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68th WIPO General Assembly: Gauging the Pulse on the IGC and the GRATK Treaty

I examine what the 68th WIPO General Assembly revealed about the future of the IGC and the GRATK Treaty, including the political and legal challenges that lie ahead.

Blog PostChidi OguamanamJuly 27, 2026Event, Genetic Resources, Indigenous Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge, WIPO, IP and Knowledge Governance

Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities’ Decolonial Struggle over Transplanted Western IP

How have Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities resisted the limitations to their knowledge systems arising from Western IP?

Blog PostChidi OguamanamJune 16, 2026griculture, Event, Genetic Resources, Health, Human Rights, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Legal Orders, Legal Pluralism, Technology, Traditional Knowledge, Webinar, WIPO, IP and Knowledge Governance, Agriculture and Biodiversity

Re-Inventing Global Public Health in the Shadow of COVID-19: Decentring Intellectual Property in International Health Regulations (IHR) and the Pandemic Agreement for SDGs

Journal of Global Health Law
(Working Paper, Forthcoming)

Journal ArticleChidi OguamanamMay 18, 2026Health Law and Medical Ethics, COVID-19, IP and Knowledge Governance, WHO

WIPO Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge Treaty: Unravelling the United States’ Isolationist Intellectual Property Diplomacy

Intellectual Property Forum
Issue 143 (March 2026)

Journal ArticleChidi OguamanamMarch 16, 2026IP and Knowledge Governance, Indigenous, Indigenous Knowledge, CBD, WIPO, IPLC

The WIPO Treaty On Genetic Resources And Associated Traditional Knowledge: A Negotiating, Contextual And Conceptual Appraisal

Boston University International Law Journal
(Summer 2025)

Journal ArticleChidi OguamanamNovember 12, 2025IP and Knowledge Governance, Indigenous, Indigenous Knowledge, CBD, WIPO, IPLC

Digital Agriculture Will Perpetuate Injustice Unless Led From the Grassroots

Nature Food
(March 2025)

Journal ArticleChidi OguamanamNovember 4, 2025IP and Knowledge Governance, Indigenous, Indigenous Knowledge, CBD, WIPO, IPLC, Agriculture, Agriculture and Biodiversity

Information Systems and Digitization of Traditional Knowledge: Trends in Cultural Heritage and Memory Institutions and the Wipo Genetic Resources Treaty

The Journal of World Intellectual Property
(August 2025)

Journal ArticleChidi OguamanamSeptember 9, 2025IP and Knowledge Governance, Indigenous, Indigenous Knowledge, CBD, WIPO, IPLC

Regime Complex in Life Sciences Innovation: Disclosure of Source, Traditional Knowledge and Shifts in Intellectual Property and Knowledge Governance

International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law
(June 2025)

Journal ArticleChidi OguamanamJuly 13, 2025IP and Knowledge Governance, Indigenous, Indigenous Knowledge, CBD, WIPO, IPLC

Asking the Traditional Knowledge Question as a Reality Check

How are the Cradle Principles on Knowledge Governance relevant to Traditional Knowledge in Africa?

Op-EdChidi OguamanamJune 29, 2025Innovation, OpenAIR, Africa, Scaling, Sustainability, IP and Knowledge Governance

Equitable Governance of Agri-food Data is Imperative for Global Food Security

Did you know that small farmers’ access to agri-food data can impact food security on a global scale?

Op-EdChidi OguamanamFebruary 11, 2025Innovation, OpenAIR, Africa, Scaling, Sustainability, IP and Knowledge Governance

Kente Weaving Among Akan and Ewe Peoples of Ghana

International Journal of Cultural Property
(December 2024)

Journal ArticleChidi OguamanamDecember 11, 2024Africa, IP and Knowledge Governance, Indigenous, Indigenous Knowledge

Power Contestations in the Use of Agri-food Data: Towards a Sustainability Governance Approach

Law, Technology and Humans
(October 2024)

Journal ArticleChidi OguamanamOctober 14, 2024Africa, IP and Knowledge Governance, Indigenous, Indigenous Knowledge

WIPO-IGC 47: Resetting IGC After 2024 Diplomatic Conference on Genetic Resources

Professor Chidi Oguamanam’s reflections in advance of WIPO’s IGC 47.

Blog PostChidi OguamanamJune 4, 2023Africa, IP and Knowledge Governance, Indigenous, Indigenous Knowledge

A Critical Examination of the African Legal Framework for Indigenous Knowledge

Journal of African Law
Vol. 67, Issue 1 (February 2023)

Journal ArticleChidi OguamanamMarch 31, 2023Africa, IP and Knowledge Governance, Indigenous, Indigenous Knowledge

Smart Farming and Artificial Intelligence in East Africa: Addressing Indigeneity, Plants, and Gender

Smart Agricultural Technology
Vol. 3 (February 2023)

Journal ArticleChidi OguamanamMarch 31, 2023Agriculture and Biodiversity, Africa, IP and Knowledge Governance, Artificial Intelligence

Transition to the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Africa’s Science, Technology and Innovation Framework and Indigenous Knowledge Systems

African Journal of Legal Studies
Vol. 15, Issue 1 (January 2023)

Journal ArticleChidi OguamanamMarch 31, 2023Africa, IP and Knowledge Governance, Indigenous, Indigenous Knowledge

Ownership, Control, and Governance of the Benefits of Data for Food and Agriculture

A Conceptual Analysis and Strategic Framework for Governance

Other, Interviews and CommentaryChidi OguamanamMarch 31, 2023Data, Agriculture, Sustainability, Food Security, IP and Knowledge Governance, Agriculture and Biodiversity

The 46th IGC, the 2024 Diplomatic Conference on Genetic Resources: Uncertain Times Ahead Chidi Oguamanam

Delegates and experts reconvened in Geneva for the 46th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC 46).

Blog PostChidi OguamanamFebruary 22, 2023Genetic Resources, Research Ethics, Traditional Knowledge, access and benefit sharing, IP and Knowledge Governance, IGC 43, WIPO, United Nations, Geneva, United States, Lilyclaire Bellamy, Chamber of Commerce, IGC 46

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