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While Ghana\u2019s Copyright Act, 2005 (Act 690) protects the\u00a0<em>kente<\/em>\u00a0styles and designs from being copied, it can neither address the problem of third parties producing\u00a0<em>kente<\/em>\u00a0imitations for sale nor the cultural misappropriation of Ghana\u2019s textile tradition. Additionally, the world\u2019s largest free trade agreement, the comprehensive African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), has the potential to further damage Ghana\u2019s\u00a0<em>kente<\/em>\u00a0trade where it has no extensive IP protection. This article makes a case for why Geographical Indication (GI) protection should be an important part of a comprehensive IP strategy to protect Ghana\u2019s\u00a0<em>kente<\/em>. From a global perspective, the African Union (AU) and European Union (EU) agreed to enhance cooperation through a commitment to an AU-EU Continental strategy for Geographical Indications in Africa with an action plan to improve Africa\u2019s GI systems. Notably, the action plan identifies Ghana\u2019s\u00a0<em>kente<\/em>\u00a0as having GI potential. This article argues that supportive pan-African, regional and national GI policies are needed to link people, places and products, and calls for the enforcement of Ghana\u2019s Geographical Indications Act to preserve Ghana\u2019s traditional\u00a0<em>kente<\/em>\u00a0from wider misappropriation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","category_biblio":[59,178,284],"class_list":["post-4646","bibliography","type-bibliography","status-publish","hentry","category_biblio-geographical-indications-es","category_biblio-intellectual-property-es","category_biblio-international-trade-es"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Denoncourt J., Okyere M., Protecting Ghana\u2019s intellectual property rights in kente textiles: the case for Geographical Indications, Journal of Intellectual Property Law &amp; Practice, Volume 16, Issue 4-5, April-May 2021, Pages 415\u2013426 - AREPO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arepoquality.eu\/es\/bibliography\/denoncourt-j-okyere-m-protecting-ghanas-intellectual-property-rights-in-kente-textiles-the-case-for-geographical-indications-journal-of-intellectual-property-law-practice-volume-16\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Denoncourt J., Okyere M., Protecting Ghana\u2019s intellectual property rights in kente textiles: the case for Geographical Indications, Journal of Intellectual Property Law &amp; Practice, Volume 16, Issue 4-5, April-May 2021, Pages 415\u2013426 - AREPO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Increasing threats to Ghana\u2019s\u00a0kente\u00a0textile have intensified the need for its urgent defensive intellectual property (IP) protection. 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