Aman Gebru, Patents, Disclosure, and Biopiracy, 96 Denv. U.L. Rev. 535 (2019), available at SSRN.Sarah BursteinA new patent application claims to have invented a process for using turmeric to “augment the healing process of chronic and acute wounds.” Unbeknownst to the patent examiner, this spice has been used for this purpose—for centuries—in India. Because the process isn’t new, it shouldn’t be patentable. But what if the patent examiner doesn’t know about that longstanding prior use? Because traditional knowledge (TK) isn’t typically found [...]

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