Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 11, 2018 17:35:26 GMT 12
PATENTS THREATEN TO MISAPPROPRIATE MĀORI KNOWLEDGE
New research has identified 77 ‘families’ of patent applications for inventions that are of potential concern because of how they aim to use plant species connected to traditional Māori knowledge.
Around half of the inventions are in the fields of pharmaceuticals or cosmetics, with the United States filing the most applications, followed by China.
Thirty-three of the families cover some aspect of mānuka, either the plant, honey made from it, or isolates from one of these.....
www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2018/07/patents-threaten-to-misappropriate-maori-knowledge
New research has identified 77 ‘families’ of patent applications for inventions that are of potential concern because of how they aim to use plant species connected to traditional Māori knowledge.
Around half of the inventions are in the fields of pharmaceuticals or cosmetics, with the United States filing the most applications, followed by China.
Thirty-three of the families cover some aspect of mānuka, either the plant, honey made from it, or isolates from one of these.....
www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2018/07/patents-threaten-to-misappropriate-maori-knowledge