All Publications

Biological Diversity

In Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law
Alam, Bhuiyan, Chowdhury & Techera, eds.
(New York: Routledge, 2013)

Book ChapterChidi OguamanamJuly 1, 2012Agriculture and Biodiversity, International

Beyond 'Nollywood' and Piracy: In Search of an Intellectual Property Policy for Nigeria

NIALS Journal of Intellectual Property
Maiden Edition (2011)

Intellectual Property in Global Governance: A Venture in Critical Reflection

WIPO Journal
Vol. 2, No. 2 (2011)

Toward a Constructive Engagement: Agricultural Biotechnology as a Public Health Incentive for Less Developed Countries

Journal of Food Law and Policy
Vol. 7, No. 2 (2011)

Genetic Resources & Access and Benefit Sharing: Politics, Prospects and Opportunities for Canada after Nagoya

Journal of Environmental Law and Practice
Vol. 22, No. 2 (2011)

Intellectual Property Training and Education: A Development Perspective

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Issue Paper No. 31 (2010)
Co-authored w/ Jeremy de Beer

Canada: Time to Take Access and Benefit Sharing Over Genetic Resources Seriously

University of New Brunswick Law Journal
Vol. 60 (2010)

Patents and Pharmaceutical R&D: Consolidating Private–Public Partnership Approach to Global Public Health Crises

Journal of World Intellectual Property
Vol. 13, No. 4 (July 2010)

Personalized Medicine and Complementary and Alternative Medicine: In Search of Common Grounds

Journal of Alternative and Complimentary Medicine
Vol. 15, No. 8 (2009)

Documentation and Digitization of Traditional Knowledge and Intangible Cultural Knowledge: Challenges and Prospects

In Intangible Cultural Heritage and Intellectual Property: Communities, Cultural Diversity and Sustainable Development
Toshiyuki Kono, ed.
(Antwerp: Intersentia, 2009), pp. 357-383

Beyond Theories: Intellectual Property Dynamics in the Global Knowledge Economy

Wake Forest Intellectual Property Law Journal
Vol. 9, No. 2 (2009)

Ifeoma Stella Obi (1981-2008): A Tribute

On August 15, 2008 members of the African Diaspora Communities in the Maritime Region of Canada woke up to the shocking news of the death of one of their own, Ms. Ifeoma Stella Obi. Ifeoma was a Nigerian by birth who, like most members of her African circle of friends in Canada, migrated to that country in search of quality education.

Op-EdChidi OguamanamSeptember 12, 2008Obituary, Nigeria, Canada

Obama, McCain, and Nigeria’s Niger Delta

The Niger Delta: Nothing places Nigeria in the news lately more than the Niger Delta. Indeed, the Niger Delta is synonymous with the instability that Nigeria contributes to global oil supply and, by extension, the current global energy crisis. The Niger Delta now attracts some worrisome lexicon in the global report of news about Nigeria.

Op-EdChidi OguamanamAugust 13, 2008Politics, Nigeria, USA

Local Knowledge as Trapped Knowledge: Intellectual Property, Culture, Power and Politics

Journal of World Intellectual Property
Vol. 11 (2008)

Journal ArticleChidi OguamanamJuly 1, 2008IP and Knowledge Governance, Indigenous

Patents and Traditional Medicine: Digital Capture, Creative Legal Interventions, and the Dialectics of Knowledge Transformation

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Vol. 15, No. 2 (Summer 2008)

Imo State: Lessons from Anambra

The emergence of Governor Ikedichi Ohakim of Imo State is one of the litanies of surprises in the last discredited general elections. In the period preceding the elections, Imo State was a theatrical site for the absurd.

Op-EdChidi OguamanamAugust 31, 2007Politics, Nigeria

Tension on the Farm Fields: The Death of Traditional Agriculture?

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
Vol. 27, Issue 4 (2007)

Agro-Biodiversity and Food Security: Biotechnology and Traditional Agricultural Practices at the Periphery of International Intellectual Property Regime Complex

Michigan State Law Review
Vol. 2007, No. 215 (2007)