Effective intellectual property protection of traditional knowledge of plants and their uses: An example from Australia

GeoJournal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 391-401

  Evans, Louis ^a   Scott, Harry ^b   Muir, Kado ^b   Briscoe, John ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PMB   (Australia)

^c Walkatjurra Cultural Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benefit sharing; Bioprospecting; Indigenous knowledge; Intellectual property; Research agreements; Research partnership

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINALS; BENEFIT SHARING; BIOPROSPECTING; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; COMMERCIALISATION; COMMUNITY IS; CONTRACT LAWS; ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; LEGAL REGIMES; NATIVE PLANTS; RELATIONSHIP BUILDING; RESEARCH PROCESS;

CONTRACTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC REACTORS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

RESEARCH;

COMMERCIALIZATION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; LEGAL SYSTEM; NATIVE SPECIES; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANT; RESEARCH WORK; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70350592263     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-008-9229-6     Document Type: Article

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