Maori welcome new patent legislation
Updated patent laws will better protect Maori culture and traditions, Maori lawyers told MPs yesterday.
Parliament's commerce select committee is considering the Patents Bill, drafted to update 50-year-old legislation.
Maori Law Society president Damian Stone told the committee yesterday that cultural intellectual property needed to be recognised.
"We don't see this as any special favour to Maori -- it's just a new category of knowledge that the intellectual property system hasn't got to just yet," Mr Stone said.
The bill took into account Maori rights under the Treaty of Waitangi, and would bring it into line with international patent and intellectual property laws, he said.
One example he cited was the use of traditional kawakawa plant Maori used in healing for centuries which was being developed for commercial use. It would now be covered under the new patent legislation.
The bill also sets up an advisory committee to communicate with the Commissioner of Patents about Maori patent rights, and speak on behalf of Maori.
The bill coincides with the Wai 262 claim, which seeks comprehensive intellectual property rights to indigenous flora and fauna as well as all Maori cultural knowledge, customs and practices.
The Waitangi Tribunal is investigating the claim.
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More racist legislation,
More racist legislation, aimed at providing more money for Maori.
Maori patents for culture
Cant we just move on together and stop this "separateness"? Its divisive, anachronistic and out of tune with the vast majority of kiwis
yes why shdn't we
allow foreigners to patent and exploit nz's plants etc and deny us the right the right to own our own flora and fauna? and of course maoris keep all their money to themselves, don't employ, bank, save, invest, spend. who cares who owns the patents as slong as they''re owned in nz. oh, of course racists care if maoris happen to own something
Nobody shouls be able to
Nobody shouls be able to "own" the vegetation or anything that is commenly grown or living or has been growing before anybody lived here including Maori, if any it should be New Zealand's as a country.
Only If something has been developed by an individual that could be patented.
Where's MY rights!
Hey... where's our Treaty? Where are our rights? You Pakeha should sign a newie with us and we'll cut these Maori colonialists out of the picture.
I agree - nobody should be able to
I agree with Anonymous @ 9:33am
Nobody should be able to "own" the vegetation or anything that is commenly grown or living or has been growing before anybody lived here including Maori. If anyone's it should be New Zealand's as a country.
Only If something has been developed by an individual that could be patented
Pure Racism
We are ruining NZ with this racial legislation. Do you wish the flinstone and all other inventions to recognised for other races. We walk the path of the devil. All humas are equal, human rights mates. Othewise who invented food on the table at the end of the day. One land , one people, we will flourish, didvided we perish.Choose your leaves and braethe freah air.
Patent legislation
In consideration those whom missionaries renamed Maoris were abandoned on the shore by their Chinese slave master, Zheng He, as male, only in 1422, what makes them think they have the right to anything on a cultural basis. www.kilts.co.nz/mhorruairidh.htm
The culture they revere was taught to them by their Scottish Celtic saviours. www.celticnz.co.nz/hot_mail4.htm Scroll to first photo.
This legislation abrogates our true treaty. In international law, if there is more than one Treaty and one is in the native language that in the native language takes preceedence over all others. There are no privileges in te Tiriti for Maori that are not available to "all the people of New Zealand."
Governments Official English Treaty was writen by a Mr James Freeman, one who had no authority to write our treaty. It is false.
Governor Hobson's official final English draft is held by Archives NZ, and has been authenticated beyond doubt by Martin Doutre, it mirrors te Tiriti. www.treatyofwaitangi.net.nz You will find Government have thrown everything at this web site and failed to disprove even as little as one point, leaving Doutre with the last, authenticated, word.
The "Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi" have been used to finalise all recent settled claims and "Principle 3" states, "All New Zealanders are equal before the law." Therefore, if all NZers were not treated equally to settle these claims then I would imagine all such claims would be "null and void."
Patent Prevention or Profiteering
It is the process that you patent not the raw material... After all, you would struggle to evidence that Maori invented the Kawakawa plant... Is the proposal to: A) prevent anyone patenting things that were already known to Maori (already public knowledge), or B) to provide Maori with patent rights on raw materials? There is merit in A), but B) is both ridiculous and offensive.
the ignorance of red neck
the ignorance of red neck new zealanders is still healthy and strong, just like the foreshore the quickfire backlash response to Maori having every right to protect their cultural identity, for profit or not is something new zealanders cant handle. it is not all about making money, but stopping people blatantly exploiting maori designs, patterns, knowledge, treasures and the like. who else is to profit, it aint Maori the only ones making profits are he greedy corporate Pakehas whos laws protect them. God help the Maori that copies panadol, or uses any other corporate symbol to feel the full wrath of the IP guardians. Wake up NZ and start supporting this cause one someones gonna come and do it to you so dont come a crying.
Crazy palangis
ive heard that maori are chinese slaves thing before...it was dumb then, and still is. thats a weak argument that has been disproved time and time again by other evidence such as the language, art, religion and technology of our closest neighbors such as rotonga, nuie, samoa, tonga fiji tahiti etc etc etc. were they all dropped off too by the chineese? nah mate... us polys are native to all of these islands and have been in the pacific for thousands of years.
as for the littlewood treaty you are harping on about, that was proven beyond a doubt to be nothing but:
" Memo: This Translation is from the Native Document and not a Copy of the Official Document in English from which the Native one is made, and although the words may be different from what they were in the Original I think the sense is much the same;– but on the return of Capt. Hobson from the Southward I shall apply officially to him for a Copy and translation of the Treaty for the purpose of sending it to the Government of the United States. [signed] James R Clendon U.S. Consul. 27 "
Hmmm what do you have to say about that? this american disproves your martin duper's wacky theory. hell, the owner of the littlewood treaty mr clendon signed the thing as a copy of the maori treaty.
the treaty is a smoke screen for the real issues. the real issue is the declaration of independence 1835. from then on, the settler governments tried to do a swifty on the "dumb" natives. its the greatest crime ever committed in these islands bar none. how did this happen? eggs like you who spread myths designed to try and devalue the maori people. well, it dont work on us. we know who we are and where are going.
as for people moaning that maori are getting their knowledge and treasures protected, i think you should all shut the fcuk up.
how dare pakeha even think for a minute that maori koru designs, moko, waiata, haka, anything at all maori belongs to "new zealanders" no!!!
these things belong to the maori. they are not for pakeha to copy, take control of and make millions from. these things are for the maori. they are for the mokopunas and their mokopunas.
pakeha have no right to these things. these are maori inventions. not nzers. i cant steal music, downloading is illlegal, but pakeha can steal koru designs and sell them on without copyright to their creators? thats another form of theft from the maori. booo.....
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