Dennis S. Karjala. 2010. "Why Intellectual Property Rights in Traditional Knowledge Cannot Contribute to Sustainable Development" ExpressO
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dennis_karjala/5
The point is only that intellectual property rights in traditional knowledge can do no good (in promoting sustainability) and may do much harm, by tying up knowledge in exclusive rights that inhibit its application to sustainability (or anything else) without any compensating social gains.
See also
http://www.delicious.com/Klausgraf/Folklore
http://log.netbib.de/archives/2004/09/28/korruptes-afrika/
Update:
http://afro-ip.blogspot.com/2010/09/ghana-to-prosecute-illicit-uses-of.html
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dennis_karjala/5
The point is only that intellectual property rights in traditional knowledge can do no good (in promoting sustainability) and may do much harm, by tying up knowledge in exclusive rights that inhibit its application to sustainability (or anything else) without any compensating social gains.
See also
http://www.delicious.com/Klausgraf/Folklore
http://log.netbib.de/archives/2004/09/28/korruptes-afrika/
Update:
http://afro-ip.blogspot.com/2010/09/ghana-to-prosecute-illicit-uses-of.html
KlausGraf - am Dienstag, 17. August 2010, 23:36 - Rubrik: English Corner
