The final treaty does not include this form of positive protection for Indigenous knowledge. It also fails to protect "traditional cultural expressions"—the forms in which Indigenous peoples or local ...

The South African Department of Trade and Industry has published the draft Intellectual Property Amendment Bill 2007, which aims to incorporate traditional knowledge protection. Among other things, ...

Traditional knowledge (TK) is the knowledge that an indigenous community accumulates over generations of living. A part of this knowledge is recorded in local languages and a major portion is still ...

The IP Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has expressed support for a bill that would create a new category of protection for the traditional knowledge of indigenous groups The Traditional Property ...

Lawyers at Allen & Overy discuss international and national efforts to protect traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions and why cultural misappropriation should be on brand owners’ ...

The UN member countries have sealed a treaty aimed at properly tracing traditional knowledge about genetic resources. The treaty marks the first time all 193 member states of the UN's World ...

Margaret Raven receives funding from Australian Research Council. She is affiliated with NSW Government as a member of an Indigenous Advisory Group and a grant to examine co-governance. Daniel ...

David Jefferson is the Secretary of the Knowledge of Oceania Society. Jesse Pirini is the President of the Knowledge of Oceania Society. Jessica C Lai does not work for, consult, own shares in or ...