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iiclr-17531	Kuruk, Paul	The Role of Customary Law Under Sui Generis Frameworks of Intellectual Property Rights in Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge	2007	52	.pdf	application/pdf	27643	1420	50	However, in Yumbulul v. Reserve Bank ofAustralia, an Australian court agreed with the claim that an indigenous painting reproduced on bank currency was an original artistic work in which copyright subsisted; the court recognized the plaintiff as the owner of the copyright.198 Similarly, in Bulun Bulun v. R & T Textiles Party Ltd., which involved an action for copyright infringement in connection with the importation and sale of fabric on which an indigenous painting had been reproduced, the court rejected the argument that Australia's Copyright Act of 1968 recognized the communal ownership interests of an indigenous group with rights to the painting under customary indigenous law. Unlike the limited period of protection for IP rights, customary law rights in traditional knowledge are held for an indefinite period.	cache/iiclr-17531.pdf	txt/iiclr-17531.txt