Why Intellectual Property Rights in Traditional Knowledge Cannot Contribute to Sustainable Development

Dennis S. Karjala. 2010. “Why Intellectual Property Rights in Traditional Knowledge Cannot Contribute to Sustainable Development” ExpressO
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dennis_karjala/5

The point is only that intellectual property rights in traditional knowledge can do no good (in promoting sustainability) and may do much harm, by tying up knowledge in exclusive rights that inhibit its application to sustainability (or anything else) without any compensating social gains.

See also
http://www.delicious.com/Klausgraf/Folklore

http://log.netbib.de/archives/2004/09/28/korruptes-afrika

Update:
http://afro-ip.blogspot.com/2010/09/ghana-to-prosecute-illicit-uses-of.html

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