South Africa is contemplating new laws to protect the country's traditional knowledge. Other countries on the continent may follow. Companies should welcome these moves, says Emma Barraclough The ...

To address this situation, WIPO has established the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore, which has been actively working to ...

The South African Department of Trade and Industry has published the draft Intellectual Property Amendment Bill 2007, which aims to incorporate traditional knowledge protection. Among other things, ...

Biodiversity, biotechnology and traditional knowledge protection : law, science and practice / Charles R. McManis -- pt. 1. Biodiversity : what are we losing and why--and what is to be done? The epic ...

Aim: To analyse the confidence, training and knowledge of child protection issues in doctors in training. Methods: An anonymised online survey was sent to all paediatric trainees in the deanery.