Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions

General information on the interface between intellectual property (IP) and traditional knowledge (TK), traditional cultural expressions (TCEs), and genetic resources (GRs). It briefly addresses the most important questions that arise when considering the role that IP principles and systems can play...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: World Intellectual Property Organization
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Geneva, Switzerland WIPO 2020
Series:WIPO publication No.933E
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • List of boxes
  • Why use this booklet?
  • Background to the need for the Protection of Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions, and Genetic Resources
  • The Issue in a Nutshell
  • What are Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions, and Genetic Resources?
  • Who are the holders of Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions?
  • What is the objective of Protection?
  • Existing conventional intellectual property systems
  • Adaptation of Existing intellectual property
  • Sui Generis Systems
  • The Intergovernmental Committee
  • Projects and activities: the practical work of WIPO
  • Indigenous participation in WIPO.