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Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge and
Traditional Cultural Expressions
Wend Wendland
Director, Traditional Knowledge Division
Windhoek, August 2015
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• Legislative vs. practical options
• More effective use of existing IP system vs. new sui generis IP norms
• IP vs. non-IP options
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Protecting brands
Protecting recordings
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Risks and opportunities of documenting TK
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IP issues and opportunities in ABS agreements
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WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on
Intellectual Property and Genetic
Resources, Traditional Knowledge and
Folklore
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Text-based negotiations . . . text(s) of an international legal instruments(s) . . .
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Significance
• For indigenous peoples, local communities and other beneficiaries:
New collective rights to prevent unauthorized use and/or share in benefits, internationally – economic, social and cultural benefits
• For international IP law-making:
A profound re-imagining of the IP system
First developing country-led normative process of this breadth and complexity
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Challenges
• Little experience at national/regional level
• Diverse demandeurs, diverse objectives
• Interface with other instruments and processes
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The African Group
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Scope of subject matter
Beneficiaries
Scope of rights
Exceptions and
limitations
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Competing objectives
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How, if at all, to protect “publicly available” traditional knowledge
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Nature of TK Nature of rights
Secret
Closely held
Publicly available
Widely diffused
Exclusive property rights
Moral rights
Unfair competition
Compensation/ Benefit-sharing
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Source: AAAS TEK-PAD
Questions and
comments?
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Define objectives
Clarify gaps
Identify realistic, win-win outcomes
Demonstrate the harm, based on actual experiences and facts
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Follow developments: sign up for WIPO’s TK Updates and Newsletters by emailing us at [email protected] Access all resources through our website: www.wipo.int/tk/en Wend Wendland [email protected]