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WIPO REGIONAL EXPERT MEETING ON THEWIPO REGIONAL EXPERT MEETING ON THEESTABLISHMENT OF A CARIBBEANESTABLISHMENT OF A CARIBBEAN
FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROTECTION OFFRAMEWORK FOR THE PROTECTION OFTRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, FOLKLORE ANDTRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, FOLKLORE AND
GENETIC RESOURCESGENETIC RESOURCESKingston, JamaicaKingston, Jamaica
March 18 to 19, 2008March 18 to 19, 2008
LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS FOR TK ANDLEGISLATIVE OPTIONS FOR TK AND TCEsTCEs ––THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCETHE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
EmmanuelEmmanuel SackeySackey
Head, Search and Examination and coordinator, GR TK and FolkloreHead, Search and Examination and coordinator, GR TK and Folklore
AFRICAN REGIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYAFRICAN REGIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYORGANIZATION (ARIPO)ORGANIZATION (ARIPO)
Harare, ZimbabweHarare, Zimbabwe
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OUTLINE OF PRESENTIONOUTLINE OF PRESENTION
• JUSTIFICATION FOR GLOBAL PROTECTIONOF TK AND TCEs
• SCOPE AND CONTEXT OF TK/TCEPROTECTION
• POLICY CONSIDERATION AND LEGALOPTIONS FOR TK/TCE PROTECTION
• THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
• RECOMMENDATIONS
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JUSTIFICATION FOR GLOBAL PROTECTION OFJUSTIFICATION FOR GLOBAL PROTECTION OFGR, TK andGR, TK and TCEsTCEs
• Global Renaissance in the use of naturalproducts
• Growing importance in Biotechnology
• High rate of success in drug development basedon medicinal plants
• Extension of patents rights to genetic materials –Articles 27.1 and 27.3b of TRIPS Agreement
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I SCOPE AND COINTEXT OF TK /TCEPROTECTION
- Socio-cultural context
- Techno-economic context
- Intersection with modern science
- Relationship with Intellectual
Property Rights (IPRs)
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DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN TRADITIONALDISTINCTIONS BETWEEN TRADITIONALAND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMSAND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
Digital Knowledge (Theory)Analog Knowledge (Practice)
Sequential Kmowledge (thereand then)
Simultaneous Knowledge (here andnow)
Knowledge Of Rationality (mind)Knowledge of Experience (body)
Explicit Knowledge (Objective)Tacit Knowledge (Subjective)
Scientific KnowledgeTraditional Knowledge
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TK, TCE, Biodiversity and IPTK, TCE, Biodiversity and IP
TKTCE
Heritage
Contemporary
IP Law
Technical
IP Laws
TK
Eco systems
TCEs
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IIIIII POLICY CONSIDERATIONS ANDPOLICY CONSIDERATIONS ANDAPPROACHES FOR ANY TK/TCEAPPROACHES FOR ANY TK/TCEPROTECTION INITIATIVEPROTECTION INITIATIVE
� DEFINING POLICY OBJECTIVES
� CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF LEGAL AND POLICY
OPTIONS
� CONSIDERATION OF MACRO AND INSTITUTIONAL
POLICIES
� INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR IMPLEMENTATION
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DEFINING POLICY OBJECTIVESDEFINING POLICY OBJECTIVES
• Prevent misappropriation and third party claimsof IP rights over TK subject matter
• Encourage and promote TK-based innovations• Protect distinctive TK related commercial products• Enable communities to continue using TK in the
context of their traditional lifestyles• Encourage sustainable use of TK related
biodiversity and equitably share the benefitsarising from the commercial use of TK, etc.
• Preserve and Conserve TK
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CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF LEGAL AND POLICYCRITICAL APPRAISAL OF LEGAL AND POLICYOPTIONSOPTIONS
• Making better use of existing IP rights andadaptations
• Creating a distinct category of rights in TK
• Using Customary Laws and Protocols
• Developing a comprehensive approach
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Appraisal of policy options for TK protectionAppraisal of policy options for TK protection
-Parameters andoperationaldefinitions notagreed upon
- Effectiveness?-International
instrument is yetto be established
-Administrative cost?
