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This document provides an update on the resources available on the WIPO Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions, and Genetic Resources website, detailing new content and tools introduced since January 2022, and serves as an informational resource for IGC participants and stakeholders.
Year:
2026
Region / City:
Geneva
Topic:
Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources
Document Type:
Informational Document
Organization / Institution:
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Author:
WIPO Secretariat
Target Audience:
IGC Participants, Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, Intellectual Property Professionals
Period of Validity:
2026-2027
Approval Date:
January 8, 2026
Date of Changes:
January 2026
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Year:
2025
Region / City:
Geneva
Theme:
Intellectual Property, Indigenous Rights
Document Type:
Report
Organization / Institution:
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Author:
Elifuraha Laltaika, Neva Collings
Target Audience:
Members of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
Period of Effect:
2020-2021
Approval Date:
March 19, 2025
Amendment Date:
N/A
Year:
2022
Region / City:
Geneva
Topic:
WIPO Sequence Suite Development and Support
Document Type:
Summary Report
Organization / Institution:
WIPO International Bureau
Author:
WIPO International Bureau
Target Audience:
WIPO Member States, Patent Offices, Applicants
Period of Validity:
Until the end of the WIPO Sequence Suite lifecycle
Approval Date:
July 1, 2022
Amendment Date:
Not specified
Year:
2021
Document reference:
WO/CC/80/1
Language:
English
Issuing body:
World Intellectual Property Organization
Governing body:
WIPO Coordination Committee
Session:
Eightieth (52nd Ordinary) Session
Location:
Geneva
Session dates:
October 4–8, 2021
Date of document:
August 3, 2021
Document type:
Committee document
Prepared by:
WIPO Secretariat
Subject matter:
International cooperation agreements
Organizations involved:
World Intellectual Property Organization; European Patent Office; International Renewable Energy Agency
Legal basis:
Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, Article 13(1)
Agreements covered:
Memorandum of Understanding between WIPO and EPO; Memorandum of Understanding between WIPO and IRENA
Fields of cooperation:
Patents; international patent system; renewable energy technologies; intellectual property and innovation
Annexes:
Annex I; Annex II
Year:
2015
Location:
Geneva, Switzerland
Organization:
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Type of document:
Meeting report / List of decisions
Authors:
Secretariat of WIPO
Audience:
Member States of WIPO
Period covered:
October 5–14, 2015
Date of issue:
October 22, 2015
Agenda items:
1–11
Observers admitted:
European Public Law Organization (EPLO), Archives and Records Association (ARA), CEPIUG, EUROPABIO, IIPCC, MALOCA Internationale, AGESORPI, The Finnish Copyright Society, The Nest Foundation
Program and Budget Committee composition:
Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States of America, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe
Paris Union Executive Committee members:
Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, DPR Korea, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, Ghana, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Uganda, United States, Viet Nam
Berne Union Executive Committee members:
Algeria, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Gabon, Germany, India, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Coordination Committee composition:
Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Czech Republic, DPR Korea, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe
Approved agreements:
Memorandum of Understanding between WIPO and CERLALC, Memorandum of Understanding between WIPO and ESCAP
Reports noted:
IAOC Report, External Auditor Report, Internal Oversight Division Annual Report
Year:
2023
Organization:
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Document Type:
Standard
Subject:
Data cleaning, name management, transliteration, transcription, translation
Target Audience:
Intellectual Property Offices (IPOs)
Scope:
Customer name data including personal names, business names, and related information
Session:
Thirteenth session of the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS)
References:
WIPO Standard ST.20
Year:
2025
Region / City:
Geneva
Subject:
WIPO Assemblies, International Intellectual Property
Document Type:
Report
Organization / Institution:
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Author:
Secretariat
Target Audience:
Member States of WIPO, Observers, IP Professionals
Period of Validity:
July 8–17, 2025
Approval Date:
July 17, 2025
Date of Changes:
N/A
Organization:
World Intellectual Property Organization
Committee:
Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
Session:
Fifty-First Session
Location:
Geneva
Session dates:
May 30 to June 5, 2025
Document type:
Information note
Document symbol:
WIPO/GRTKF/IC/51/INF/4
Original language:
English
Date of document:
April 17, 2025
Prepared by:
WIPO Secretariat
Subject matter:
Operation of the WIPO Voluntary Fund for Accredited Indigenous and Local Communities
Reporting period for contributions:
Up to April 17, 2025
Total voluntary contributions reported:
784,369.36 Swiss francs
Fund balance as of April 17, 2025:
0 Swiss francs
Governing rules reference:
Annex to document WO/GA/32/6
Approval and amendment dates of rules:
September 2005; September 2010
Related governing body:
WIPO General Assembly
Intended audience:
Members and participants of the Intergovernmental Committee
Contextual description:
Official intergovernmental information note reporting financial contributions, fund status, beneficiary recommendations, and pending applications related to the WIPO Voluntary Fund for Indigenous and Local Communities in connection with the Committee’s Fifty-First Session.
