Protection of knowledge – patents, geographical indications, labels – institutionalizes inter-connexions of living beings while defining what is appropriable and exploitable

These instruments of intellectual property rights emanate from international or national regimes (World Trade Organization or Biodiversity Convention) and generate interdependence links with the local organization practices which come with their specific protection forms (environmental chart, rights of indigenous peoples, etc.).
The main issue is to understand which power relations are implemented at different scales and to analyze the equilibrium between private property and collective action.

Objectives:

• Analyzing the conditions for the emergence of intellectual property rights regimes;
• Analyzing the power relations between States and Markets;
• Analyzing the conditions for collective action.

Methods:

• Establishing regular and distinct datasets for the analysis of power-knowledge places
• Building of spatial and time scales, including the creation of interdisciplinary bridges
• Analyzing the places for expression and institutionalization of the protection of knowledge and know-how forms
• Knowledge capitalizing through different objects, from international negotiations to the schemes aimed at reputation property or collective action

Publications:

Petit M., Ilbert H. (2016). Geographic Indications and rural development: Implications for TTIP negotiations. In: Newcastle upon Tyne (UK): Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 209-227.

Lamani O., Ilbert H. (2016). La segmentation du marché oléicole. Quelles politiques de régulation du marché d’huile d’olive en Algérie ? New Medit, 01/09/2016, vol. 15, n. 3, p. 19-28.

Lamani O., Ilbert H., Khadari B. (2015). Stratégies de différenciation par l’origine des huiles d’olive en Méditerranée. Cahiers Agricultures. Mai-Juin 2015, vol. 24, n. 3, p. 145-150.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1684/agr.2015.0749

Ilbert H., Tekelioglu Y., Tozanli S., Çagatay S. (eds). (2013). Indications Géographiques, dynamiques socio-économiques et patrimoine bio-culturel en Turquie et dans les pays méditerranéens. Montpellier : CIHEAM. 232 p. (Options Méditerranéennes : Série A. Séminaires Méditerranéens; vol. 104). 2. Séminaire International d\'Antalya, 2010/12/16-19, Antalya (Turquie).

Ilbert H. (2011). Les indications géographiques, outils de construction des terroirs et de la biodiversité à l'aune des règles internationales du commerce : quelles tendances en Méditerranée ? In: Delfosse C. La mode du terroir et les produits alimentaires. Paris (France): Indes Savantes. p. 301-321.

Ilbert H., Petit M. (2009). Are geographical indications a valid property right? Global trends and challenges. Development Policy Review, vol. 27, n. 5, p. 503-528.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7679.2009.00457.x

Mots-clés : politiques publiques, relations économiques internationales, droits de propriété intellectuelle, brevets, indications géographiques, OMC, convention biodiversité, négociations internationales, Monde et Méditerranée

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Source of funding: Institutional projects CIHEAM and one-off projects

Contact: Hélène Ilbert (CIHEAM-IAMM), ilbert@iamm.fr

Partners:

• CNRS, IDDRI, IRD, ISEM - France
• UMR MOISA, AGAP, Université de Montpellier et de Provence - France
• Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, IAV HII - Maroc
• INRA - France
• INRA - Maroc