SAFEGUARDING INDIAN TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE: A NECESSITY IN THE GLOBALISED WORLD

Abstract

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) characterizes customary learning as  "custom based abstract, imaginative or logical works; exhibitions; developments; investigative revelations; outlines; stamps, names and images; undisclosed data; and all other convention based advancements and manifestations coming about because of scholarly action in the mechanical, exploratory, artistic, or creative fields."

It is pertinent to note that "Custom based" alludes to learning frameworks, manifestations, advancements and social declarations that are by and large transmitted from one generation to another ; and are for the most part viewed as relating to specific individuals or their domain or traditional cultural expression[2]; and are continuously advancing in light of an evolving world.

Traditional and indigenous knowledge (TK) has been used for centuries by indigenous and local communities under local laws, customs and traditions. It has been transmitted and evolved from generation to generation. TK has played, and still plays, an important role in vital areas such as food security, the development of agriculture and medical treatment. However, Western societies have not, in general, recognized any significant value in TK nor any obligations associated to its use, and have passively consented to or accelerated its loss through the destruction of the communities’ living environment and cultural values.

Worldwide licensed innovation systems which address nearby learning are of basic significance to variety of neighborhood groups. Such systems can be said to be an outcome of wealth creation for neighborhood groups to the degree that they are composed in way which is adaptable. Such adaptable systems may empower the stream of assets to be switched and empower neighborhood groups to add advantage to a more noteworthy degree from the potential advantages of worldwide exchange structures. Aside from using accessible writing on these difficulties, the primary proposals from the World Intellectual Property Organization, Intergovernmental board on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional learning are broke down with a perspective to proposing bearings that can help enhance the way in which traditional knowledge is ensured through Intellectual Property.