Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- About the Cover -- Contributors -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction and Overview -- Introduction -- Scope of the Work -- Intellectual Property in the WTO: The Development Dimension and the Developed Dimension -- Summaries -- Nelly Arvelo-Jiménez: Kuyujani Originario: The Yekuana Road to the Overall Protection of Their Rights As a People -- Lessons -- Maureen Liebl and Tirthankar Roy: Handmade in India: Traditional Craft Skills in a Changing World -- Lessons -- Ron Layton: Enhancing Intellectual Property Exports through Fair Trade -- Lessons -- Frank J. Penna, Monique Thormann, and J. Michael Finger: The Africa Music Project -- Lessons -- Betsy I. Fowler: Preventing Counterfeit Craft Designs -- Australia -- Native Americans -- Latin America -- Bobbo Ahiagble in Ghana -- Lessons -- Kerry ten Kate and Sarah A. Laird: Bioprospecting Agreements and Benefit Sharing with Local Communities -- Lessons -- Philip Schuler: Biopiracy and Commercialization of Ethnobotanical Knowledge -- Biopesticides from the Neem Tree -- Turmeric -- Basmati Rice -- Yellow Beans -- Lessons -- Daniel Wüger: Prevention of Misappropriation of Intangible Cultural Heritage through Intellectual Property Laws -- Lessons -- Coenraad J. Visser: Making Intellectual Property Laws Work for Traditional Knowledge -- Patents -- Copyright -- The Digital Environment: The WIPO Copyright Treaty -- Trademarks and Labels of Authenticity -- Traditional Knowledge, Modern Knowledge, and Poor People's Knowledge -- Respecting Collective and Individual Ownership -- The Development Dimension -- Notes -- References -- 1 Kuyujani Originario: The Yekuana Road to the Overall Protection of Their Rights as a People -- Yekuana Culture -- The Coveted Natural Resources of the Amazon Basin -- Kuyujani Originario.

Fractionalization in the Protection of Rights: The Position of Some Indigenous Ethnopolitical Movements -- Kuyujani Originario on the Protection of Indigenous Rights -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 2 Handmade in India: Traditional Craft Skills in A Changing World -- Introduction -- The Case for Protection of Traditional Craft Skills -- The Paradox and the Problems: Changing Market Patterns and Supply-Side Constraints -- Changing Market Patterns -- Supply-Side Constraints -- "Ownership" and Intellectual Property Issues for Indian Craftspeople2 -- Ownership -- Cultural Perspectives Regarding Creativity -- The Nature of Craft Communities -- Membership Structures for Owners -- Establishing and Maintaining Enforcement Procedures -- Existing Legislation -- Possible Solutions -- Appendix: Case Study -- Price Spread: Export Markets -- Endnotes -- References -- 3 Enhancing Intellectual Property Exports through Fair Trade -- Introduction -- Focus on Intellectual Property Exports -- IP Exports Are Different, Allowing New Opportunities -- Fair Trade in Physical Goods -- Evaluating Fair Trade in Physical Goods -- Evaluation Methodology -- Intellectual Property Aspects of the Impact of Fair Trade -- A Recent Decision to Stop Trading -- Impact beyond Volume -- The Coffee Crisis -- The Value of Fair Trade -- Intellectual Property Exports -- Examples of Markets for IP Products from Developing Countries -- Everyone Owns Some IP -- Exporting as an IP Priority -- Selling IP -- An Example of Distribution Weakness -- Applying Fair Trade to IP Exports -- Fair Trade Business in IP Products -- Two Sectors of IP Trade for Poverty Alleviation -- The VW "Bug" Project: Extending Fair Trade to Assist Designers -- Other Examples -- Protecting Traditional Knowledge from Unwanted Commercialization -- Capacity Building for IP Exports -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References.

