Browse by author
Lookup NU author(s): Professor Sue Farran
Full text is not currently available for this publication.
There is considerable pressure on Small Island Developing States globally to introduce or to strengthen intellectual property regimes. This pressure comes in a number of forms, including bilateral and multilateral Free Trade Agreement negotiations and development assistance programmes such as those of the World Intellectual Property Organisation. The aim of this book is to offer a competing model of intellectual property policy using the Pacific Islands as a case study. This competing model is one based on local conceptions of culture and indigenous understandings about use, knowledge and transfer of intangible property. Adopting such a base as a starting point will enable the weaving together of multiple regulatory strategies to facilitate the transfer of knowledge, stimulate and reward innovation and creativity, and protect rights over traditional knowledge in ways that have meaning and resonance for local populations. Elements of western intellectual property frameworks can also form important strands in intellectual property policies. However, these elements should be incorporated, and possibly reinterpreted, within the local framework.
Author(s): Forsyth M, Farran S
Publication type: Authored Book
Publication status: Published
Year: 2015
Number of Pages: 280
Print publication date: 01/09/2015
Acceptance date: 01/01/1900
Publisher: Intersentia
Place Published: Cambridge
Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item
ISBN: 9781780682259
