10.07.2024

Lexology:
New WIPO Treaty


... The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in May 2024, after almost 25 years of negotiations, approved a historic new treaty on intellectual property including genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge.

the new treaty seeks to import a requirement on prospective patent applicants to disclose the country of origin or source of genetic resources or traditional knowledge on which an invention disclosed in a patent application is based.



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