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a new intellectual property treaty does little to protect Māori traditional knowledge

  • Written by David Jefferson, Senior Lecturer Above the Bar, University of Canterbury
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The problem of “biopiracy” – the misappropriation and patenting for profit of Indigenous knowledge – has been on the rise for some time. So a global treaty aimed at protecting traditional knowledge and genetic resources should be a welcome development.

In late May, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIP...

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