In 2002, I presented a proposal for a sui generis right for traditional knowledge or access to genetic resources, that would be consistent with more competition and openness. The proposal was modeled after a 1998 EU Directive on Biotechnology, and specifically, the Directive’s mandatory cross license between patent and sui generis plant breeder rights. Shared now, given the proliferation of negotiations on TK and and access to genetic resources in multiple fora.
————
Access to Genetic Resources & Traditional Knowledge, The Bellagio compulsory cross-licensing proposal for benefit sharing consistent with more competition and openness.
Slides distributed at the Roundtable on Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore: Sponsored by the Science and Human Rights Program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Franciscans International, Geneva, December 14, 2002.
bellagio.cross-license-gr-tk-patent-14dec2002