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World Intellectual Property Organization Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions by Prepared for publication by Wipo
General information on the interface between intellectual property (IP) and traditional knowledge (TK) traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) and genetic resources (GRs). It briefly addresses the most important questions that arise when considering the role that IP principles and systems can play in protecting TK and TCEs from misappropriation and in generating and equitably sharing benefits from their commercialization and the role of IP in access to and benefit sharing in GRs.show more