WIPO Director General Welcomes Moves To Enhance Protection Of Traditional Knowledge And ...

WIPO Director General Welcomes Moves To Enhance Protection Of Traditional Knowledge And Folklore In Africa   WIPO Director General Francis Gurry has welcomed the adoption by member states of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) of a new legal instrument that seeks to protect African traditional knowledge and folklore.   Mr. Gurry described the adoption in Swakopmund, Namibia, earlier this month, of the Swakopmund Protocol on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge...

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