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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND BIODIVERSITY IN THE WIPO IGC: EXPLORING LINKS BETWEEN THE CBD AND WIPO

Organizer
World Intellectual Property Organization

Date and Time
3 November 2011 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions

The Secretariat of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will update the participants on the text-based negotiations underway in the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) process (namely the renewed mandate of the IGC and the decisions of the last session regarding genetic resources and TK). Representatives of Member States and members of indigenous peoples and local communities will be invited to introduce their views on the links between the CBD and WIPO.