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The South Centre
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
I. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRM
	A. Components
	B. Possession
	C. Evolution
	D. Disclosure
	E. Commercial Value
	F. Role in Public Health
II. RATIONALE FOR PROTECTION
	A. Equity
	B. Preservation
	C. Preventing Misappropriation
	D. Promoting Self- Determination⁶⁸
	E. Promoting Development
	F. Summary: What Can Protection Achieve?
III. APPLYING EXISTING IPRS
	A. Patents
		A.1. Novelty
		A.2. Inventive step
		A.3. What can be patented?
			(i) Natural products
			(ii) Extracts and formulations
			(iii) Combinations and preparations
			(iv) Production and extraction processes
			(v) Methods for treatment and diagnostics
			(vi) Uses of known products
		(d) Patenting of TRM in practice
	B. Trade Secrets
	C. Trademarks
	D. Geographical Indications
IV. POLICY OPTIONS: PROTECTING AND PROMOTING TRM
	A. Defining Public Domain
	B. Title
	C. Applying Patent Laws
		C.1. Subject matter
		C.2 Patentability requirements
		C.3. Novelty
		C.4. Inventive step
	D. Utility Models
	E. Designing a sui generis Regime
	F. Enforcement
	G. Misappropriation Regime
	H. Investment Incentives
	I. Benefit Sharing
	J. Customary law
V. IPRs AND PUBLIC HEALTH
VI. CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES

Protection and Promotion of Traditional Medicine - Implications for Public Health in Developing Countries

SOUTH
PERSPECTIVES

Carlos M. Correa
University of Buenos Aires
August 2002