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2006

Chicago-Kent College of Law

Graeme B. Dinwoodie

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Towards An International Framework For The Protection Of Traditional Knowledge, Graeme B. Dinwoodie Jan 2006

Towards An International Framework For The Protection Of Traditional Knowledge, Graeme B. Dinwoodie

Graeme B. Dinwoodie

At a seminar organized by UNCTAD and the Government of India in 2002, participants considered how evolving national systems for the protection of traditional knowledge could be supported or augmented by international measures adopted at the regional or global level. The need for solutions on the international level has been discussed in a number of fora. Yet, the effective protection of the holders of traditional knowledge requires that these discussions move in some way toward implementation of working systems of protection.

This short paper, commissioned by UNCTAD for a conference in February 2004, and to be republished in a book …