Poor people's knowledge : promoting intellectual property in developing countries /

This book aims to expand the international discourse by: Calling attention to a broader range of knowledge that has commercial potential in developing countries. Bringing an economic dimension into the discussion of traditional knowledge, where legal analysis has thus far been at the forefront. Brin...

• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Other Authors: Finger, J Michael, ed, Schuler, Philip
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2004
• Series: Trade and development series
• Subjects: PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL; ASPECTOS JURIDICOS; ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS; PAISES EN DESARROLLO; ASPECTOS LEGALES; TERCER MUNDO

Table of Contents:

• Contributors
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Introduction and overview / J. Michael Finger
• 1. Kuyujani Originario: the Yekuana road to the overall protection of their rights as a people / Nelly Arvelo-Jiménez
• 2. Handmade in India: traditional craft skills in a changing world / Maureen Liebl and Tirthankar Roy
• 3. Enhancing intellectual property exports through fair trade / Ron Layton
• 4. The Africa music project / Frank J. Penna, Monique Thormann, and J. Michael Finger
• 5. Preventing counterfeit craft designs / Betsy J. Fowler
• 6. Bioprospecting agreements and benefit sharing with local communities / Kerry ten Kate and Sarah A. Laird
• 7. Biopiracy and commercialization of ethnobotanical knowledge / Philipe Schuler
• 8. Prevention of misappropiation of intangible cultural heritage through intellectual property laws / Daniel Wüger
• 9. Making intellectual property laws work for traditional knowledge / Coenraad J. Visser
• Index.