Major components of effective sui generis IPR systems
• Definition of the subject matter of protection
- Traditional knowledge
- Types of PGRs
• Requirements for protection - the preconditions for registration
• The nature of the rights to be conferred
- right to exclude others
- right to obtain remuneration
- right to prevent misappropriation
• Title holders - individuals, communities, corporations, the state
• Modes of acquisition of protection - the process of registration
• Duration - that is, for how long should the rights conferred be protected?
• Enforcement measures - how can the rights holder assert their rights?