WIPO IGC 44th Session – September 2022
World Intellectual Property Organization 12 – 16 September 2022 Forty-Fourth Session Geneva, Switzerland The World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Folklore (IGC) resumed its text-based negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland, on 12 September 2022. These negotiations would provide a further step towards finalizing an international agreement regarding genetic resources (GR), traditional knowledge (TK) and traditional cultural expressions (TCE). This was the IGC’s 44th Session, where the focus was on TK…
WIPO – 42nd Session – Summary Report
Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore World Intellectual Property Organization 28 February – 4 March, 2022 Forty-Second Session Geneva, Switzerland Following a two year disruption due to the Coronavirus outbreak and its implications, the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (ICG) resumed its negotiations in a hybrid format, allowing for attendance in person and virtually. This was the IGC’s 42nd…