Martin, BernardNgoga, Eustache.Faculty of Law2013-10-112024-11-062009/05/192009/05/192013-10-112024-11-062007https://hdl.handle.net/10566/18174Magister Legum - LLMMany critics have questioned whether the protection of the IPRs would benefit developing countries. It was argued in this paper that developing countires have the interest in protecting IPRs as well. However, it was showed that the benefit of this protection can be realized only if there is a fair rule of the game to all players in the multilateral trading system. The general objective of this research was to examine the current status of IPRs protection and the levels of TRIPS compliance by Rwanda in the area of copyright.enIntellectual property rights lawRwandaPatent lawThesisUniversity of the Western Cape