Africa: The Protection Of Folklore In The Swakopmund Protocol Adopted By The ARIPO (African ...

Africa: The Protection Of Folklore In The Swakopmund Protocol Adopted By The ARIPO (African Regional Intellectual Property Organization) Laurier Y. Ngombe, 2011   The African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation has adopted, on August 2010, one new protocol. This regional text is on the protection of folklore and TK (Traditional Knowledge). Concerning the expressions of foklore, several issues are included such as the ownership of transnational folklore or the distribution of...

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