> A quarter of a million dollars has been invested in the > > Traditional Knowledge Digital Library, which should be up and running by > > this June...The library will record traditional treatments, and prevent them > > being patented as novel ideas when they have been known for generations. > > In 1996, there was a furore in India after a patent was filed in the US > > on the wound-healing properties of turmeric, something which Indians had > > known for centuries... > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/sci_tech/2002/boston_2002/newsid_1828000/1828438.stm
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