highlighted controversial aspects of the legal protection of indigenous knowledge with which the contributors to this volume have …

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 …