The search for appropriate modalities for the protection of indigenous or traditional knowledge is a subject of … contemporary international law and policy discourse. As a primary mechanism for the allocation of rights over knowledge, Western or … knowledge. There is almost a consensus that the inadequacy of conventional IPRs in relation to indigenous knowledge compels a …

It is commonly accepted that as the primary mechanism for allocating rights over knowledge, western conventional … intellectual property rights inadequately addresses the unique challenges of protecting traditional and indigenous knowledge. There … is general consensus that a sui generis regime is needed to protect indigenous knowledge within the conventional IP …

through indigenous knowledge. With the advent of biotechnology, biopiracy and commercial exploitation of such indigenous … knowledge for economic gains have become rampant affecting adversely not only the very indigenous community but also certainly … prism of indigenous knowledge and the related intellectual property rights concerns (ii) examine the IPR issues in the …

become a metaphor to describe indigenous ownership of traditional knowledge, generating options for contractual mechanisms to …