Biopiracy And The Patent System: The Exploitation Of Indigenous Knowledge In Life Form Patents

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Saikarthika JB, BA LLB (Hons.) at VIT University Chennai Campus Vandalur- Kelambakkam

ABSTRACT

Unauthorized use of biological resources and traditional knowledge, or biopiracy, has grown to be a serious ethical and legal issue, especially when it comes to life form patents. The international patent system, which was created to encourage innovation, has unintentionally made it easier for indigenous knowledge and genetic resources to be commercialized, frequently without providing the communities that have been conserving them with just compensation for centuries. With a focus on important examples like the neem tree, turmeric, and the Hoodia cactus, this paper examines the dynamics of biopiracy and how it intersects with the patent system. Indigenous knowledge has been exploited for profit. The study explores the moral conundrums associated with patenting living things by talking about the mechanisms of biopiracy, which is the theft of genetic resources and traditional knowledge.

Keywords: Biopiracy, Indigenous knowledge, genetic resources.

BIOPIRACY AND THE PATENT SYSTEM- THE EXPLOITATION OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN LIFE FORM PAT.

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