Intellectual property, community rights and human rights : the biological and genetic resources of developing countries /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mahop, Marcelin Tonye
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Milton Park, Abingdon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Series:	Routledge-Cavendish research in intellectual property.
Subjects:	Biopiracy. Biotechnology > Law and legislation. Traditional ecological knowledge > Law and legislation > Developing countries.

Table of Contents:

Setting the scene
Patents, PBRs and community rights in international forums
Brief overview on community rights in selected national regulatory instruments
Selected international and regional human-rights instruments and their provisions on community rights and IPRs
Incursion in the 'bio-piracy' debate : modern exploitation of biodiversity components of developing countries and community rights
Soft and regional undertakings aimed at community rights
Broader framework of the suggested regulatory measures
Applicability of the regulatory measures.