Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights

Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights

The note emphasizes the critical importance of documenting indigenous knowledge in writing, which can then be used to challenge a patent claim on knowledge that is already in the public domain. It also highlights the usefulness of other forms of in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prakash, Siddhartha
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BIODIVERSITY
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
CANCER
FORESTS
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
INVENTIONS
KNOWLEDGE DATABASE
KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
PATENT
PATENTS
PRIVATE PROPERTY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC DOMAIN
TRADEMARKS
TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
DRUG INDUSTRY
MEDICINAL PLANTS
BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION & POPULATIONS
CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
GENETIC RESOURCES
OWNERSHIP
PATENT AGREEMENTS
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/04/1671229/indigenous-knowledge-intellectual-property-rights
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10819

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/04/1671229/indigenous-knowledge-intellectual-property-rights
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10819

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