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Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property: A Handbook on Issues and Options for Traditional Knowledge Holders in Protecting their Intellectual Property and Maintaining Biological Diversity
From the Web site / du site W3 : "Realizing that defensive disclosure is not the only option for traditional knowledge holders, AAAS has created a handbook that attempts to make intellectual property protection options more understandable and readily available for traditional knowledge holders. Its goal is to help local communities understand and identify potential protection mechanisms already present in current intellectual property rights (IPRs) regimes and the public domain for traditional knowledge. In addition to introducing some basic intellectual property concepts, this handbook contains a series of exercises to help the reader to identify knowledge and classify types of knowledge, as well as cultural and interest-related aspects of that knowledge. Through a series of exercises, it is possible for traditional knowledge holders to identify whether or not intellectual property options in the current regime are relevant and/or appropriate for their knowledge."
Editor/Author	Hansen, Stephen A. and Justin W. Van Fleet
Organization/Publisher	American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Human Rights Program, Washington, DC
Date of Publication	July 2003
Submitted by	CHIN/RCIP
Date Submitted	April 01, 2004
Topic	Intellectual Property
Link to Web site
http://shr.aaas.org/tek/handbook/