GENEVA, Switzerland—More than 190 nations agreed Friday on a new treaty to combat so-called biopiracy and regulate patents stemming from genetic resources such as medicinal plants, particularly ones whose uses owe a debt to traditional knowledge.
After lengthy negotiations, delegates approved to cheers and applause the 'first WIPO Treaty to address the interface between intellectual property, genetic resources and traditional knowledge,' the UN's World Intellectual Property Organization said in a statement.The talks had been clouded by uncertainty, with one sticking point being sanctions for offenders, which pits developing countries against developed ones broadly speaking.
Antony Scott Taubman set up WIPO's traditional knowledge division in 2001 but no longer works with the agency.'I wouldn't go so far as to say it's revolutionary,' he said of the treaty.'Conceptually what we're looking at here is a recognition that when I apply for a patent, it's not purely a technical step... it recognises that I have liabilities,' he told AFP.
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