After years of American and European companies exploiting and patenting traditional remedies and herbs, India has hit on a scheme for protecting the the indigenous patents. A mammoth database ...

The UN member countries have sealed a treaty aimed at properly tracing traditional knowledge about genetic resources. The treaty marks the first time all 193 member states of the UN's World ...

“The WIPO Treaty on Patents, Genetic Resources, and Traditional Knowledge aims to enhance the ethical framework of the patent system…. While it marks significant progress, its success depends on ...

At the ninth session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore at WIPO in Geneva, the South African Minister for Science and ...

NEW DELHI, Oct 14, 2012 (AFP) -For centuries, Indian housewives have used homemade remedies based on cow's milk to cure constipation — but in 2009 Swiss giant Nestle applied for a patent to protect a ...

The opportunities and adaptability of traditional economies have transformed the lives of millions of indigenous peoples as well as local communities, enabling them to gain financial benefits from ...

Traditional knowledge is not named ‘traditional’ merely because it is old. Traditional knowledge is the accumulation and development of living knowledge, something that it is maintained and ...

Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu receives funding from the National Research Foundation, Pretoria, South Africa. Adeyemi is currently part of the Executive Committee for the South African Young Academy of ...

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