South Africa is contemplating new laws to protect the country's traditional knowledge. Other countries on the continent may follow. Companies should welcome these moves, says Emma Barraclough The ...

The intersection of traditional knowledge and intellectual property (IP) presents a challenging dichotomy for global legal systems. On one side lies the enormous economic potential inherent in ...

The IP Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has expressed support for a bill that would create a new category of protection for the traditional knowledge of indigenous groups The Traditional Property ...

The South African Department of Trade and Industry has published the draft Intellectual Property Amendment Bill 2007, which aims to incorporate traditional knowledge protection. Among other things, ...

Although the United States has not acted to provide general protection for indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge, it has sometimes adopted narrow statutes in response to Native Americans' attempts ...

Undisturbed peatlands act as carbon sinks and support biodiversity. Finland has drained 60% — more than 60,000 km2 (23,000 mi2) — of its peatlands, releasing vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the ...

Biodiversity, biotechnology and traditional knowledge protection : law, science and practice / Charles R. McManis -- pt. 1. Biodiversity : what are we losing and why--and what is to be done? The epic ...

Synthesis Traditional knowledge is not named ‘traditional’ merely because it is old. Traditional knowledge is the accumulation and development of living knowledge, something that it is maintained and ...

“If we remain oblivious to the ineffectiveness of our IP laws for protecting indigenous creations, such cases of cultural appropriation and IP theft will continue.” On August 9, we once again observe ...

The protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) is relation to traditional knowledge has been suffering from many problems worldwide and greater international cooperation is required to identify ...