Introduction -- Intellectual property and development : the issues viewed through a Pacific Islands prism -- Health and issues of access to medicine -- Access to educational resources -- Problems with importing the global intellectual property regime into Pacific Island countries : learning from land -- Setting out a new approach to intellectual property and development -- Intellectual property and technological innovation in Pacific Island countries : the example of sustainable sea transport -- Branding, certifying and authenticating in Pacific Island countries -- The regulation of traditional medicinal knowledge in Pacific Island countries -- Conclusion.