WIPO Member States Get to Grips with Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Folklore

WIPO/UPD/2004/234: WIPO Member States Get to Grips with Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Folklore:

"Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) intensified their work on concrete outcomes for the protection of traditional knowledge (TK) and traditional cultural expressions (TCEs)/folklore last week at a meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC). The meeting, which took place in Geneva from November 1 to 5, 2004, reviewed, for the first time, a set of draft provisions outlining policy objectives and core principles for the protection of TK and TCEs against misappropriation and misuse. The meeting was attended by delegates for 104 member states, 20 intergovernmental organizations and 45 non-governmental organizations."