Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights (eBook)

Legal Obstacles and Innovative Solutions

Mary Riley (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2004
416 Seiten
Altamira Press (Verlag)
978-0-7591-1547-7 (ISBN)

Infos

The expert contributors from around the globe provide unique case studies to guide indigenous communities and their partners in protecting their intellectual property. Addressing the poor fit between western regimes of intellectual property rights and the requirements for safeguarding indigenous cultural resources, the authors describe positive efforts at protecting indigenous knowledge. It is an important resource for advocates for indigenous and human rights and legal scholars.

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Riley and her group of expert contributors supply a unique set of worldwide case studies and policy analyses as guidance for indigenous communities and their partners, in attempting to protect their intellectual property. Much of the existing literature already addresses the poor fit between western regimes of intellectual property rights and the requirements for safeguarding indigenous cultural resources. The manuscript gets beyond these negative claims in depicting positive efforts at protecting indigenous knowledge and cultures, notwithstanding these legal limitations. The reader is exposed to a wide array of legal, political, organizational, and contractual strategies deployed by indigenous groups to protect their intellectual property interests. It will be an important resource for social scientists, advocates for indigenous and human rights, bioprospecting, indigenous leaders, NGOs and law libraries.

Autor

Mary Riley is a Research Associate in the Program for Collaborative Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Inhalt

1 Acknowledgments 2 Introduction 3 Chapter I: LEGAL OBSTACLES 4 Chapter 1: As Long As the Grass Grows: Representing Indigenous Claims 5 Chapter 2: Digital Vibes and Radio Waves in Indigenous Peru 6 Chapter 3: Intellectual Property Protection and the Market for Alaska Native Arts and Crafts 7 Chapter 4: The Amerindian Rights Movement in Guyana and Its Influence 8 Chapter II: DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS 9 Chapter 5: Land, Tenure Systems, and Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights 10 Chapter 6: Benefit-Sharing Under the Convention on Biological Diversity 11 Chapter 7: Ownership of Indigenous Languages: A case study from Guatemala 12 Chapter III: ACCESS AND CONTROL 13 Chapter 8: Intellectual Property Rights and Indigenous Peoples Rights and Responsibilities 14 Chapter 9: Biocolonialism and Isolates of Historic Interest 15 Chapter 10: Indigenous Knowledge and Traditional Plant Resources of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nation 16 Chapter 11: Intellectual Property Rights and Indigenous Cultural Heritage in Archaeology 17 Chapter 12: Prior Informed Consent and Bioprospecting Research in Chiapas 18 Index 19 About the Authors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.8.2004
• Reihe/Serie: Contemporary Native American Communities
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Urheberrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-7591-1547-8 / 0759115478
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7591-1547-7 / 9780759115477