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Intellectual property rights

Intellectual property and traditional knowledge
World Intellectual Property Organization , 2009
Indigenous and local communities cherish traditional knowledge (TK) as a part of their cultural identities. The work of the WIPO Intergovernmental committee on intellectual property and genetic res...
Intellectual property needs and expectations of traditional knowledge holders
World Intellectual Property Organization , 2000
This Report presents information compiled by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) from nine fact-finding missions on the intellectual property (IP) needs and expectations of holders of ...
Patent protection and access to HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals in Sub-Saharan Africa
World Intellectual Property Organization , 2000
This paper reviews the TRIPS patent and, in particular, those provisions relevant to the issue of pharmaceuticals and the patent situation in sub-Saharan Africa with regard to the protection of anti-r...
Intellectual property on the internet: a survey of issues
World Intellectual Property Organization , 2003
This WIPO document addresses the far-reaching impact that digital technologies – the Internet in particular – have had on intellectual property (IP) and the international IP system.After a brief in...
Draft Substantive Patent Law Treaty
World Intellectual Property Organization , 2002
Documents prepared for the 8th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (Geneva, November 25 - 29, 2002) outlining draft proposals for the Substantive Patent Law Treaty aimed at ha...
IP for traditional knowledge on-line: recognizing, respecting and rewarding creativity and innovation at grassroots
A. K. Gupta / World Intellectual Property Organization , 2002
The central thesis of this paper is that given the inadequacies in the technical competence and infrastructural capabilities of most of the developing world, an international registry administered ele...
WIPO patent agenda: options for development of the international patent system
World Intellectual Property Organization , 2002
This paper is intended to survey the major issues confronting the international patent system, together with options for future work. It is part of the 'WIPO patent agenda' process which is intended t...

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