Intellectual property, community rights, and human rights the biological and genetic resources of developing countries / [electronic resource] :
Marcelin Tonye Mahop.
- New York : Routledge, 2010.
- xv, 198 p.
- Routledge research in intellectual property .
- Routledge-Cavendish research in intellectual property. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Setting the scene -- Patents, plant breeders' rights (PBRs), and community rights in international forums -- Community rights and selected national regulatory instruments -- Selected international and regional human rights instruments and their provisions on community rights and intellectual property rights -- Incursion in the 'biopiracy' 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.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9780203852989
Biopiracy. Biotechnology--Law and legislation. Traditional ecological knowledge--Law and legislation--Developing countries.