IGC
Summary Report of WIPO's expert group deliberations on a sui generis legal regime to protect folklore
Submitted by thiru on 26. July 2010 - 8:59WIPO's First Intersessional Working Group (IWG 1) concluded its five days of deliberations on Friday, 23 July 2010 substantially closer to its goal of establishing a sui generis legal regime for the protection of traditional cultural expressions/expressions of folklore. On Friday, the WIPO secretariat distributed a summary report of the first IWG (attached below).
WIPO drafting groups release text for a possible legal instrument for the protection of traditional cultural expresssions
Submitted by thiru on 23. July 2010 - 5:08As mentioned in two previous KEI blogs, the WIPO's First Intersessional Working Group received its mandate from the 16th WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) to 'provide legal and technical advice and analysis, including, where appropriate, options and scenarios for consideration of the IGC' including the outcomes, recommendations and texts relating to the discussion specifically on a working document containing draft provisions for a possible instrument for the protection of traditional cultural expressions/e
Key dates for WIPO negotiations in 2010
Submitted by thiru on 6. January 2010 - 6:31On December 21, 2009, WIPO sent out a circular note (C.N 3066) indicating "provisional dates for the principal committees and bodies of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) that will meet in 2010".
Here are provisional dates of key negotiations to bear in mind when planning your agenda for 2010.
SCP
WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents, SCP, (14th session): January 25-29, 2010.WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents, SCP, (15th session): October 11-15, 2010
SCCR
