Leveraging Traditional Knowledge on the Medicinal Uses of Plants within the Patent System: The Digitisation and Disclosure of Knowledge in South Africa

Traditional knowledge (TK) plays an important role in the global economy and is valuable not only to those who traditionally depend on it in their daily lives, but also to modern industry, especially the global biotechnology, pharmaceutical and agribusiness corporations. Yet the exploitation of TK b...

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Main Author: Emeka Polycarp Amechi
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: North-West University 2015-04-01
Series:Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
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Online Access:http://www.nwu.ac.za/sites/www.nwu.ac.za/files/files/p-per/issuepages/2015volume18no1/PERAmechi2015%2818%291.pdf