Biotrade and the Law

Description

LLAW324 Biotrade and the Law will provide students with key knowledge about legal and regulatory issues relevant to the broadly conceived area of biotrade. Such legal and regulatory issues include intellectual property protection for bio-based inventions and related products; access to biological and genetic resources in the context of modern conservation law; protection of Indigenous knowledge/matauranga Maori and the prevention of misappropriation; regulation of biotechnologies including through biosecurity protocols; and international commercialisation of bio-based products. The course will be of interest to postgraduate students who wish to specialise in intellectual property law, environmental law, tikanga Maori, and/or trade law.