Traditional Knowledge Laws  :

Azerbaijan

Title
Subject Matter
Type(s) of Legislation

Subject Matter of Protection

Article 1.0.1.

Intellectual property rights - are the rights to works, perfonnances, phonograms, programs of broadcasting organizations, topolografies of integrated circuit, databases, folklore expressions (traditional cultural expressions), inventions, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks and geographical indications.

Beneficiaries or Rightholders

Article 1.0.2.

a holder of intellectual property rights (holder of right)-a physical person or legal entity, who holds intellectual property rights, also Azerbaijan Republic with regard to folklore models (traditional cultural expressions).