Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions and Intellectual Property: The International Dimension.
IPRIA Public Seminars - generously sponsored by Davies Collison Cave and Centre for Governance of Knowledge and Development, RegNet, The Australian National University
The protection of traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions (or folklore) is on the agenda, in one way or another, in at least five international organizations: the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), UNESCO, WIPO and the WTO. In many respects, the move to establish protection regimes at the international level for traditional knowledge is in advance of similar moves at the national level. What is the likely outcome of discussions at the international level, what new forms of intellectual property protection are likely to emerge, how will they affect the practice and policy of intellectual property and what will the custodians of traditional knowledge, and the general public, get out of the exercise?
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Date and Time: |
Monday 18 April 2005, 12.30 - 1.30pm |
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Location: |
Centre for Governance of Knowledge and Development, RegNet, Lecture Theatre 1.04 |
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Speaker: |
Dr Francis Gurry, Deputy Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization |