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…
PARTICIPATION IN GLOBAL CULTURAL HERITAGE GOVERNANCE INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION
6-8 July 2021 Intersessional Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya (online event) Amidst the ongoing challenges the world faces with COVID-19 related restrictions, the International Law Association Committee on Participation in Global Cultural Heritage Governance, in collaboration with Strathmore Law School of Nairobi, Kenya, organized an online event. The event spanned over three days, from 6 – 8 July 2021. The first two days were hosted by Strathmore Law School and involved webinars with special guests to discuss issues on community participation and…
Workshop presentation report: Natural Justice/CS Consulting – Access and Benefit-Sharing agreements and Intellectual Property
Via Zoom digital meeting 19 February 2021 09h30 – 12h30 The overall objective of the training workshop was to provide technical training on intellectual property, and access and benefit sharing as it related to communities in the Venda region in the Limpopo Province. The main aims of the presentation included an overview of the current intellectual property regime in the protection of communities’ indigenous knowledge as well as the simultaneous introduction of protection techniques. The training workshop was attended by members of…
Committee on Participation in Global Cultural Heritage Governance
The 79th Biennial Conference proved to be historic, as it marked the first ever virtual conference in the history of the International Law Association (ILA). The Conference took place from 29 November to 13 December 2020. CS Consulting’s participation focused on the Committee on Participation in Global Cultural Heritage Governance. This Conference provided the Committee the opportunity to follow up on all of the work done throughout the year in the field of cultural heritage law, and to set the…