Evolving Concepts Related to Achieving Benefit Sharing for Custodians of Traditional Knowledge

dc.contributor.author Elvin-Lewis, Memory en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2007-07-05T18:50:38Z
dc.date.available 2007-07-05T18:50:38Z
dc.date.issued 2006 en_US
dc.description.abstract In the context of evolving intellectual property law, defining ownership of traditional knowledge can be challenging when claims of origin are conflicting and requires accepting parameters of how uniqueness is defined and patent law is applied to protect this information. For purposes of this paper, the complexities of evolving benefit sharing for custodians of traditional knowledge are discussed in relationship to the use of medicinal plants. Parameters of ownership can vary not only by the perception of individuals that lay claim to the information but also by international, regional and national laws that govern how benefits should be fairly appropriated. Examples are provided to exemplify the wide variation that presently exists in this evolving process with illustrations of how this information, novel or otherwise, can be utilized to optimize its commercial worth. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Elvin-Lewis M. 2006. Evolving concepts related to achieving benefit sharing for custodians of traditional knowledge. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 4:75-96. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1547-3465 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/239
dc.language.iso en-US en_US
dc.publisher University of Hawaii at Manoa en_US
dc.subject ethnobotany en_US
dc.subject indigenous knowledge en_US
dc.subject intellectual property rights en_US
dc.subject patents en_US
dc.subject technology transfer en_US
dc.subject commercialization en_US
dc.subject laws and regulations en_US
dc.subject ownership en_US
dc.subject plant variety protection en_US
dc.subject international law en_US
dc.subject medicinal plants en_US
dc.subject information management en_US
dc.subject trademarks en_US
dc.subject databases en_US
dc.subject collective knowledge en_US
dc.subject Azadirachta indica en_US
dc.subject neem seed extract en_US
dc.subject sui generis laws en_US
dc.title Evolving Concepts Related to Achieving Benefit Sharing for Custodians of Traditional Knowledge en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.type.dcmi Text en_US
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