Protecting traditional knowledge the WIPO intergovernmental committee on intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz -- Introduction : mapping the evolution, state-of-play and future of the WIPO IGC / Daniel F. Robinson, Pedro Roffe, Ahmed Abdel-Latif -- Revisiting the creation of the IGC : the limits of constructive ambiguity? / Ahmed Abdel-Latif -- The evolution of the IGC from 2001 to 2016 : an insider's perspective / Wend Wendland -- Relationships between the work of the IGC and other forums / Charles Lawson -- Of disclosure "straws" and IP system "camels" : patents, innovation, and the disclosure of origin requirement / Margo A. Bagley -- The role of databases, contracts and codes of conduct / Daniel F. Robinson and Claudio Chiarolla -- The legal protection of widely shared and dispersed traditional knowledge / Manuel Ruiz Muller -- Negotiating the public domain in an international framework for genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions -- Ruth l. Okediji -- Traditional cultural expressions / Marc Perlman -- Now you see it now you don't : the rise and fall of customary law in the IGC / Brendan Tobin -- An indigenous perspective on the WIPO IGC / Maui Solomon -- Genetic resources, traditional knowledge and disclosure obligations : some observations from the life science industry / Dominic Muyldermans -- Indigenous culture and indigenous publishing : balancing protection, preservation and promotion / Jens Bammel and José Borghino -- Disclosure requirements : Switzerland's perspective / Georges Bauer, Cyrill Michael Berger and Martin Girsberger -- India's position in the intergovernmental committee for the protection of traditional knowledge / Biswajit Dhar -- The WIPO IGC : a U.S. perspective / Dominic Keating -- Access and benefit sharing, intellectual property rights and the protection of traditional knowledge in Costa Rica : participation in and possible impacts of the IGC's work / Jorge Cabrera Medaglia -- New Zealand, mātauranga Maori and the IGC / Jessica C. Lai -- Preferential trade agreements and the protection of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge / Pedro Roffe -- WIPO and the traditional knowledge conundrum / Ahmed Abdel-Latif -- The challenge of cross-border protection of traditional knowledge / Susy Frankel -- Should we protect turmeric lattes? / Graham Dutfield -- Ramifications of WIPO IGC for IP and development / Chidi Oguamanam.