WIPO Director General Welcomes Moves to Enhance Protection of Traditional Knowledge & Folklore in Africa Share
August 31, 2010
August 31, 2010
GENEVA, Aug. 31 -- The United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization issued the following news release:
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 Protect . . .
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 Protect . . .