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Intellectual Property Under Digital Health in Nigeria: Collaboration Agreement As A Mechanism for Redress

Digital health refers to digital products or services that can be used to monitor, diagnose, and prevent diseases and conditions. Recently, there has been an increase in the use and deployment of digital health globally, and Nigeria is not left behind. The development and proliferation of internet-enabled phone applications, wearables and implants, electronic health records, predictive medicine, telemedicine, artificial intelligence, and other digital platforms are all capable of protection under the Intellectual Property Law in Nigeria.

This article examines the various types of Intellectual Property (“IP”) rights under digital health in Nigeria and collaboration agreements as a mechanism for enforcing these IP rights.

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