Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz -- Introduction : mapping the evolution, state-of-play and future of the wipo igc / Daniel F. Robinson, Pedro Roffe, Ahmed Abdel-Latif -- Revisiting the creation of the igc : the limits of constructive ambiguity? / Ahmed Abdel-Latif -- The evolution of the igc from 2001 to 2016 : an insider's perspective / Wend Wendland -- Relationships between the work of the igc and other forums / Charles Lawson -- Of disclosure "straws" and ip system "camels" : patents, innovation, and the disclosure of origin requirement / Margo A. Bagley -- The role of databases, contracts and codes of conduct / Daniel F. Robinson and Claudio Chiarolla -- The legal protection of widely shared and dispersed traditional knowledge / Manuel Ruiz Muller -- Negotiating the public domain in an international framework for genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions -- Ruth l. okediji -- Traditional cultural expressions / Marc Perlman -- Now you see it now you don't : the rise and fall of customary law in the igc / Brendan Tobin -- An indigenous perspective on the wipo igc / Maui Solomon -- Genetic resources, traditional knowledge and disclosure obligations : some observations from the life science industry