Traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions, and intellectual property law in the Asia-Pacific region / edited by Christoph Antons. - Alphen aan den Rijn : Frederick, MD : Kluwer Law International ; Aspen Publishers [distributor for North, Central, and South America], c2009 - xx, 394 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Max Planck series on Asian intellectual property law ; v. 14 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The international debate about traditional knowledge and approaches in the Asia-Pacific region / How are the different views of traditional knowledge linked by international law and global governance? / Protection of traditional knowledge by geographical indications / An analysis of WIPO's latest proposal and the Model Law 2002 of the Pacific Community for the Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions / The role of customary law and practice in the protection of traditional knowledge related to biological diversity / Can modern law safeguard archaic cultural expressions? : observations from a legal sociology perspective / Branding identity and copyrighting culture : orientations towards the customary in traditional knowledge discourse / Being indigenous' in Indonesia and the Philippines / Indigenous heritage and the digital commons / Traditional cultural expression and the internet world / Cultural property and "the public domain" : case studies from New Zealand and Australia / The recognition of traditional knowledge under Australian biodiscovery regimes : why bother with intellectual property rights? / Protection of traditional knowledge in the SAARC region and India's efforts / The protection of expressions of folklore in Sri Lanka / Traditional medicine and intellectual property rights : a case study of the Indonesian jamu industry / Christoph Antons -- Christopher Arup -- Michael Blakeney -- Silke von Lewinski -- Brendan Tobin -- Christoph Beat Graber -- Martin Chanock -- Gerard A. Persoon -- Eric Kansa -- Brian Fitzgerald and Susan Hedge -- Susy Frankel and Megan Richardson -- Natalie P. Stoianoff -- S.K. Verma -- Indunil Abeyesekere -- Christoph Antons and Rosy Antons-Sutanto.

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Traditional ecological knowledge--Law and legislation--Pacific Area.
Cultural property--Protection--Law and legislation--Pacific Area.
Intellectual property--Pacific Area.

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