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Traditional knowledge
About: Traditional knowledge is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 10825 publications have been published within this topic receiving 202790 citations. The topic is also known as: indigenous knowledge & indigenous knowledge system.
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TL;DR: The African Model Law for the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge as mentioned in this paper is a legal framework for access to biodiversity, benefit sharing, and intellectual property that satisfies the needs and requirements of African states by balancing the monopoly rights of breeders against the rights of indigenous communities.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identified a local ethnopedological framework that had fundamental differences from scientific systems and drew on varied ecological knowledge and experiences to make complex and dynamic farm decisions, as at other Sahelian villages.
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TL;DR: Geographical Indications have evolved in recent years to protect indigenous knowledge in the agrifood sector without hampering the ethos of free trade as discussed by the authors, and they have been used as useful tools for protecting national property rights and offering new export opportunities, while opponents consider them as barriers to trade.
Abstract: Geographical Indications have evolved in recent years to protect indigenous knowledge in the agrifood sector without hampering the ethos of free trade. Supporters regard them as useful tools for protecting national property rights and offering new export opportunities, while opponents consider them as barriers to trade. This article provides theoretical justifications for them, based on insights from the New Institutional Economics, and cites Darjeeling tea and Basmati rice as Indian examples highlighting some of their dynamic institutional aspects. The new legal framework for GIs is mainly based on the international level.
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30 Apr 2001
TL;DR: In Intellectual Property and Information Control as mentioned in this paper, Adam Moore provides answers and strategies for dealing with these and other questions while mounting a philosophical defense of rights to intellectual and intangible property, arguing that intellectual and intellectual property rights exist along with privacy rights.
Abstract: Computer technology and the proliferation of digital networks have radically altered how ideas and informa-tion are gathered and manipulated Debate over the control and ownership of digital information and intellectual property has been waged by two factions Standing in the way of the cyberpunks, hackers, and net surfers who claim that "information wants to be free" and that intellectual property rights give undue credit to authors and inventors, are the collected canons of Anglo-American copyright, patent, and trade secret law Defenders of these institutions typically argue that granting rights to authors and inventors is necessary for the optimal production of intellectual works and corresponding gains in social utility This conflict between public use and private right raises serious problems: Are abstract ideas and information proper subjects of ownership? What role should privacy rights play? How does the violation of intellectual property rights compare morally to the violation of physical property rights? In Intellectual Property and Information Control, Adam Moore provides answers and strategies for dealing with these and other questions while mounting a philosophical defense of rights to intellectual and intangible property How we address the tensions between intellectual property rights, public access to information, and individual privacy will profoundly shape the twenty-first century A policy that allows too much access may stymie innovation and cause individuals to isolate themselves At the other extreme, huge, multinational corporations may hold as intangible property vast amounts of knowledge, including sensitive personal information Moore proposes a Lockean model of intellectual property and information control along with recommendations for changes in Anglo-American intellectual property institutions Through discussions of patent law, fair use and practical problems such as privacy in the workplace, encryption and public policy, Moore demonstrates that intellectual and intangible property rights exist along with privacy rights The latter will sometimes constrain what can be done with the former Moore offers a carefully balanced appraisal of where the free flow of information needs to be checked by the walls of privacy Intellectual Property and Information Control will be of interest to philosophers, legal scholars, and sociologists
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