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WIPO's work on TK and GRs: The IGC, the Draft WIPO TK Documentation Toolkit and the Draft IP Guidelines for ABS

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World Intellectual Property Organization

Date and Time
7 October 2013 13:15 - 14:45

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

An overview of WIPO's work on TK and GRs will be provided. Special emphasis will be placed on the status of the negotiations at the IGC (WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore) and on 2 recently published drafts: the Draft WIPO TK Documentation Toolkit and the Draft IP Guidelines for ABS.