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Traditional Culture: A Step Forward For Protection In Indonesia, Peter A. Jaszi Jan 2009

Traditional Culture: A Step Forward For Protection In Indonesia, Peter A. Jaszi

Traditional Knowledge and Culture

Traditional Culture: A Step Forward for Protection in Indonesia is the culmination of research conducted as part of a group of scholars, journalists, and observers of the arts who made multiple trips to Central Java and Bali to look at the practice of certain “traditional” arts. These arts—Javanese wayang kulit, gamelan music, and batik, and Balinese dance, gamelan music, and ikat—have, like most Indonesian arts, historically operated without Intellectual Property (IP) regulation. Professor Jazsi met with artists, performers, and creators to discuss their concerns regarding the current state of their arts, and to explore possibilities for attribution and compensation for …


Analysis Of Options For Implementing Disclosure Of Origin Requirements In Intellectual Property Applications, Joshua D. Sarnoff, Carlos M. Correa Jan 2005

Analysis Of Options For Implementing Disclosure Of Origin Requirements In Intellectual Property Applications, Joshua D. Sarnoff, Carlos M. Correa

Traditional Knowledge and Culture

In 2002, the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at its Sixth Meeting adopted the Bonn Guidelines to address access to genetic resources and fair and equitable benefit-sharing arising from use of those resources. In the Bonn Guidelines, the CBD COP invited Parties and governments to encourage disclosure of the country of origin of genetic resources and of associated traditional knowledge in applications for intellectual property where the subject matter of the application concerns or makes use of such knowledge in its development. Since 2002, various proposals to facilitate or to mandate such “disclosure …