WIPO DG Opens Discussion of IP and Genetic Resources at IGC 23

WIPO Director General Francis Gurry urged delegates to the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC), meeting in Geneva from February 4 - 8, 2013, to engage in good faith to move forward the negotiations on intellectual property (IP) and genetic resources.

The IGC is undertaking text-based negotiations with the objective of reaching agreement on a text of an international legal instrument (or instruments) which will ensure the effective protection of traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions/folklore and genetic resources.

Further information: http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/

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