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Protection Of Traditional Knowledge: Trade Barriers And The Public Domain, David R. Hansen May 2011

Protection Of Traditional Knowledge: Trade Barriers And The Public Domain, David R. Hansen

David R Hansen

In recent years, developing nations have pushed for international copyright and other intellectual property regimes to expand protection over the cultural heritage and collective knowledge of particular indigenous groups. These “traditional knowledge” protections have been justified by factors like economic protection, equity in intellectual property ownership, cultural protection, and economic development. These motivating factors are a far cry from the underpinnings of traditional Western intellectual property law - and in particular, U.S. copyright law - which focuses on incentivizing the creation of new content for the promotion of “the Progress of Science and useful Arts.” Because of these differing justifications, …

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Territory, Plants, And Land-Use Rights Among The San Of Southern Africa: A Case Study In Regional Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, And Intellectual Property, Stephen R. Munzer, Phyllis Chen Simon Mar 2009

Territory, Plants, And Land-Use Rights Among The San Of Southern Africa: A Case Study In Regional Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, And Intellectual Property, Stephen R. Munzer, Phyllis Chen Simon

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

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Patents And Traditional Medicine: Digital Capture, Creative Legal Interventions And The Dialectics Of Knowledge Transformation, Chidi Oguamanam Jan 2008

Patents And Traditional Medicine: Digital Capture, Creative Legal Interventions And The Dialectics Of Knowledge Transformation, Chidi Oguamanam

Chidi Oguamanam

This article examines the debate over the exclusion of indigenous or local knowledge forms from the global intellectual property system, and some of the current attempts to solve this problem. Using the lens of cultural cosmopolitanism, the article highlights important trends in the dialectics of developing countries' engagement with intellectual property and other collateral knowledge protection systems. The three sites at which this significant development is unfolding are: (1) the digitization of traditional medicinal knowledge through India's traditional knowledge digital library (TKDL) project; (2) a recent attempt at incorporating innovations in Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM) in Taiwanese patent law; and …

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