Intellectual Property, State Sovereignty, and Biotechnology

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baruch A. Brody
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
State Sovereignty

Intellectual Property Rights and the Conservation of Plant Biodiversity as a Common Concern of Humankind

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline Jaeckel
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Intellectual Property Rights ◽  
State Sovereignty ◽  
Plant Biodiversity ◽  
Public Interests ◽  
Common Concern

AbstractThis article makes the case for the obligation to conserve plant biodiversity to be classified as a common concern of humankind, to justify and indeed prescribe limitations on private intellectual property rights over plants and related processes. Within the biodiversity regime, the notion of ‘common concern of humankind’ subjects the permanent sovereignty of states over natural resources to the interests of humanity. It shifts the obligations of states from managing their own plant biodiversity towards conserving it on behalf of humankind. In contrast, TRIPS requires states to protect private intellectual property rights with little discretion to adequately balance them with public interests. This creates a dichotomy. This article argues that rather than mobilizing state sovereignty as rhetoric to distract from addressing common concerns of humankind, it should be constructed as a concept capable of facilitating these very concerns.

Australian Intellectual Property Law

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark J. Davison ◽  
Ann L. Monotti ◽  
Leanne Wiseman
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Intellectual Property Law
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