Traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions and intellectual property law in the Asia-Pacific region

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