-Embrace holistic TK- Allow for collective
ownership
-All forms of TKDistinctsui generissystems
- Incompatibility- Prohibitive cost-Utilitarian-Temporary rights- Lack of capacity
- Legal standards inplace
- Complete disclosure- segregated subject
matter
-TK innovations-Compositions-Motifs-Handicrafts, etc-Indication of
source of TK-based products
Use of IPRsincludingadaptedforms
DemeritsMeritsExamplesApproach
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DemeritsMeritsExamplesPolicy option
- Administrative costmay be high
-Allow applicationof differentmodels
-Providemaximumflexibility
Comprehensiveapproach
-Lack ofinternationalpractice
- Difficult toenforce
- Little economicgains anddisincentive forcreativity
- Compatible withoral TK
-Less costly- Simple and easy
to understand- Practical
measures andmechanisms inexistence
- All forms oftangible andintangible TK
Use of customaryLaws andProtocols
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MACRO AND INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES THATMACRO AND INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES THATNEED TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNTNEED TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
• Development policy
• Science and Technology policy
• Environmental policies
• Indigenous rights and policies
• Other relevant national policies
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INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMSINSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS
• Capacity building, sensitization and TechnicalAssistance
• Promoting innovation , standardization andcommercialisation of TK
• Documentation of Traditional Knowledge
• Promoting institutional linkages and exchange ofinformation
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LEGISLATIVE OPTIONSLEGISLATIVE OPTIONS –– THE AFRICANTHE AFRICANEXPERIENCEEXPERIENCE
• The Tunis Model Law on the Protection ofExpressions of Folklore
• African Union (OAU) Model Legislation for theprotection of the Rights of Local Communities,Farmers and Breeders, and for the Regulation ofAccess to Biological Resources
• ARIPO –OAPI Legal Instruments on theProtection of traditional knowledge andexpressions of Folklore
• Documentation and Capacity Building Activities
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African Union (OAU) Model Legislation for theprotection of the Rights of Local Communities,Farmers and Breeders, and for the Regulationof Access to Biological Resources
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OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVE
• ASSIST MEMBER STATES TO DELIBERATEON AND IMPLEMENT INSTRUMENTSCOMPATIBLE WITH THEIR NATIONALGOAL/ASPIRATIONS AND SATISFY THEIRINTERNATIONAL OBLIGATION
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THE CORE PRINCIPLES OF THE MODEL LAWTHE CORE PRINCIPLES OF THE MODEL LAWINCLUDEINCLUDE
• NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY
• SOVEREIGN RIGHT OF STATES
• COMMUNITY RIGHTS
• IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE
• PARTICIPATION IN DECISION MAKING
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Core PrinciplesCore Principles contdcontd•REGULATION OF ACCESS TO BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY(BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES)
•PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT (PIC)
•EQUITABLE SHARING OF BENEFITS
•NO PATENT ON LIFE FORMS
•PIVOTAL ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE CONSERVATIONOF NATURE
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•ARIPO –OAPI Legal Instruments on theProtection of traditional knowledge andexpressions of Folklore
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AfricanAfrican ProposalProposal –– IGCIGC--66
“OBJECTIVES, PRINCIPLES & ELEMENTS OFAN INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENT … ONINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN RELATIONTO GENETIC RESOURCES AND ON THEPROTECTION OF TRADITIONALKNOWLEDGE AND FOLKLORE”
(document WIPO/GRTKF/IC/6/12)• welcomed by other delegations at IGC-6
• ARIPO & OAPI were instrumental in initialdevelopment of the proposal
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AfricanAfrican ProposalProposal –– IGCIGC--66
• Objectives• Principles• General elements• Genetic Resources• Traditional Knowledge• Expressions of Folklore• Institutional Mechanisms• Enforcement• Dispute Settlement
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AfricanAfrican ProposalProposal –– IGCIGC--66
African Proposal TK Principles TCE Principles(WIPO/GRTKF/IC/6/12) (WIPO/GRTKF/IC/8/4) (WIPO/GRTKF/IC/8/5)
• Objectives ● Policy Obj. ● Policy Obj.• Principles ● Guiding Principl. ● Guiding Pr.• General elements• Genetic Resources• Traditional Knowledge ● Subst Principles• Expressions of Folklore ● Subst Principl.• Institutional Mechanisms• Enforcement• Dispute Settlement
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ARIPOARIPO--OAPI PROCESSESOAPI PROCESSES
• Development of concept paper
• Development of legislative framework
• Harmonization of the frameworks
• National and Regional consultations
• Formulation and Harmonization of Legalinstruments
• Adoption of the Legal Instruments
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Documentation InitiativesDocumentation Initiatives
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Rationale for TK documentation initiativeRationale for TK documentation initiative
• To avoid granting of patents for TK –based
inventions (Defensive protection)
• To avoid the cost for TK holders and third parties
of challenging such patents
• For the management of IP Assets ( Positive
protection)
• To safeguard against unintentional, unauthorised
and undesirable public disclosure of TK
• For the preservation and conservation of TK
• For educational programs on TK
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KINDS OF INVENTORY/DATABASEKINDS OF INVENTORY/DATABASE
• Inventory of existing periodical, ethno-botanical pharmacopoeia, journals or gazetteconcerning traditional knowledge relatedissues.
• Inventory of existing traditional knowledgerelated databases
• Inventory of codified and un-codifiedtraditional knowledge
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SENSITIZATION AND CAPACITY BUILDINGSENSITIZATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING
- Developing strategies for awareness campaign
- Repackaging technological information forinnovation promotion
- Developing educational programs for TK holdersand stakeholders
- Offering tailor-made courses at the RegionalTraining Centre for targeted stakeholders
- Establishment of Centre of Excellence at ARIPO
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THE WAY FORWARDTHE WAY FORWARD
• Need for the Caribbean Countries to cometogether to establish a regional system on IP
• Need to prepare a concept paper (note) with theview to developing a comprehensive legislativeframework on the protection of TK and TCEs
• Need to take steps to establish TK and TCEsinventories and databases for defensive andpositive protection
• Coordinate and develop partnerships amongstakeholders and communities to present aunited body of opinion
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