[Patents] Traditional Knowledge And The Intellectual Property

[Bernard Lang Bernard.Lang@inria.fr]

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Subject: [scipkm] Knowledge And The Intellectual Property

Experts Discuss Traditional Knowledge And The Intellectual Property
System.

In the course of a two-day Roundtable from November 1 and 2, 1999,
organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),
traditional knowledge practitioners, and representatives of governments,
research institutes, industry and academia addressed the role of the
intellectual property system in protecting traditional knowledge.  Some
150 participants from all regions of the world contributed to the
success
of this two-day meeting.

Discussions focused on intellectual property aspects of traditional
knowledge and, in particular, addressed issues such as the definition,
nature, value, ownership, use and protection of traditional knowledge.
As
yet, there is no agreed definition of traditional knowledge, but it
includes traditional medicinal, agricultural and ecological knowledge,
as
well as traditional music, stories and poems, dance, design, and
sculpture.  Following an overview of WIPO´s past and future activities
in
the area of intellectual property and traditional knowledge, a panel of
experts highlighted the challenges in using existing intellectual
property
protection systems to protect traditional knowledge.  A number of
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as well as representatives of
holders of traditional knowledge underlined the need to develop
appropriate protection for traditional knowledge.

Participants agreed that WIPO is an appropriate forum to continue to
explore a possible legal framework that combines intellectual property
with the social, cultural and economic aspirations of holders of
traditional knowledge.  Such a framework would fully recognize the
relevance of intellectual property protection and the contribution that
the intellectual property system may make to protecting traditional
knowledge.

For further details, please contact Mr. Richard Owens, Director, Global
Intellectual Property Issues Division at WIPO:

Tel:            (+41 22) 338 9319
Fax:            (+41 22) 338 8120

Related links:
e-mail Mr. Richard Owens mailto:publicinf@wipo.int
WIPO http://www.wipo.int



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