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Seminar on Traditional Knowledge organized by the Government of India in co-operation with the UNCTAD secretariat

Delhi, India. 3-5 April 2002

The Government of India and UNCTAD organized an International Seminar on Systems for Protecting and Commercializing Traditional Knowledge (TK), in New Delhi 3-5 April 2002. Government-nominated representatives from 14 countries were joined by some 100 Indian participants and representatives of international organizations to discuss commercialization of traditional medicine, systems for protecting TK at the national level, and the international dimension of TK protection, including possible components of an international sui generis system.

Documents

Title Author File Versions
Agenda Secretariat
List of Participants Secretariat
Overview Sophia Twarog, UNCTAD secretariat Secretariat
Communiqué Secretariat
Opening Statement Pedro Roffe, UNCTAD secretariat Secretariat
Minister's speech Secretariat
Address, Menon Secretariat
Secretary's remark Secretariat
Final Report Secretariat
India seeks canges in TRIPS to protect TK Press Trust of India
Bio-piracy prevention sought The Hindu
Call for alliance - of bio-diversity - rich countries
Boost to drive against bio-piracy Business Line (MS Word 27 KB)
India seeks WTO chages to protect TK Asia Pulse (MS Word 22 KB) Business Line
Unctad offers three-pronged support - to develop TK Business Line
A Conference on International Recognition of Traditional Knowledge Govt of India
The "State of the Debate" on Traditional Knowledge
Protecting Traditional Knowledge - The International Dimension Govt of India (MS Word 46 KB)
Rationale for TK protection Carlos Correa (MS Powerpoint 40 KB) Sophia Twarog, UNCTAD secretariat
The International Dimension of TK Protection René Vossenaar
Sui Generis Systems: The Case of the OAU Model Law on The Protection of The Rights of Local Communities, Farmers and Breeders and for the Regulation of Access to Biological Resources J. A. Ekpere
The international dimension of TK protection Brazil
The Means and Experiences of Patent Protection of Traditional Medicine in China Zheng Yongfeng / China
Intervención de la Misión Permanente de Colombia ante la OMC en Ginebra, Suiza Marta Olga Gallón / Colombia
Protection of Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge - The Indian Experience India
Medicinal Plants Sector in India with Reference to Traditional Knowledge & IPR Issues R. B. S. Rawat / India
Recommendations of The Civil Society India
Kenyan Experience Shikhule Atsali
The Peruvian Experience Betty Berendson
The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Protecting Traditional Knowledge (The Philippine Experience) Marga C. Domingo-Morales
La Protección De Los Conocimientos Tradicionalesen Los Foros Internacionales Jorge Albites
Current Situation of Traditional Knowledge and its Protection under Intellectual Property Contexts in Cambodia Penn Sovicheat /Cambodia
The Means and Experiences of Patent Protection of Traditional Medicine in China Zheng Yongfeng Zheng Yongfeng / China
Experiences and Perspectives of Cuba Emilia Lara Diaz / Cuba
International Dimension of Protection of TK India
Protection of Traditional Knowledge -The Indian Perspective Desh Deepak Verma/ India
Traditional Knowledge Commercialisation - Benefit Sharing Y. Venkateswara Rao/India
Peruvian Experience in The Protection of Traditional Knowledge Betty Berendson
The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Protecting Traditional Knowledge (The Philippine Experience) Marga C. Domingo-Morales
Traditional Knowledge Vijaya Kumar
Local Intellect vs Intellectual Property
The International Dimension of Traditional International sui generis Systems Protection Virginia Pérez Pérez

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