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6 Queen Mary J. Intell. Prop. 1 (2016)

handle is hein.journals/qmjip6 and id is 1 raw text is: Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property, Vol. 6 No. 1, pp. 1-2 Editorial The relationship between intellectual property and development has reached particular significance in the last ten years. At the 2004 General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the first proposal for the establishment of a development agenda for WIPO was submitted by Argentina and Brazil, leading to WIPO's Interna- tional Seminar on Intellectual Property and Development establishing the Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda (2005) that would eventually establish the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property in 2007. And as this issue goes to press, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is launching its 2015 Development Report, Work for Human Development. It is thus timely that this issue is devoted to the importance of development and intellectual property. In 'Making the case for a pluralistic approach to intellectual property regulation in developing countries', Miranda Forsyth examines the relationship between intellectual property and socio-economic development, and the pressure on developing and least- developed countries to implement strong protection, despite possible disruption to existing local intellectual property systems. Investigating in detail the Pacific Islands region, Forsyth considers the broader regulatory space, incorporating the cultural and philosophical diversity of local systems and the potential for integration and coop- eration between global and local systems. Luo Li looks at the relationship between traditional cultural expressions and conven- tional intellectual property in China, the impact on cultural and social development, and the practical aspects of such protection. In 'The saviour of Chinese traditional cultural expressions? Analysis of the Draft Regulations on Copyright Protection of Folk Literary and Artistic Works', the author considers in detail the Regulations, their legislative history, and the implications of the potential application of intellectual property to traditional cultural expressions in China. The relationship between criminality and intellectual property raises particular cultural and social questions. In 'A historical analysis of the criminal sanctions in the Malaysian copyright regime (1902-1969)', Ainee Adam looks at the application of criminal law to copyright infringement, with a particular focus on Malaysia. Examining the early copy- right acts, the author looks at the relationship between copyright, colonialism and devel- opment, in the context of the legal transplantation process in Malaysia. Geographical Indications are of increasing interest in the international arena, inter- secting with tradition, place and development. Mohammad Ataul Karim provides an insightful analysis of the significance of cultural heritage to development in 'Indian claims over Geographical Indications of Bangladesh: sustainability under intellectual property regime' and highlights the need to guard against misappropriation of that heritage through Geographical Indications. Karim notes the importance of historical analysis in the application of Geographical Indications and the relationship between cultural identity and unfair competition. Shun-Liang Hsu examines the importance of research exemptions in plant breeding and their relationship to development and sustainability. In 'A comparative study on research exemptions in plant breeding under intellectual property rights protection', Hsu analyses the differences and difficulties in the overlapping application of patents © 2016 The Author Journal compilation © 2016 Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Lypiatts, 15 Lansdown Road, Cheltenham, Glos GL50 2JA, UK and The William Pratt House, 9 Dewey Court, Northampton MA 01060-3815, USA

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