The most important contribution for the international regulation and protection of traditional knowledge and genetic …. This market failure depends on the fact that the countries where TKGR is found, the countries where traditional knowledge …

Africans are still reliant on traditional knowledge systems for survival. This knowledge system thrives due to the fact … that foreign concepts are not easily understood by Africans. There is also the belief that traditional knowledge is more … required in Africa and this can be achieved by nurturing and transforming cultural values, traditional knowledge and practices …

Traditional knowledge (TK) is the intellectual creativity of indigenous peoples and local communities developed over … generations through close observations of nature and experimentation. In essence it is the knowledge, know-how, skills and …, including: agricultural, scientific, technical, ecological and medicinal knowledge as well as biodiversity-related knowledge. TK …

'auteur, temporary monopolies were and are alternative terms to describe the governance of knowledge and information. Maybe even more …

expand protection over the cultural heritage and collective knowledge of particular indigenous groups. These “traditional … knowledge” protections have been justified by factors like economic protection, equity in intellectual property ownership … knowledge protections at the international level have generated some degree of friction between the developed and the developing …

knowledge (TK) in international intellectual property law. The need to protect TK and to secure fair and equitable sharing of … economic integration in the age of global knowledge economy. After consideration of challenges and threats to TK that need to …

Traditional Knowledge forms a substantial part of the rich cultural heritage of various regions across the world and … reverting to this knowledge to benefit from its commercialisation. In recent years, patents have been granted for herbal … claims over traditional knowledge from other categories of intellectual property have led to the need of protection at …

The pace of innovation is related both to the level of investment in innovation and the pool of knowledge from which … innovators can draw. Both of these are endogenous: Investments in innovations are affected by the pool of knowledge and the …

the peculiarities of knowledge as a public good. In this paper we aim at studying more deeply the latter concern. Hence we … description of the formation of knowledge externalities. In our framework a benevolent government buys immediately new patents in …; conversely, transition dynamics and the capital to knowledge ratio are affected by the choice of the policy parameter. We then …

Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions are generally regarded by conventional intellectual property … this opens up Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions to misappropriation and misuse. Traditional … Knowledge includes specific knowledge, skills, innovations and practices etc. Many states mainly the developing states believe …