Side Event
WIPO's work on TK and GRs: The IGC, the Draft WIPO TK Documentation Toolkit and the Draft IP Guidelines for ABS
Organizer
World Intellectual Property Organization
Date and Time
7 October 2013 13:15 - 14:45
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.