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African Traditional Knowledge And Folklore Given IP Protection Despite Warning Of TK Commodification

By Intellectual Property Watch

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Some African nations signed a protocol on the protection of traditional knowledge and folklore at the beginning of August gaining the praise of the World Intellectual Property Organization. However, a United Nations report launched in January warned against the application of western legal and economic principles to collectively owned knowledge in traditional communities.

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Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on September 12, 2010 (boomark / email).

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