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7 Queen Mary J. Intell. Prop. 1 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/qmjip7 and id is 1 raw text is: Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property, Vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 1-2 Editorial Welcome to Volume 7 Issue 1 of the Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property. Volume 7 is published at a moment in history characterized by turbulence and uncer- tainty in national identities and political behaviours. From the United Kingdom's vote to exit the European Union, to the re-situation of international politics to the realm of social media, the emphasis on the local and personal in political and legal development is becoming overwhelming and indeed potentially limiting with respect to the interplay of cultures and diversity within the international community. The interaction between national interests, international relationships, and cultural identities also characterizes the present unsettled climate for intellectual property development and implementation. The authors in this issue examine this relationship between legal developments, national identity and prosperity, and cultural values and diversity through a range of jurisdictions and areas of intellectual property. Shamnad Basheer considers the relationship between history, national priorities, and the pressures of international industrial interests in the development of India's patent regime in 'Making patents work: of IP duties and deficient disclosures'. Basheer notes that the regime exploits flexibilities available at the international level in order to respect national and cultural priorities, at the same time attracting criticism of this approach as parochial and obstructive to conventional understandings of incentives and development in global innovation and trade. In this context, Basheer considers in detail the requirements for 'disclosure' as an example of innovative developments in the regime that facilitate education and knowledge transfer through patents, provid- ing insight into the wider cultural and social import of the patent regime, creating important duties in respect of intellectual property rights. Concentrating on pharma- ceuticals and high technology in particular, Basheer examines the relationship between disclosure, transparency, and innovation. In 'Whither China's protection of geographical indications?', Zhao Xiaoping pro- vides an important and useful insight into the interaction between cultural interests, regional development, and geographical indications, through the case of Qinzhou- huang Millet, the only case to have been considered by the Supreme People's Court (SPC) of China. An especially important aspect of this discussion is the way in which multiple regimes are involved in the legal rendering of geographical indications, leading to a potentially fractured and uncertain impression of the subject matter at stake. As the author explains, it is like the parable of the blind men and an elephant, where each party studies a different part of the elephant and is left with a completely different impression of what they are experiencing, resulting of course in total dis- agreement. In the case of Qinzhouhuang Millet, the author explains that the curious interaction of regimes results in multiple identities, from geographical indication to trade mark, resulting in uncertainty when it comes to characterization and enforcement in the courts. The author argues for sui generis GI protection in order to clarify more meaningfully this area of intellectual property, so important for regional development, rural life, and cultural identities. Mohammad Ataul Karim explores geographical indications in the context of indi- genous and traditional knowledge in 'Protection of handicraft as geographical indi- cations under municipal law, TRIPs and BTAs vis-t-vis CETA: Bangladeshi Jamdani as case study'. Karim notes that the traditional knowledge incorporated in handicrafts 0 2017 The Author Journal compilation 0 2017 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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