Protecting Traditional Knowledge: The Wipo Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folkl

ISBN-13: 9781138955448 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 366 str.

Daniel F. Robinson; Ahmed Abdel-Latif; Pedro Roffe

Opis

This is the first comprehensive review of the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) established in 2000. It provides an in-depth consideration of the key thematic areas within WIPO discussions - genetic resources (GRs), traditional knowledge (TK) and traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) through the perspectives of a broad range of experts and stakeholders, including indigenous peoples and local communities. It also looks at how these areas have been treated in a number of forums and settings (including national systems and experiences, and also in trade agreements) and the interface with WIPO discussions. Furthermore, the book analyses the process and the negotiation dynamics since the IGC received a mandate from WIPO members, in 2009, to undertake formal text-based negotiations towards legal instruments for the protection of GR, TK and TCEs. While there has been some progress in these negotiations, important disagreements persist. If these are to be resolved, the adoption of these legal instruments would be a significant development towards resolving key gaps in the modern intellectual property system. In this regard, the book considers the future of the IGC and suggests options which could contribute towards achieving a consensual outcome.

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Foreword  Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz  Part 1: Introduction  1. Introduction: Mapping the Evolution, State-of-play and Future of the WIPO IGC  Daniel F. Robinson, Pedro Roffe, Ahmed Abdel-Latif  2. Revisiting the Creation of the IGC: The Limits of Constructive Ambiguity?  Ahmed Abdel-Latif  3. The Evolution of the IGC from 2001 to 2016: An Insider’s Perspective  Wend Wendland  4. Relationships between the Work of the IGC and Other Forums  Charles Lawson  Part 2: Substantive Issues  5. Of Disclosure "Straws" and IP System "Camels": Patents, Innovation, and the Disclosure of Origin Requirement  Margo A. Bagley  6. The Role of Databases, Contracts and Codes of Conduct  Daniel F. Robinson and Claudio Chiarolla  7. The Legal Protection of Widely Shared and Dispersed Traditional Knowledge  Manuel Ruiz Muller  8. Negotiating the Public Domain in an International Framework for Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions  Ruth L. Okediji  9. Traditional Cultural Expressions  Marc Perlman  10. Now You See It Now You Don’t: The Rise and Fall of Customary Law in the IGC  Brendan Tobin  Part 3: Stakeholder Perspectives  11. An Indigenous Perspective on the WIPO IGC  Maui Solomon  12. Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Disclosure Obligations: Some Observations from the Life Science Industry  Dominic Muyldermans  13. Indigenous Culture and Indigenous Publishing: Balancing Protection, Preservation and Promotion  Jens Bammel and José Borghino  14. Disclosure Requirements: Switzerland’s Perspective  Georges Bauer, Cyrill Michael Berger and Martin Girsberger  15. India’s Position in the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Traditional Knowledge  Biswajit Dhar  16. The WIPO IGC: A US Perspective  Dominic Keating  17. Access and Benefit Sharing, Intellectual Property Rights and the Protection of Traditional Knowledge in Costa Rica: Participation in and Possible Impacts of the IGC’s Work  Jorge Cabrera Medaglia  18. New Zealand, Mātauranga Māori and the IGC  Jessica C. Lai  Part 4: The Future of the IGC  19. Preferential Trade Agreements and the Protection of Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge  Pedro Roffe  20. WIPO and the Traditional Knowledge Conundrum  Ahmed Abdel-Latif  21. The Challenge of Cross-Border Protection of Traditional Knowledge  Susy Frankel  22. Should We Protect Turmeric Lattes?  Graham Dutfield  23. Ramifications of WIPO IGC for IP and Development  Chidi Oguamanam