INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, PLANT BIODIVERSITY, AND TRADITIONAL MEDICINE

摘要

Justice Stephen Breyer of the United States Supreme Court wrote, "In sum, none of the noneconomic goals served by copyright law seem an adequate justification for the copyright system" (Breyer S, "The Uneasy Case for Copyright: A study of Copyright in Books, Photocopies and Computer Programs" (1970) 84 Harv L Rev 281 at 291). A similar statement could by made about other forms of intellectual property, particularly patents and trademarks.