rooted in indigenous law into the legal framework governing the licensing of traditional knowledge patent with a view to …Traditional knowledge of indigenous communities often overlaps with spiritual traditions in which certain biogenetic … manner in which the knowledge is used so as to ensure that its sanctity is preserved. While much of the literature on the …

attendant constellation of tacit knowledge regarding the interpretation and application of the information in the patent. The … through the patent system also provides important stability to attendant tacit knowledge. Patent doctrines regarding prior art …Recent studies of knowledge production have increasingly recognized the role of codified knowledge in the operation of …

determining patentable subject matter under the American Patent Act, is used as a starting point for a brief review of historical …, philosophical, and cultural influences on subject matter questions in both patent and copyright law. The article suggests that … patent and copyright law jurisprudence was constructed initially by the Court with explicit attention to the relationship …

several knowledge and innovation indicators, ranging from R&D expenditures, patent data, to newly released data on different … questioning the view that R&D (and formal knowledge in general) equates innovation and innovation equates regional growth. We … possible different attitudes and patterns of innovation that we control for, such as regional preconditions for knowledge and …

-run welfare. …

The study of social institutions producing and disseminating knowledge has mainly concentrated on two main concepts …; that is, knowledge-intensive communities, where individuals freely exchange knowledge through information and communication …