On Friday, May 24, 2024, the World Intellectual Property Organization agreed to the “WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge.”
At least 138 nations have already signed the WIPO Treaty.
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/tk/en/gratk_dc/gratk_dc_7.pdf
The Treaty established in international law a new disclosure requirement for patent applicants whose inventions are based on genetic resources and/or associated traditional knowledge.
What Does the Treaty Do?
Broadly, where a claimed invention in a patent application is based on genetic resources, each contracting party shall require applicants to disclose the country of origin or source of the genetic resources. Where the claimed invention in a patent application is based on traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources, each contracting party shall require applicants to disclose the Indigenous Peoples or local community, as applicable, who provided the traditional knowledge.
While genetic resources themselves cannot be directly protected as intellectual property, inventions developed using them can, most often through a patent.
“Genetic material” means any material of plant, animal, microbial or other origin containing functional units of heredity.
https://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2024/article_0007.html
IMPORTANT COMMENTARY:
Exclusion of DSI undermines the effectiveness of WIPO’s Proposed International Legal Instrument Relating to Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge
https://twn.my/announcement/WIPO%20IGC%20-%20DSI%20%20working%20document_21052024.pdf
Sanctions for Non Disclosure, as Set Out in Article 6 of the WIPO Basic Proposal on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge, Should Include Possible Revocation of a Patent
https://www.keionline.org/39974
Please watch the videos below:
Discussion with Noor Bin Laden:
https://rumble.com/v4xkokq-who-plot-twists-with-james-roguski-noor-bin-ladin-calls…-s02e09.html
Discussion with Flemming Blicher:
https://rumble.com/v4xl33w-the-wipo-treaty-has-been-signed-by-138-nations.html
How will the signing of the WIPO Treaty impact the potential to continue the negotiations regarding the proposed “Pandemic Treaty?”
CLICK HERE to watch the World Health Assembly May 27 to June 1, 2024.
https://apps.who.int/gb/e/e_wha77.html
Watch the WIPO Treaty video:
https://rumble.com/v4xl5z0-the-wipo-treaty-has-been-adopted.html
Watch the WIPO signing ceremony below:
https://webcast.wipo.int/video/OTHER_DIPLOMATIC_CONFERENCE_1_2024-05-24_PM_122735
Signatories to the WIPO Treaty (in the order in which they signed the treaty).
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SOUTH AFRICA
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ALBANIA
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ALGERIA
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GERMANY
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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
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SAUDI ARABIA
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ARGENTINA
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ARMENIA
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AUSTRALIA
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AUSTRIA
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BAHRAIN
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BANGLADESH
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BELGIUM
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BHUTAN
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BOLIVIA, PLURINATIONAL STATE OF
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
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BOTSWANA
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BRAZIL
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BULGARIA
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BURKINA FASO
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BURUNDI
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CAMEROON
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CANADA
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CHILE
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CHINA
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CYPRUS
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COLOMBIA
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COMORES
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CONGO
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COTE D’IVOIRE
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CROATIA
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CUBA
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DENMARK
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DJIBOUTI
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EGYPT
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EL SALVADOR
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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SPAIN
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ESTONIA
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ESWATINI
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ETHIOPIA
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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FIJI
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FINLAND
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FRANCE
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GEORGIA
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GHANA
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GREECE
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GUATEMALA
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GUINEA-BISSAU
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HONDURAS
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HUNGARY
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COOK ISLANDS
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MARSHALL ISLANDS
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SOLOMON ISLANDS
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INDIA
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INDONESIA
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IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF
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IRAQ
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IRELAND
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ISRAEL
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ITALY
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JAMAICA
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JAPAN
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JORDAN
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KAZAKHSTAN
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KUWAIT
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LESOTHO
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LATVIA
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LEBANON
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LITHUANIA
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LUXEMBOURG
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NORTH MACEDONIA, REPUBLIC OF
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MADAGASCAR
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MALAYSIA
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MALAWI
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MALI
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MALTA
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MOROCCO
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MAURITIUS
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MEXICO
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MONGOLIA
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MONTENEGRO
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MOZAMBIQUE
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NAMIBIA
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KYRGYZSTAN
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NEPAL
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NICARAGUA
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NIGER
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NIGERIA
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NIUE
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NORWAY
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NEW ZEALAND
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OMAN
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UGANDA
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PAKISTAN
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PANAMA
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PARAGUAY
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NETHERLANDS, KINGDOM OF THE
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PERU
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POLAND
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PORTUGAL
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QATAR
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SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
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REPUBLIC OF KOREA
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CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
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LAO, PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
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CZECHIA
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UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
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ROMANIA
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UNITED KINGDOM
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SAINT LUCIA
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SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
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HOLY SEE
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SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
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SAMOA
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SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
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SENEGAL
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SERBIA
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SINGAPORE
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SLOVAKIA
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SLOVENIA
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SUDAN
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SWEDEN
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SWITZERLAND
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THAILAND
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
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TIMOR-LESTE
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TUNISIA
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TURKIYE
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URUGUAY
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VANUATU
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VENEZUELA BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF
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ZIMBABWE
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EU (European Union)
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