The international debate about traditional knowledge and approaches in the Asia-Pacific region / Christoph Antons -- How are the different views of traditional knowledge linked by international law and global governance? / Christopher Arup -- Protection of traditional knowledge by geographical indications / Michael Blakeney -- An analysis of WIPO's latest proposal and the Model Law 2002 of the Pacific Community for the Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions / Silke von Lewinski -- The role of customary law and practice in the protection of traditional knowledge related to biological diversity / Brendan Tobin -- Can modern law safeguard archaic cultural expressions? : observations from a legal sociology perspective / Christoph Beat Graber -- Branding identity and copyrighting culture : orientations towards the customary in traditional knowledge discourse / Martin Chanock -- Being indigenous' in Indonesia and the Philippines / Gerard A. Persoon -- Indigenous heritage and the digital commons / Eric Kansa -- Traditional cultural expression and the internet world / Brian Fitzgerald and Susan Hedge -- Cultural property and "the public domain" : case studies from New Zealand and Australia / Susy Frankel and Megan Richardson -- The recognition of traditional knowledge under Australian biodiscovery regimes : why bother with intellectual property rights? / Natalie Stoianoff -- Protection of traditional knowledge in the SAARC region and India's efforts / S.K. Verma -- The protection of expressions of folklore in Sri Lanka / Indunil Abeyesekere -- Traditional medicine and intellectual property rights : a case study of the Indonesian jamu industry / Christoph Antons and Rosy Antons-Sutanto
Summary
Among the many contentious matters thrown up by the relentless march of economic globalization, those forms of knowledge variously known as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' remain seriously threatened, despite numerous transnational initiatives and highly publicized debate. It is not proving easy to bring these holistic worldviews into accordance with the technical terms and classifications of intellectual property law. The contributions in this volume contrast efforts to find solutions and workable models at the international and regional level with experiences on the ground. Legal policies rela
