Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions & Genetic Resources Laws
Find laws, treaties and regulations on the protection of traditional knowledge (TK), traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) and genetic resources (GRs).
List includes only countries/organizations for which records are available.
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- Treaties on TK, TCEs and GRs
- IP laws and treaties (WIPO Lex)
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- Industrial Property Act, 2010
Countries / territories: بوتسوانا
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional knowledge
tk-tklaws-issues: Beneficiaries or rightholders, Exceptions and limitations, Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Law No. 1/13 of July 28th, 2009 on Industrial Property
Countries / territories: بوروندي
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Genetic resources, Traditional knowledge
tk-tklaws-issues: Beneficiaries or rightholders, Content of disclosure, Exceptions and limitations, Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - The Biodiversity Act of Bhutan 2003
Countries / territories: بوتان
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: Other
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Genetic resources, Traditional knowledge
tk-tklaws-issues: Beneficiaries or rightholders, Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Law on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, Law No. 82, 2002
Countries / territories: مصر
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Genetic resources, Traditional knowledge
tk-tklaws-issues: Consequences of non-compliance, Content of disclosure, Trigger of disclosure - Law No. 27811 of 24 July 2002, introducing a Protection Regime for the Collective Knowledge of Indigenous Peoples derived from Biological Resources
Countries / territories: بيرو
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: Sui Generis
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional knowledge
tk-tklaws-issues: Beneficiaries or rightholders, Consequences of non-compliance, Content of disclosure, Exceptions and limitations, Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection, Trigger of disclosure - Law No. 82 of 2002 on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Countries / territories: مصر
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China (as amended up to the Decision of December 27, 2008, regarding the Revision of the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China)
Countries / territories: الصين
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Genetic resources
tk-tklaws-issues: Consequences of non-compliance, Content of disclosure, Trigger of disclosure - Swakopmund Protocol on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Folklore (ARIPO)
Countries / territories:
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: Sui Generis
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions, Traditional knowledge
tk-tklaws-issues: Beneficiaries or rightholders, Exceptions and limitations, Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Copyright Act 2014
Countries / territories: موريشيوس
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Decree No. 93-027 on Copyright, Related Rights and Expressions of Folklore
Countries / territories: النيجر
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Exceptions and limitations, Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Copyright Act 2011
Countries / territories: سيراليون
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Beneficiaries or rightholders, Exceptions and limitations, Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Act 1996
Countries / territories: السودان
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Beneficiaries or rightholders - Law No. 94-36 of February 24, 1994, on Literary and Artistic Property
Countries / territories: تونس
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Law on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (as amended in 2011)
Countries / territories: بلغاريا
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Copyright Act (consolidated text of January 1, 2017)
Countries / territories: إستونيا
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Exceptions and limitations - Part IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (as last amended on December 8, 2011)
Countries / territories: الاتحاد الروسي
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Copyright and Related Rights Act of March 30, 1995 (as amended on January 13, 2007)
Countries / territories: سلوفينيا
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Copyright Act 2003
Countries / territories: أنتيغوا وبربودا
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Intellectual Property Law (Consolidation No. 2006-13)
Countries / territories: إكوادور
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Genetic resources, Traditional cultural expressions, Traditional knowledge
tk-tklaws-issues: Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Law No. 1328/98 on Copyright and Related Rights
Countries / territories: باراغواي
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Beneficiaries or rightholders, Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Copyrights and Neighbouring Rights Act 2000
Countries / territories: بابوا غينيا الجديدة
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Exceptions and limitations, Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Act No. 22 of the Year 2006 relating to the Protection of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights
Countries / territories: البحرين
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Emergency (Copyright) Order, 1999
Countries / territories: بروني دار السلام
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Exceptions and limitations - Law of Georgia on Copyright and Neighboring Rights
Countries / territories: جورجيا
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 6-I of June 10, 1996, on Copyright and Related Rights (as amended up to Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 419-V of November 24, 2015)
Countries / territories: كازاخستان
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Law No. 01/NA of December 20, 2011, on Intellectual Property (as amended)
Countries / territories: جمهورية لاو الديمقراطية الشعبية
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Beneficiaries or rightholders, Exceptions and limitations - Federal Law No. 7 of the Year 2002 Concerning Copyrights and Neighboring Rights
Countries / territories: الإمارات العربية المتحدة
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Legal Protection of Azerbaijani Folklore Expressions (as amended up to Law No. 638-IVQD of April 30, 2013)
Countries / territories: أذربيجان
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: Sui Generis
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Exceptions and limitations, Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Copyright Act, 1999
Countries / territories: فيجي
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Order No. 25 of January 18, 2013, on Patents and Supplementary Protection Certificates
Countries / territories: الدانمرك
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Genetic resources
tk-tklaws-issues: Consequences of non-compliance, Content of disclosure, Trigger of disclosure - Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005, as amended up to Legislative Decree No. 131 of August 13, 2010)
Countries / territories:
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Genetic resources
tk-tklaws-issues: Consequences of non-compliance, Content of disclosure, Trigger of disclosure - Federal Act of October 9, 1992, on Copyright and Related Rights (status as of January 1, 2017)
Countries / territories: سويسرا
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: - General Civil Penal Code (Act No. 10 of May 22, 1902, as amended up to Act No. 131 of December 21, 2005)
Countries / territories:
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: Other
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional knowledge
tk-tklaws-issues: Consequences of non-compliance - Copyright Ordinance (Chapter 528)
Countries / territories: إقليم هونغ كونغ، الصين
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge
Countries / territories: قيرغيزستان
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: Sui Generis
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Genetic resources, Traditional knowledge
tk-tklaws-issues: Beneficiaries or rightholders, Content of disclosure, Exceptions and limitations, Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection, Trigger of disclosure - Copyright Act 1994 (reprinted as at 1 March 2016)
Countries / territories: نيوزيلندا
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Federal Law No. 7 of 2002 Concerning Copyrights and Neighboring Rights
Countries / territories: الإمارات العربية المتحدة
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions
tk-tklaws-issues: Scope of protection, Subject matter of protection - Law No. 50/AN/09/6th on the Protection of Industrial Property
Countries / territories: جيبوتي
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Genetic resources, Traditional knowledge
tk-tklaws-issues: Content of disclosure - Industrial Property Act, 2012 (Act No. 1 of 2012)
Countries / territories: ناميبيا
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Genetic resources, Traditional knowledge
tk-tklaws-issues: Content of disclosure - Trademarks Act 2002
Countries / territories: نيوزيلندا
tk-tklaws-type-of-legislation: IP law
tk-tklaws-subject-matter: Traditional cultural expressions, Traditional knowledge
tk-tklaws-issues: