Can Traditional Knowledge be effectively covered under a single "umbrella"?

The author delivered a key-note address (here published as an oratio), posing the question whether traditional knowledge, for which there is no unambiguous definition, can effectively be protected under a single umbrella." After considering the matter from inter alia historical, philosophical...

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Main Author: A van der Merwe
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: North-West University 2010-12-01
Series:Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
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Online Access:http://www.nwu.ac.za/export/sites/default/nwu/p-per/issuepages/2010volume13no4/2010x13x4_VanDerMerwe_oratio_fin.pdf
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title_full Can Traditional Knowledge be effectively covered under a single "umbrella"?
title_fullStr Can Traditional Knowledge be effectively covered under a single "umbrella"?
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title_short Can Traditional Knowledge be effectively covered under a single "umbrella"?
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url http://www.nwu.ac.za/export/sites/default/nwu/p-per/issuepages/2010volume13no4/2010x13x4_VanDerMerwe_oratio_fin.pdf
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