The Problematic Relationship between Traditional Knowledge and the Commons

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Abstract

This chapter investigates two propositions that have become premises of the international debate around the question of the protection of traditional knowledge: first, that the protection of traditional knowledge is primarily a question of the rights of Indigenous Peoples; and, secondly, that the form of the protection of TK is primarily a question of intellectual property law.


open access | peer reviewed

Presentato: 21 Dicembre 2016 | Accettato: 21 Marzo 2017 | Pubblicato 31 Dicembre 2017 | Lingua: en

Keywords Knowledge • Commons • Property

Copyright © 2017 Fiona Macmillan. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/6969-052-5/SE-4-42


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