Intellectual property law, 2002 : [ articles on the legal protection of cultural expressions and indigenous knowledge] / by F. Willem Grosheide ... [et al.] ; editors, F. Willem Grosheide, Jan J. Brinkhof

Largely the elaborated papers first presented at the Molengraaf Institute for Private Law's Center for Intellectual Property Law (CIER) conference in November 2001.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Granular knowledge": cultural problems with intellectual property and protection / Walter E.A. van Beek and Fabiola Jara -- Protecting traditional knowledge and folklore / Graham Dutfield -- Intellectual property and the protection of cultural expressions: the work of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) / Wend B. Wendland --- Legal concerning (i.e., concerns of?) traditional knowledge protection on the international agenda: the EU approach / Jean Charles van Eeckhaute -- Protecting the cultural expressions of indigenous peoples under intellectual property law: the Australian experience / Michael Blakeney -- Traditional knowledge and folklore: a new topic in the international arena / Silke von Lewinski -- Digital rights management and documentation of traditional knowledge: strange bedfellows? / Richard Owens -- Intellectual property, genetic resources, and traditional knowledge protection: thinking globally, acting locally / Charles R. McManis -- Protection of traditional knowledge: a critical synthesis / Geertrui van Overwalle