Protection of traditional knowledge of drugs Analysis_1.docVIP

Protection of traditional knowledge of drugs Analysis Of: Mei Zhisheng, Zhang Wensheng, TRADITIONAL [Keywords:] traditional medicine knowledge, intellectual property, protection of research, analysis of With the knowledge economy and China’s accession to WTO, raised with the frequent occurrence in many areas of foreign intellectual property disputes, our government, academia and the business community is concerned about the unprecedented level of protection of traditional knowledge of drugs and, in many ways made efforts to explore and practice. but because of the inherent properties of traditional knowledge (such as appears in the current intellectual property system, the object of protection has been in the public domain, are “all are free to use the object”, the result is collective intelligence and contribution to the crystallization of intellectual property protection concerns beyond the intellectual scope of the individual, etc.) is also reflected in the knowledge of traditional medicine which, therefore, under the framework of the existing intellectual property system, both from academic research, legislation to explore, or judicial practice, to protect our traditional knowledge of drugs have met with many difficulties, some even insurmountable obstacles. how to overthrow the existing intellectual property system is not based on the effective protection of traditional medicine knowledge, there is an urgent need to address our country’s problems . The author is the following three aspects from the summary and analysis. A field of academic research Because traditional medicine knowledge and other types of traditional knowledge (such as folk art, knowledge of crops, etc.) have in common is an integral part of traditional knowledge, thus far, most of domestic and foreign academics still be included in the field of protection of traditional knowledge. Study abroad in terms of protection of traditional knowledge, the academic community have differe