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Title
Patents and Transfer of Technology in Nigeria's Development |
Full text
http://dspace.unijos.edu.ng/handle/10485/342 |
Date
2008 |
Author(s)
Nasir, J. M. |
Abstract
THE ADVOCATE A JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY LEGAL ISSUES - A patent is a temporary monopoly conferred by a state upon an inventor for the working of a new invention. This monopoly is legally protected by excluding other persons form manufacturing, selling or using the patented invention except upon the patentee's license or authority.1 How this monopoly is granted and administered by government is the task of patent legislation and is of wide ramifications particularly within the content of national development.2 Patents are concerned with the application of science and technology to produce a new invention that is capable of industrial or commercial application in man's strive towards development. It is of course now axiomatic that the well being of men in modem society is highly dependent on the extent to which science and technology can be applied to harness the resources of nature to improve the general conditions of living. While this fact has been recognized in the industrialized countries since the age of industrial Revolution, it is only in very recent years that the developing countries, have come to recognize the nexus between advancement of technological development and a good quality of life. It is also now universally acknowledged that in science and technology lays the key to national development in the industrialized countries that probably informed their wide acceptance to patents. |
Subject(s)
Political Science; Law |
Language
en |
Publisher
The Editorial Board, Law Students' Society, University of Jos, Nigeria. |
Relation
Volume 12;No. 12 2008 |
Type of publication
Article |
Identifier
978-327820 |
Repository
Jos - University of Jos
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