tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617183138118819994.post5297377246239555330..comments2024-03-05T17:50:31.778+02:00Comments on Afro-IP: TRIPs amendment in favour of disclosures gathers supportUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617183138118819994.post-20331465102218904462008-05-13T17:05:00.000+02:002008-05-13T17:05:00.000+02:00South Africa has recently enabled legislation to c...South Africa has recently enabled legislation to combat biopiracy and to ensure that indigenous communities share equally and equitably in the benefits flowing from bioprospecting and indigenous knowledge by way of the Biodiversity Act. The SA Patents Act has also been amended recently to require applicants for a patent to disclose whether or no biological resources or traditional knowledge from SA was used in the development of the invention. More details can be found here: http://www.spoor.com/Publications/Articles/Patents/Pages/Bio-ProspectingwithinSouthAfricaIndigenousBiologicalResourcesandTraditionalKnowledge.aspxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617183138118819994.post-38260133865155088512008-05-05T18:53:00.000+02:002008-05-05T18:53:00.000+02:00This is a very important issue. We cannot criticiz...This is a very important issue. We cannot criticize the developing world for not helping itself to progress if the rich countries continue to plunder the natural resources of the poor and then use our legal systems to prevent these countries from profiting from their own resourcesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com