Aboriginal people and experts are calling for national reform around who can claim intellectual property rights to Indigenous knowledge.A central Queensland couple are waiting to hear whether they have exclusive rights to the name Gumby Gumby
Ghungalu elder Steve Kemp said this was problematic for his people, who were waiting to hear whether a central Queensland couple would be granted the exclusive trademark to the name of a plant used by his people for generations.Gumby Gumby means"woman woman medicine" in Ghungalu language — an Aboriginal people of central Queensland.
"They had no hospital, no housing, and so his old uncle used to cure every disease known to man at the time — and Dad had to get on the horse because old uncle was too old.In 2008, Katja Amato and Klaus-Otto Von Gliszczynski, owners of Yeppoon-based business GumbyGumby.com were granted a patent over the exclusive production of leaf extracts of Pittosporum phillyraeoides and its use in medicine.
It's aboriginal language, how can anyone trademark it? It's akin to some idiot taking a trademark on the English word 'water' or 'shirt' - laughable right? Why is this any different? Language, whatever it's origin, is free to use for any and everyone. Commonsense please prevail.
The aborigines want to take control of Australia but collectively don't have the brains to organize a r... in a brothel.
Our Australian Aboriginals have been taken fo a ride so many times. This had better not be another denigration of their rights.
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