India–Brazil TKDL Access Collaboration: The Next Phase of Global Biodiplomacy?
The recent collaboration between India’s CSIR and Brazil’s National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) on access to the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) marks an important development in the evolving governance of traditional knowledge and biodiversity. While framed as a patent examination initiative, Achyuth B Nandan explains that the agreement may have implications extending far beyond prior-art searches, particularly for disclosure obligations, user-country compliance, and the emerging architecture of global GRATK governance. Achyuth is a PhD candidate at Rajiv Gandhi […]
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