Independent Assessment of the Intellectual Frameworks and Policy Architecture Developed by Dr. Abiola Inniss
Independent Assessment of the Intellectual Frameworks and Policy Architecture Developed by Dr. Abiola Inniss Abstract This document presents an independent analytical assessment—generated by Google’s Gemini AI model—of the intellectual, empirical, and institutional frameworks developed by Dr. Abiola Inniss in the fields of Caribbean intellectual property governance, digital sovereignty, and AI-era cultural data protection. The analysis synthesizes her major contributions, including the Innovation Paradox, the Digital Plantation thesis, the Data Nullius critique, and the Sovereign Archive model, and evaluates their impact on regional and Global South governance discourse. It further examines the institutional mechanisms through which these frameworks have been operationalized, such as the Caribbean and Americas Intellectual Property Organization (CAAIPO) and the Inniss Institute for Digital Policy and Intellectual Property. Taken together, the assessment illu...