indigenous peoples’ innovation Intellectual Property Pathways to Development indigenous peoples’ innovation Intellectual Property Pathways to Development Edited by Peter Drahos and Susy Frankel Published by ANU E Press The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Email:
[email protected] This title is also available online at http://epress.anu.edu.au National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Title: Indigenous people’s innovation : intellectual property pathways to development / edited by Peter Drahos and Susy Frankel. ISBN: 9781921862779 (pbk.) 9781921862786 (ebook) Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Subjects: Ethnoscience. Traditional ecological knowledge. Intellectual property. Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc. Other Authors/Contributors: Drahos, Peter, 1955- Frankel, Susy. Dewey Number: 346.048 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Cover design and layout by ANU E Press Printed by Griffin Press This edition © 2012 ANU E Press Contents Acknowledgements . .vii List of Acronyms . ix List of Contributors . xiii Preface: Indigenous Innovation: New Dialogues, New Pathways . xv Antony Taubman Director, Intellectual Property Division World Trade Organization 1 . Indigenous Peoples’ Innovation and Intellectual Property: The Issues . 1 Peter Drahos and Susy Frankel 2 . Ancient but New: Developing Locally Driven Enterprises Based on Traditional Medicines in Kuuku I’yu Northern Kaanju Homelands, Cape York, Queensland, Australia . 29 David J. Claudie, Susan J. Semple, Nicholas M. Smith and Bradley S. Simpson 3 . ‘It would be good to know where our food goes’: Information Equals Power? .