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Module 3- Decolonization and Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights

Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights

Website: http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs/prb0338-e.htm

This website is actually a paper, prepared by Tonina Simeone, and hosted on the Library of Parliament website. The different sections of the paper are linked to on the site, making the important information this paper contains easily accessible.

Topics covered by this paper include: “How Does Indigenous Traditional Knowledge Differ from Western Science?”, How to and Why to protect Traditional Knowledge, Limits of current IPRs in protecting Traditional Knowledge and some information on International Initiatives to Protect Traditional Knowledge.

Written in 2004, this paper is a little bit out of date, however it contains a large amount of pertinent information on the subject of Traditional Knowledge and IPRs and is an excellent resource on the subject.

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