Legal Protection for Traditional Knowledge

Many aboriginal communities in the Global South depend for their livelihoods on the vast supply of bio-resources around them, but multinational corporations (MNCs) are not always ethical in their dealings with these communities. MNCs often pirate and patent communal, traditional knowledge, thereby &...

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Autor principal: Bhukta ,Anindya
Formato: Livro
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: UK Emerald Publishing 2020
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Resumo:Many aboriginal communities in the Global South depend for their livelihoods on the vast supply of bio-resources around them, but multinational corporations (MNCs) are not always ethical in their dealings with these communities. MNCs often pirate and patent communal, traditional knowledge, thereby "acquiring" intellectual property potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars almost free of cost. Aboriginal communities face steep uphill legal battles in these cases.
Descrição Física:173p
ISBN:9781800430662