Beyond the CBD and the Nagoya protocol: Other instruments that affect ABS and intellectual property

Chapter 1 provided a brief overview of the access and benefit sharing (ABS) system as established under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Nagoya Protocol. This background is necessary to understand how ABS is supposed to operate both at the national and international levels. This chapter is dedicated to a brief overview of international instruments on intellectual property (IP) and on other instruments that may help to interpret questions of ABS and IP issues, while the chapters that follow will address discrete topics where the two interface. The intent of this particular chapter is therefore not to go into detail on any particular issue, but to understand the various sources of international law of relevance to ABS and IP beyond the CBD and the Nagoya Protocol.

Related Subject(s): Economic and Social Development