Indigenous intellectual property 1998 and 2006, the Ngati Toa iwi attempted to trademark the Ka Mate haka and to forbid its use by commercial organisations without their permission. The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand turned their claim down in 2006, since "Ka Mate" had achieved wide recognition in New Zealand and abroad as representing New Zealand as a whole and not a particular trader. In 2009, as a part of a wider settlement of grievances, the New Zealand government agreed to: However, a survey of nineteenth-century New Zealand newspapers found Ka Mate was used by tribes from other parts of New Zealand,
Indigenous intellectual property solid concept of collective intellectual property rights, need a specific owner that can follow laws and must accept liability in courts. • Names of all groups are generic, can't protect name Maori, Apache more than English, or Thai, Chinese. • Intellectual property is an idea that belongs to European culture, therefore it fails to meet the needs of indigenous culture since it is too stuck up to see indigenous communities eye to eye and come to an understanding • People innovate around restrictions • May encourage use of stereotypes instead because outside people created them • Restricting culture helps it