March 3: Cleveland + Webcast - Native American Tribes' & Nations' Rights to Their Intellectual Property #MCLE

Indigenous peoples and nations have a wealth of knowledge and resources related to their traditional ways of life. That is found in traditional knowledge, Folklore and in genetic resources which are extremely valuable to the communities and, with the advent of the knowledge economy, increasingly valuable to non-indigenous communities and corporations. However, this increased interest in traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions and genetic resources has increased the risk, the perception and the reality of the misappropriation of indigenous knowledge, ranging from biopiracy to cultural misappropriation, to denigration and misuse of indigenous cultural icons and sacred knowledge. In many case, misappropriation is enabled by the mainstream intellectual property system through patenting, or copyright or trademarks. In order to combat this, indigenous peoples and nations have sought to vindicate their rights both at the domestic level and in international bodies such as the World Intellectual Property Organisation. Native American groups have played an important role in these efforts and the lecture will discuss the nature of the domestic and international challenges that Native American tribes face in claiming rights to their intellectual property, including traditional knowledge, cultural expressions and genetic resources.
Title:
Native American Tribes' & Nations' Rights to Their Intellectual Property
When/Where:
March 3, 2016
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Moot Courtroom (A59)
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
11075 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106-7148
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Speaker:
Professor Preston Hardison is a natural resources treaty rights policy analyst for the Tulalip Tribes of Washington. He has participated in meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) since 1996, and participated in the discussions and negotiations on access and benefit sharing for genetic resources from 2000 to 2010. For the last two years, he was selected as one of the lead indigenous negotiators of what is now known as the Nagoya Protocol.
By:
Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts - Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Credit:
Approved for 1 hour of in-person CLE credit
Cost:
Free and open to the public. Pre-registration required.
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