The identification of biopiracy in patents. (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Soria-López, Manuel; Fuentes-Páramo, Israel
• Is Part Of: World patent information. Volume 47(2016)
• Page Start: 67
• Page End: 74
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: Biopiracy -- Traditional knowledge -- Biodiversity -- Patents -- Medicinal plants -- Traditional medicine; Patent literature -- Periodicals; Information storage and retrieval systems -- Patent documentation -- Periodicals; 608.05
• DOI: 10.1016/j.wpi.2016.10.003
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0172-2190

Abstract

Abstract: Evidence on biopiracy of traditional knowledge and biodiversity is scarce. A method for generating evidence from patents was applied to a set of endemic plants used in Mexican Traditional Medicine. First the method identified a sample of patents as a potential source of evidence. Then, relevant arguments obtained from patents and traditional knowledge sources contributed to generate experimental evidence to sustain a possible case of biopiracy. The method's main implication is the possibility of identification of potential evidence on biopiracy by searching the global patent system.