Side Event

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

Organizer
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Date and Time
12 July 2010 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Resumed Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will update the participants on the 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 GRs and TK), and raise awareness on the progress of the IGC. The representatives of Member States, the indigenous peoples and local communities and NGOs, as well as the CBD Secretariat will be invited to introduce their views on the links between the CBD and WIPO.