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Patents And Plants: Rethinking The Role Of International Law In Relation To The Appropriation Of Traditional Knowledge Of The Uses Of Plants (Tkup), Ikechi Mgbeoji
PhD Dissertations
Legal control and ownership of plants and traditional knowledge of the uses of plants (TKUP) is often a vexed issue, particularly at the international level because of the conflicting interests of states or groups of states in the matter. The most widely used form of juridical control of plants and TKUP is the patent system which originated in Europe. This thesis rethinks the role of international law and legal concepts, the major patent systems of the world and international agricultural research institutions as they affect legal ownership and control of plants and TKUP. The analysis is cast in various contexts …
Slides: Wrapping Up The Big Horn Adjudication: Lessons After 38 Years And 20,000 Claims, Ramsey L. Kropf
Slides: Wrapping Up The Big Horn Adjudication: Lessons After 38 Years And 20,000 Claims, Ramsey L. Kropf
Innovations in Managing Western Water: New Approaches for Balancing Environmental, Social and Economic Outcomes (Martz Summer Conference, June 11-12)
Presenter: Ramsey L. Kropf, Deputy Solicitor for Water Resources, Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior
34 slides
Bond Repudiation, Tax Codes, The Appropriations Process And Restitution Post-Eminent Domain Reform, John H. Ryskamp
Bond Repudiation, Tax Codes, The Appropriations Process And Restitution Post-Eminent Domain Reform, John H. Ryskamp
ExpressO
This brief comment suggests where the anti-eminent domain movement might be heading next.
Of Seeds And Shamans: The Appropriation Of The Scientific And Technical Knowledge Of Indigenous And Local Communities, Naomi Roht-Arriaza
Of Seeds And Shamans: The Appropriation Of The Scientific And Technical Knowledge Of Indigenous And Local Communities, Naomi Roht-Arriaza
Michigan Journal of International Law
This article recasts the debates over access to, and control over, genetic and biological knowledge and resources in terms of the appropriation of indigenous and local communities' knowledge and resources. It first discusses recent examples of appropriation as currently conducted by global biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and agribusiness corporations and their associates in Northern universities, seed and gene banks, and research centers. Second, it describes and exposes the mechanisms of appropriation by focusing on the limited and culturally determined definitions of what is "wild" as opposed to "cultivated," what is "knowledge" and who can possess it, and what are "innovations" and "inventions." …
Shifting The Uses Of Water In The West: An Overview, Lawrence J. Macdonnell
Shifting The Uses Of Water In The West: An Overview, Lawrence J. Macdonnell
Moving the West's Water to New Uses: Winners and Losers (Summer Conference, June 6-8)
31 pages.
Contains references.
Changing The Use Of Water Rights In Colorado: Recent Experience, John Wittemyer
Changing The Use Of Water Rights In Colorado: Recent Experience, John Wittemyer
Western Water: Expanding Uses/Finite Supplies (Summer Conference, June 2-4)
38 pages.
Ground Water Mining, Water Transfers And The Ogallala Aquifer Study, J. David Aiken
Ground Water Mining, Water Transfers And The Ogallala Aquifer Study, J. David Aiken
Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)
10 pages.
Contains references.
State Prohibitions On The Interstate Exportation Of Scarce Water Resources, Steven E. Clyde, Edward W. Clyde
State Prohibitions On The Interstate Exportation Of Scarce Water Resources, Steven E. Clyde, Edward W. Clyde
Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)
42 pages.