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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Protecting the knowledge and traditional cultural expressions of different cultures and indigenous communities is a complex task. Opinions are divided, but one route may involve IP rights to protect ...

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 ...

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 ...

Traditional knowledge is at the core of indigenous identity, culture and heritage around the world, the chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues said at the annual event’s ...

Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) approved a groundbreaking new treaty relating to intellectual property, genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge on ...

Traditional Indigenous knowledge, also called traditional ecological knowledge or traditional knowledge, is compiled by tribes according to their distinct culture and generally is transmitted orally ...