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Intellectual Property Rights—Traditional Knowledge and Plant Drugs

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
INTRODUCTION

The term “property” refers to ownership or appropriation of an object by an individual to the exclusion of rest of society. This right, fostered and protected by law, entitles one to the exclusive use, enjoyment and disposal of the object, and others accept this and are duty bound not to interfere with this right. The concept of ownership of tangible physical assets such as land, dwellings and other goods is intricately linked ...

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