Organization in the United
Nations’ Sustainable Development Agenda 481
Faith O. Majekolagbe
22 Branding as a tool to promote geographical indication exports and
sustainable development in Africa 499
Titilayo Adebola
23 Access to science, technology, and innovation: intellectual property,
human rights, and sustainable development 522
Caroline B. Ncube
24 Intellectual property, foreign investment and sustainable development 537
Peter K. Yu
25 The COVID-19 crisis: intellectual property and sustainable
development during the pandemic 559
Muhammad Zaheer Abbas
Conclusion: ‘Blueprints for a better world’: the future of intellectual property
and sustainable development 582
Bita Amani, Caroline B. Ncube and Matthew Rimmer
Coda: Blue sky solutions: a transformative vision for the 2030 Agenda 611
Bita Amani, Caroline B. Ncube and Matthew Rimmer