MaÃ«li Astruc

Joined: 06/02/2014
Articles: 42

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Small-Scale Farmers’ Innovation Overlooked In WIPO Negotiations, Panellists Say

A side event hosted by the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) this week called on negotiators at the World Intellectual Property Organization to include innovation by small-scale farmers and asked for complementarity of several international instruments dealing with this issue.

Access to Knowledge/ Education, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Development, English, Innovation/ R&D, IP Policies, Language, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Themes, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, Venues, WIPO

Indigenous Panel At WIPO Asks For International Instrument Compliant With Recognised Rights

A panel addressing negotiators this week at the World Intellectual Property Organization asserted the property rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities over traditional knowledge and genetic resources and called on delegates to draft an international instrument compliant with their internationally recognised rights.

MaÃ«li Astruc
06/02/2014