Poor People's Knowledge : Promoting Intellectual Property in Developing Countries

This book aims to expand the international discourse by: Calling attention to a broader range of knowledge that has commercial potential in developing countries. Bringing an economic dimension into the discussion of traditional knowledge, where legal analysis has thus far been at the forefront. Bringing out the incentives for and concerns of poor people-which may be different from those of corporate research, Northern nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), or already successful entertainment stars. Demonstrating that the best answer is sometimes a commercial one, for example, providing musicians basic training in small business management or reform of regulations that burden small businesses, rather than obtaining formal patent or copyright protection. Calling attention to the many income-earning (rather than the income-using) dimensions of culture-to dispel the notion that culture and commerce are necessarily in opposition. Bringing out instances in which more or less standard legal approaches have been effective as an antidote to the general sense of conflict between traditional knowledge and normal legal conceptions so as to identify the problems in which legal innovation-beyond diligent application-is really needed. Imbuing into the discourse a sense of the legal and commercial tasks needed to solve a developmental problem-away from "knowledge" as an isolated legal issue.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Finger, J. Michael, Schuler, Philip
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2003
Subjects:	KNOWLEDGE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, CRAFT MARKETING, FAIR TRADE, EXPORTS, COUNTERFEITING, ETHNOBOTANICAL KNOWLEDGE, CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT, PROPERTY LAW, LOCAL COMMUNITY INITIATIVES, OWNERSHIP, EVALUATION ACTIVITIES, METHODOLOGY, TRADING, COFFEE, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, TRADEMARK AGREEMENTS, PROPERTY RIGHTS SYSTEMS, CODES OF CONDUCT, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS, POLICIES, BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT ADAPTATION, ANIMATION, ANTHROPOLOGY, APATHY, ARCHIVES, ART, ARTISANS, ARTISTS, ARTS, BELIEFS, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY, CITIES, CONSUMER GOODS, CRAFTS, CREATIVE GROUPS, CULTURAL CONCERNS, CULTURAL HERITAGE, CULTURES, DANCE, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC VALUE, EFFECTIVE USE, EMBROIDERY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EXPLOITATION, FAMILIES, FISH, FOLKLORE, GIRLS, HANDICRAFTS, HOMEOPATHY, IMPORTS, INCOME, INDIGENOUS CULTURE, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, INNOVATION, INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, IPR, JEWELRY, KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES, LAWS, LEGISLATION, MANAGERS, MARKET POWER, MARKET PRICES, MARKETING, MEDICINE, MINING, MONUMENTS, MOTIVATION, MUSEUM, MUSIC, MUSIC INDUSTRY, NATURAL RESOURCES, ORAL HISTORY, PAINTERS, PARTNERSHIP, PATENTS, PERCEPTION, PERFORMANCES, PHOTOGRAPHY, POLITICAL SYSTEMS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCERS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, RADIO, ROYALTIES, SCHOOLS, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, TEACHERS, TECHNICIANS, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, TOURISM, TRADITION, TRADITIONAL CRAFTS, TRADITIONAL CULTURE, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, TRADITIONS, WEAVING, WORKERS, WORKING CONDITIONS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/3124093/poor-peoples-knowledge-promoting-intellectual-property-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15049
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