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

‘An in-depth exposition of the 17 sustainable development goals (“SDGs”) adopted in 2015 through the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 (“UN SDA”). Across 25 chapters, seasoned intellectual property scholars appraise the stage of implementation of these SDGs with particular emphasis on the cataclysmic role that IP plays in slowing down implementation.’

• Contents:Foreword: Our Future Commons xviChristine Milne AOIntroduction: ‘The people’s agenda’: a history of intellectual property andsustainable development 1Bita Amani, Caroline B. Ncube and Matthew Rimmer1 Intellectual property’s role in eliminating poverty: SDG 1 37J. Janewa Osei-Tutu2 SDG 2: Zero hunger, food and plant-related intellectual property, andaccess to plant genetic resources 50S. Ali Malik3 The tobacco endgame: intellectual property, human rights, andsustainable development 74Matthew Rimmer4 SDG 3b: Patent law and access to medicines 107Emmanuel Kolawole Oke5 Genetic patents and the Sustainable Development Goals 124Jorge L. Contreras6 Copyright, access to knowledge, and SDG 4 in Southern Africa 142Desmond Oriakhogba and Lonias Ndlovu7 Prioritising inclusion: the nexus of disability rights, SustainableDevelopment Goals on education, and intellectual property interests 175Paul Harpur and Michael Ashley Stein8 Intellectual property and gender inequality: towards sustainabledevelopment—or sustaining the status quo? 198Carys J. Craig9 Intellectual property’s other: a new social–natural contract for theadvancement of access to clean water and sanitation 224Jessica C. Lai10 Renewable energy technology and intellectual property rights: globalpublic goods 243Felicity Deane and Chelsea Bodimeade11 Economic growth requires idea generators 262Sharon K. Sandeen12 SDG 9: Innovation, intellectual property and gender equity 281Myra Tawfik and Marcia Valiante13 Sustainable patent governance of artificial intelligence: recalibrating theEuropean Patent System to foster innovation (SDG 9) 299Guido Noto La Diega, Gabriele Cifrodelli and Artha Dermawan14 Open prosthetics: intellectual property, 3D printing, medical innovation,and sustainable development 323Matthew Rimmer15 Some more equal than others: critical contexts for the (false) promisesof intellectual property rights 350Bita Amani16 Greener cities: intellectual property and data in sustainable smart cities 376Natasha Tusikov17 Responsible production and consumption (SDG 12) – a new emphasisfor material lifespans in intellectual property rights regulation? 398Taina Pihlajarinne18 SDG 13 and intellectual property rights: a complex conundrum 415Krishna Ravi Srinivas19 SDG 14, ocean sustainability and transfer of marine technology: therole of UNCLOS and international intellectual property law 438Md Mahatab Uddin and Md Saiful Karim20 Epistemic injustice: intellectual property, biodiversity and traditionalknowledge 458Daniel F. Robinson, Miri (Margaret) Raven and Simon Lumsden21 The role of the World Intellectual Property Organization in the UnitedNations’ Sustainable Development Agenda 481Faith O. Majekolagbe22 Branding as a tool to promote geographical indication exports andsustainable development in Africa 499Titilayo Adebola23 Access to science, technology, and innovation: intellectual property,human rights, and sustainable development 522Caroline B. Ncube24 Intellectual property, foreign investment and sustainable development 537Peter K. Yu25 The COVID-19 crisis: intellectual property and sustainabledevelopment during the pandemic 559Muhammad Zaheer AbbasConclusion: ‘Blueprints for a better world’: the future of intellectual propertyand sustainable development 582Bita Amani, Caroline B. Ncube and Matthew RimmerCoda: Blue sky solutions: a transformative vision for the 2030 Agenda 611Bita Amani, Caroline B. Ncube and Matthew Rimmer