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Mr. Chukwuebuka Okoli

Washington University School of Law

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Biography

Chukwuebuka Festus Okoli is a litigation attorney and LL.M. graduate in Intellectual Property and Technology Law from Washington University School of Law, admitted to practice in Nigeria. His research interests lie at the intersection of Intellectual Property Law and Human Rights, focusing on innovation, access to knowledge, and social justice.
He has authored several scholarly articles, including “The Patentability of AI Inventions: Navigating the Grey Area Between Human vs. Computer Innovations” (Open Access Research Journal of Science and Technology, 2024) and “Beyond Bars: Transformative Strategies for Reducing Prison Congestion in the United States of America” (International Journal of Advanced Sciences & Technology, 2024), as well as works on wrongful convictions and AI-generated works. His work has been widely cited and well-referenced in academic scholarship.
Chukwuebuka combines practical litigation experience with rigorous scholarship, contributing to the development of intellectual property law and the protection of human rights both in Nigeria and internationally.

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Research Article Vol. 44, Issue 1

PATENT PROTECTION AND PHARMACEUTICAL INNOVATION: BALANCING U.S INNOVATION INTERESTS WITH HEALTHCARE NEEDS IN NIGERIA

Chukwuebuka Okoli*

Pharmaceutical patents play an important role in encouraging innovation in the global healthcare industry. By granting exclusive rights to inventors for a defined period, patent protection enables pharmaceutical companies particularly those in countries such as the United States to recover the high costs associated with research, development, and c...

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