Essays about: "intellectual property rights and indigenous knowledge"
Found 5 essays containing the words intellectual property rights and indigenous knowledge.
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1. Bio-cultural Rights, Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property : Interacting Regimes and Epicentres of Power
University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaperAbstract : This thesis analyses the struggle over rights to benefits and ownership of plant genetic resources and the global regime complex on the management of plant genetic resources, and how different regimes concerning these resources cooperate or stand in opposition to each other. Because of changes in US patent law and the establishment of TRIPS, patent claims over plant genetic resources has increased dramatically globally. READ MORE
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2. TRIPS, Patents and Traditional Knowledge
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : Through WTO membership, a large number of countries are parties to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, also known as TRIPs. The strongest form of IP protection is the patent, which grants a number of valuable exclusive rights when the criteria for patentability have been met. READ MORE
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3. Traditional Knowledge and the Patent System - Irreconcilable differences or a simple case of mistaken identity?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Traditional knowledge (TK) is in simple terms knowledge systems held by indigenous communities, often relating to their surrounding natural environment. Through globalisation and the increased availability of this knowledge as well as the implementation of intellectual property systems in the developing world TK and its relationship with the IPR-system has become a much debated and highly complicated issue. READ MORE
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4. Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge and Related Issues in Access and Benefit Sharing Contracts with Indigenous Peoples
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : .... READ MORE
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5. Biopiracy, the CBD and TRIPS - The Prevention of Biopiracy
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Biopiracy is defined as the commercial development of naturally occurring biological materials, such as plant substances or genetic cell lines, by a technologically advanced country or organisation without fair compensation to the peoples or nations in whose territory the materials were originally discovered. The problem is growing but as of today, there is no common view on how this problem should be regulated. READ MORE
