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Wed Apr 21 2021
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has decried the high cost of protecting the intellectual property for the products of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria.
The Director General of SMEDAN, Dr Dikko Umaru Radda, said this in Abuja on Tuesday during a briefing on the forthcoming World Intellectual Property Day slated for April 26.
He called on all relevant agencies to reduce the cost of acquiring intellectual property rights for small businesses.
Dr Radda said many MSMEs in Nigeria are not aware of the legal protection of intellectual property and urged the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to intensify sensitisation at the grassroots level. The Country Representative of the WIPO, Mr Oluwatobiloba Moody, said the 2021 World Intellectual Property Day will be held on April 26 with the theme: ‘IP and MSMEs: Taking your Ideas to the Market’.
FPJ Edit: Intellectual property rights stand between the vaccine and us in the developing world
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A vaccine stands between life and death today but intellectual property rights stand between the vaccine and us in the third world. Should western pharmaceutical companies which have developed Covid vaccines hold on to their patents even if it means a delay of two to three years in the vaccines reaching developing nations?
Covid has already claimed 2.5 million lives and scientists warn that this delay could be catastrophic. In fact, many experts believe that the time already lost is the primary reason why a second wave hit us with such ferocity after the success of initial containment measures. However, pharmaceutical companies have refused to share their vaccine technology and intellectual property rules prevent countries from creating their own generic versions of the vaccines.
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shore of Tuy Hoa city in the
south-central province of Phu Yen on April 6.
The whale, with many injuries but still alive, was spotted
by beach goers on the beach near Tuy Hoa’s An Duong Vuong Street at around 5 o’clock
on the morning.
Local people has made several attempts to push the whale
back into the sea. However, it was so weak that it was repeatedly brought ashore
by waves.
Several local fishermen then decided to bring it to a whale
shrine in Long Thuy Village, the city’s An Phu Commune, at noon where it can be
Vehicles move on Quang Trung Bridge in Can Tho city (Photo: VNA)
Can Tho (VNA) – The
smart and energy efficient city project (SEECP)
with total investment of more than 1.56 trillion VND (67.29 million USD) in the Mekong Delta city
of Can Tho.
At a meeting with local leaders on April 6, an ADB
representative said the proposal is based on the outcomes of a working session
between ADB and the municipal People’s Committee in late October last year, as
well as the bank’s following trips for energy auditing in the city.
The project will develop smart city and energy efficient