AAAS Project on Traditional Ecological Knowledge
AAAS Handbook on Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge
Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property: A Handbook on Issues and Options for Traditional Knowledge Holders in Protecting their Intellectual Property and Maintaining Biological Diversity.
Realizing that defensive disclosure is not the only option for traditional
knowledge holders, AAAS has created a handbook that attempts to make intellectual
property protection options more understandable and readily available for traditional
knowledge holders. Its goal is to help local communities understand and identify
potential protection mechanisms already present in current intellectual property
rights (IPRs) regimes and the public domain for traditional knowledge. In addition
to introducing some basic intellectual property concepts, this handbook contains
a series of exercises to help the reader to identify knowledge and classify
types of knowledge, as well as cultural and interest-related aspects of that
knowledge. Through a series of exercises, it is possible for traditional knowledge
holders to identify whether or not intellectual property options in the current
regime are relevant and/or appropriate for their knowledge.
The handbook is available in PDF format, either as one large file or three smaller files.
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