A Review of the Ethiopian Intellectual Property Laws and their Protection of Ai-Generated Agricultural Research Outputs
Keywords:
IPR, AI, Agriculture, Ethiopia, AI-generatedAbstract
AI is transforming IP landscape, presenting both challenges and opportunities for research, invention and businesses. The purpose of this study was to conduct a comprehensive analysis on the status of the Ethiopian intellectual property laws for the protection of AI-generated agricultural research outputs. This study employed a qualitative research approach, which included an analysis of scholarly literature, policy papers, and intellectual property laws. The Study focused on analyzing the impact of AI on Ethiopian patent, copyright, and data protection laws to protect agricultural research outputs. AI in Ethiopia is becoming a tool for research and development. The national agricultural research system also takes an initiative to utilize AI for breeding, research data collection, data analysis, data storage and for other related purposes. When AI assisted research and innovations will grow in the agriculture research, the traditional IP regimes should not answer the ownership right of the invention or the research output. Therefore, the current IP laws do not provide full protection for AI-generated agricultural research outputs. As a result, Ethiopia should review the provisions of the existing invention, minor invention, and industrial designs proclamation number 123/1995, copyright and neighboring rights protection proclamation number 410/1996, and data protection laws inconsideration of AI-generated technologies.
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