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

By David Jefferson, Senior Lecturer Above the Bar, University of Canterbury
Jesse Pirini, Senior Lecturer in Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Jessica C Lai, Professor of Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

The newly signed global Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge might improve the patent system, but is unlikely to improve protection of Indigenous knowledge itself.

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