Protecting Folklore Under Modern Intellectual Property Regimes: A Reappraisal of the Tensions Between Individual and Communal Rights in Africa and the United States
Year: 1999
Type: article
Abstract: Commercially relevant traditional knowledge includes: [the] location of local mineral and wild plant resources, domesticated plants with interesting genetic properties, musical instruments producing evocative sounds, new ingredients for cosmetics, new foods and spices, art designs and their potential use on all manner of salable products, mythic elements and stories, and sites for tour organizers.
Source: bepress Legal Repository
Author: Paul Kuruk
Institution: American University
Language: English
Topic: Intellectual Property Law
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Otsuka America Pharmaceutical
OpenAlex ID: W1598928649