Archive of  Selected Published Works

Selected Publications Archive

This archive presents selections from the  body of scholarly, legal, and policy work authored by Dr. Abiola Inniss. It includes peer‑reviewed articles, major research contributions, forthcoming works, books, and legal guides that collectively shape the Caribbean’s intellectual property and digital sovereignty landscape.

Journal Articles & Scholarly Papers

• The Sovereign Archive and the Digital Plantation: A Critical Analysis of U.S. Fair Use Hegemony and the Extraction of Caribbean Cultural Memory (2026)

• Data Nullius and the Caribbean’s Search for Digital Sovereignty

• The Caribbean is Becoming a Digital Plantation for Artificial Intelligence

• Global Divergence in AI Copyright Liability: A Comparative Analysis of Fair Use, Text and Data Mining, and Fair Dealing in the US, EU, and Caribbean (2025)

• Notes on The Diplomacy of Intellectual Property (2025)

• The Making of Policy on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Technology Within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the International Agenda (2024) — Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences

• WIPO and Caribbean Intellectual Property: What’s the Point? (2014)

• International Intellectual Property Law and Policy: Can the Caribbean Region Capitalize on Current Global Developmental Trends in IP Rights and Innovation Policies? (2011)

Major Academic Research & Forthcoming Works

• Forthcoming Manuscript (2026): Submitted to Third World Quarterly, examining AI, digital colonialism, and jurisprudence across the US, CARICOM, and Africa.

• Ph.D. Dissertation (2017): Examining Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Technology Within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (Walden University).

  • A landmark empirical study establishing the “innovation paradox” caused by transposed Western IP models and providing the foundation for a bespoke Caribbean IP framework.

Books & Legal Guides

• Frameworks in Caribbean Intellectual Property (Forthcoming)

• A Comprehensive Guide to Trademark Registrations in the Caribbean (2025)

• A Comprehensive Guide to Copyright Registrations in CARICOM & CARIFORUM (2025)

• A Comprehensive Guide to Patent Registrations in CARICOM & CARIFORUM (2025)

• Caribbean Intellectual Property Law and Policy: The Civil and Common Law Caribbean (2019)

• Essays in Caribbean Law and Policy: A Comprehensive Discourse (2011)

• Copying, Copyright and the Internet (2011)