Knowledge Governance and Just AI – Cradle Report
This document was prepared by the Centre on Knowledge Governance (CKG) to summarise discussions on principles of Just AI and Knowledge Governance held in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, […]
Traditional Knowledge
WIPO IGC seeks progress on Traditional Knowledge, Cultural Expressions
“The oceans that sustain our islands, the stars that guide our ancestors across the Pacific, the songs, the weaving, the navigational charts etched into memories across generations, all of these
IGC: Background, next meeting and key issues to be considered
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND GENETIC RESOURCES, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND FOLKLORE (IGC) Background The IGC is an ad hoc body with a renewable two-year mandate. Since its establishment in
A Paradigm Shift with an Uncertain Future: Prof Wend Wendland on the WIPO Treaty on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge
On 25 September 2025, Professor Wend Wendland, delivered the 14th Peter Jaszi Distinguished Lecture at American University in Washington D.C.. The event was hosted by the Program on Information Justice
WTO: Brazil, India and Peru call for the inclusion of a mandatory disclosure requirement in the WTO TRIPS Agreement
This post was originally published on KEI Online by Thiru On 18 March 2025, the World Trade Organization (WTO) published a communication (IP/C/W/719) by Brazil, India, and Peru entitled, “Revising discussions on
WIPO-IGC 51st Sessions Breaks Jinx, Recommends Mandate Renewal
by Chidi Oguamanam* First Published by ABS Canada here. Republished on Infojustice with the permission of the author. Delegates to the World Intellectual Property Organization Special Committee on Intellectual Property
Asking the TK Question as a Reality Check: Echoes from the Cradle Principles
Traditional Knowledge (TK) has become a key consideration in discussions on intellectual property. In May 2024 the WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge was adopted,
Why the WIPO IGC Deadlocked
By: Chidi Oguamanam Chidi Oguamanam, representative of Nigeria and University of Ottowa Professor of Law, provides analysis of the failure to endorse a new consolidated text by the 50th session of
WIPO Debate Stalls Over Including the Genetic Resources Treaty in the PCT Framework
By Andres Izquierdo, Yara Misto, & Haddija Jawara The latest session of the WIPO Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group was marked by intense debate over agenda item 16, which