4 The Africa Music Project -- Introduction -- The Dream -- The Dream Confronts Reality: The Structure of the African Music Business -- Town Hall Meetings -- Problems -- Possible Solutions -- The Musicians' Dream -- The Reality of the African Music Industry -- Big Fish Eat Little Fish -- Moving Reality Toward the Dream -- Impact in Senegal -- Reform of the BSDA -- Implementation of an Antipiracy Tracking System -- Payment of Dues -- Inclusion of Musicians on the BSDA Board -- Changing Legislation -- Empowerment: Increased Influence of the Musicians' Association -- Mainstreaming of Culture at the World Bank -- Looking Toward the Future -- Legal and Business Training -- Enabling Communication -- Administrative Capacity Building of the Musicians' Association and the BSDA -- The Potential of E-Commerce -- Endnotes -- References -- 5 Preventing Counterfeit Craft Designs -- Introduction -- Background -- Overview of IP Tools as They Apply to Crafts -- Copyright -- Trademark -- Examining the History of Protection -- Case Study 1: Protection of Crafts in Australia -- Overview -- Analysis of IP Protection -- Trademarks -- Effectiveness of Australian Model -- Case Study 2: The Native American Experience in the United States -- Overview -- The Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act -- Indian Arts and Crafts Act -- Present-Day Status -- Traditional Knowledge and Tribal Trademark Legislation -- Key Elements of Effectiveness of the Native American Model -- Case Study 3: Indigenous Artisans and Crafts Protection in Canada -- Overview -- Analysis of IP Protection -- Present-Day Status -- Key Elements in the Effectiveness of the Canadian Model -- Case Study 4: Latin American Experiences -- Overview -- Status of IP Protection -- Panama -- Peru -- Extralegal Mechanisms -- Key Elements in the Effectiveness of IP Protection in Latin American Countries -- Case Study 5: Ghana.

Overview -- Status of IP Protection -- Key Elements of the Ghanaian Model -- Summation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 6 Bioprospecting Agreements and Benefit Sharing with Local Communities -- Introduction -- Establishing Equity and Rights to Control the Use of Traditional Knowledge -- Intergovernmental Agreements -- Intellectual Property Rights -- National Laws on Access to Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge -- Indigenous Peoples' Declarations, Codes of Conduct, Institutional Policies, Research Agreements, and Corporate Policies -- Commercial Demand for Traditional Knowledge -- Biodiversity Prospecting Agreements -- Different Kinds of Agreements -- The Structure of Agreements -- Terms and Conditions -- The Negotiating Process -- The Sharing of Benefits -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 7 Biopiracy and Commercialization of Ethnobotanical Knowledge -- Introduction -- Biopesticides from the Neem Tree -- The Patent Controversy -- History of Commercialization -- Economic Impact -- Lessons of Neem -- Medicinal Uses of Turmeric -- The Patent Controversy -- Lessons -- Ayahuasca: Patenting without Commercialization -- The Patent Controversy -- Lessons -- Basmati Rice in America -- The IPR Controversy -- Lessons -- Yellow Beans: Mayacoba from Mexico or Enola from Colorado? -- The Patent Controversy -- Lessons -- General Themes -- Endnotes -- References -- 8 Prevention of Misappropriation of Intangible Cultural Heritage through Intellectual Property Laws -- Introduction -- The Prevention of Misappropriations of Folklore -- Copyright Protection -- The Pueblo of Santo Domingo Case17 -- The Australian Experience with Aboriginal Art -- Folklore Music in Ethiopia -- Other IP Rights and the Protection of Folklore -- The Use of Trademarks in Australia -- The Need for Sui Generis Protection of Folklore.

"Technical" Traditional Knowledge and Patent Protection -- The Revocation and Reaffirmation of the Ayahuasca Patent -- Arogyapacha -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 9 Making Intellectual Property Laws Work for Traditional Knowledge -- Introduction -- International Framework: The TRIPS Agreement -- Developing Countries: A Clash of IPR Paradigms -- Protecting Traditional Knowledge in Developing Countries: Two Goal Posts -- Goal Post 1: Protection against Exploitation of Traditional Knowledge -- Patents -- Prior Informed Consent -- Searchable Prior Art -- Morality -- Trademarks -- Goal Post 2: Protection for Exploitation of Traditional Knowledge -- Protection for Traditional Cultural Expressions -- Copyright -- UNESCO-WIPO Model Provisions -- The Digital Environment: The WIPO Copyright Treaty -- Paying Public Domain -- Related Rights: Performers -- Designations of Authenticity: Certification Marks -- Trade Dress -- Unfair Competition: Misleading the Public -- Geographical Indications -- Protection for Traditional Ecological Knowledge -- Patents -- Transfer of Technology -- Legal Hybrid I: Compensatory Liability -- Legal Hybrid II: A Global Biocollection Society -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Copyright and Related Rights -- Trademarks and Geographical Indications -- Patents -- Unfair Competition -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.