WIPO-UNEP Study on the Role of Intellectual Property Rights in the Sharing of Benefits Arising from the Use of Biological Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge

WIPO-UNEP Study on the Role of Intellectual Property Rights in the Sharing of Benefits Arising from the Use of Biological Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge
Author: Anil K. Gupta (professor.)
Publisher: WIPO
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2004
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9280510118

The objective of this study is to identify and explore the role of intellectual property rights in sharing the benefits arising from the use of biological resources and associated traditional knowledge. It was commissioned in response to Decision IV/9 of the Conference of the Parties to the Conventional on Biological Diversity, and highlights the need, when genetic resources are first accessed, for a understanding of intellectual property issues, as they relate to traditional knowledge of biological resources.

Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge

Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge
Author: World Intellectual Property Organization
Publisher: WIPO
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2005
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9280513664

This is one of a series of Booklets dealing with intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions/folklore.

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

Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions
Author: World Intellectual Property Organization
Publisher: WIPO
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2020-07-08
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9280525875

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 in protecting TK and TCEs from misappropriation, and in generating and equitably sharing benefits from their commercialization, and the role of IP in access to and benefit sharing in GRs.