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Can you patent something Indigenous peoples already know about? Too often, the answer is yes - but moves are afoot to stop it.
Traditional knowledge that drives indigenous communities’ innovation in agriculture, medicine and conservation is not protected by existing international law.
Late last year, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) held what might be its most a productive meeting for some time. In Geneva, delegates from about 160 countries moved one step closer to…
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Adjunct Professor, School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, RMIT University
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Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
