Traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions, and intellectual property law in the Asia-Pacific region
By: edited by Christoph Antons.
Contributors: Antons, Christoph.
Series: Max Planck series on Asian intellectual property law -- v. 14
Publisher: Kluwer Law International; Aspen Publishers [distributor for North, Central, and South America]
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Alphen aan den Rijn; Frederick, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9789041127211
Subjects: Traditional ecological knowledge -- Law and legislation -- Pacific Area; Cultural property -- Protection -- Law and legislation -- Pacific Area; Intellectual property -- Pacific Area
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The international debate about traditional knowledge and approaches in the Asia-Pacific region  -- Christoph Antons; title: How are the different views of traditional knowledge linked by international law and global governance?  -- Christopher Arup; title: Protection of traditional knowledge by geographical indications  -- Michael Blakeney; title: An analysis of WIPO's latest proposal and the Model Law 2002 of the Pacific Community for the Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions  -- Silke von Lewinski; title: The role of customary law and practice in the protection of traditional knowledge related to biological diversity  -- Brendan Tobin; title: Can modern law safeguard archaic cultural expressions? : observations from a legal sociology perspective  -- Christoph Beat Graber; title: Branding identity and copyrighting culture : orientations towards the customary in traditional knowledge discourse  -- Martin Chanock; title: Being indigenous' in Indonesia and the Philippines  -- Gerard A. Persoon; title: Indigenous heritage and the digital commons  -- Eric Kansa; title: Traditional cultural expression and the internet world  -- Brian Fitzgerald and  Susan Hedge; title: Cultural property and "the public domain" : case studies from New Zealand and Australia  -- Susy Frankel and Megan Richardson; title: The recognition of traditional knowledge under Australian biodiscovery regimes : why bother with intellectual property rights?  -- Natalie P. Stoianoff; title: Protection of traditional knowledge in the SAARC region and India's efforts  -- S.K. Verma; title: The protection of expressions of folklore in Sri Lanka  -- Indunil Abeyesekere; title: Traditional medicine and intellectual property rights : a case study of the Indonesian jamu industry -- Christoph Antons and Rosy Antons-Sutanto.