Abstract
I am pleased to review the very recent publication of a treatise on the enforcement of IP rights in Africa published by Oxford University Press, compiled and authored by Marius Schneider and Vanessa Ferguson. The book bears the no-nonsense name of its subject: Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Africa. In almost 1000 pages of text, the book systematically deals with the topic with a chapter per country and others dedicated to the regional systems of OAPI and ARIPO, all introduced by a contextual chapter enticingly called ‘Understanding the Real Problem of Fakes in Africa’. The country chapters are usefully structured in a similar format so that the enforcement of each of the primary IP rights (patents, trade marks, copyright and where relevant unfair or unlawful competition) are dealt with betwixt country overview sections containing factual and legal backgrounds, and a standalone section on customs enforcement. Setting it out...
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