Original Paper on "Traditional Knowledge" Available on Website Until June 8

The original paper by Dr. Mohan Dewar, “Socioeconomic Changes Effected by Intellectual Property Rights - the Indian Perspective,” will be on the website of Beyond the First World through June 7. Told from both a human and legal perspective, the paper describes how the traditional knowledge in a medicinal plant was lost by the Indian Government, and how intellectual property rights became a central issue in the loss. http://beyondthefirstworld.com