Year:
2025
Region / City:
Geneva
Topic:
Intellectual Property Standards, WIPO Standards, Blockchain, Data Exchange
Document Type:
Report
Organization / Institution:
WIPO
Author:
WIPO Secretariat
Target Audience:
WIPO Members, IP Offices, IP Experts
Period of Validity:
2025
Approval Date:
April 7, 2025
Amendment Date:
None
Year:
2019
Region / City:
Global
Topic:
Intellectual Property, Policy Development
Document Type:
Guideline
Institution:
WIPO
Authors:
Lien Verbauwhede Koglin, Kerry Faul, Richard Cahoon
Target Audience:
University and Research Institution officials responsible for policy development
Validity Period:
Ongoing
Approval Date:
January 29, 2019
Date of Last Revision:
N/A
Date:
September 25, 2024
Year:
2024
Region / City:
Geneva
Topic:
Intellectual Property
Document Type:
Report
Organization:
WIPO
Target Audience:
WIPO Member States
Period of validity:
From July 9 to 17, 2024
Date of adoption:
Not specified
Date of amendments:
Not specified
Year:
2024
Region / City:
Geneva
Subject:
Reports on Audit and Oversight
Document Type:
Report
Organization / Institution:
WIPO
Author:
WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee
Target Audience:
WIPO Member States
Period of Validity:
July 9-17, 2024
Approval Date:
September 25, 2024
Date of Amendments:
N/A
Year:
2024
Region / City:
Geneva
Subject:
Human Resources, Organizational Development
Document Type:
Report
Organization / Institution:
WIPO
Author:
WIPO Coordination Committee
Target Audience:
Member States, WIPO Stakeholders
Period of Validity:
N/A
Approval Date:
September 25, 2024
Amendment Date:
N/A
Year:
2020
Region / city:
International
Topic:
Intellectual Property
Document Type:
Standard
Organization:
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Author:
WIPO Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS)
Target Audience:
Intellectual Property Offices (IPOs), data administrators, and legal representatives
Period of validity:
Not specified
Approval Date:
Not specified
Amendment Date:
Not specified
Note:
Year
Contextual Description:
This document provides a set of guidelines for the intake, processing, cleaning, and publication of clean name data within Intellectual Property Offices.
Organization:
World Intellectual Property Organization
Governing body:
WIPO General Assembly
Committee:
Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS)
Session:
Fifty-Fifth (30th Extraordinary) Session
Document symbol:
EWO/GA/55/7
Original language:
English
Date:
April 14, 2022
Meeting location:
Geneva
Meeting period:
July 14–22, 2022
Reporting period:
2021
Prepared by:
Secretariat
Subject matter:
Development, revision, and implementation of WIPO Standards
Adopted standards:
WIPO Standard ST.91
Revised standards:
WIPO Standards ST.26, ST.27, ST.37, ST.88
Related technologies:
Blockchain, digital 3D models
Target institutions:
Intellectual Property Offices
Type of source:
Intergovernmental committee report
Year:
2025
Region / City:
Geneva
Theme:
Intellectual Property, Indigenous Rights
Document Type:
Report
Organization / Institution:
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Author:
Elifuraha Laltaika, Neva Collings
Target Audience:
Members of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
Period of Effect:
2020-2021
Approval Date:
March 19, 2025
Amendment Date:
N/A
Document symbol:
CBD/WGDSI/2/2/Add.2/Rev.1
Distribution:
General
Original language:
English
Year:
2024
Meeting:
Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources
Location:
Montreal, Canada
Meeting dates:
12–16 August 2024
Agenda item:
Item 3
Governing framework:
Convention on Biological Diversity
Related decision:
Decision 15/9
Issuing body:
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Type of document:
Executive summary
Commissioning authority:
Conference of the Parties
Partner organizations:
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre; KPMG UK
Funding support:
Government of Norway; Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; European Commission
Subject:
Multilateral mechanism for benefit-sharing from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources
Scope:
Criteria for fair and equitable benefit-sharing; revenue-generating measures; global fund
Methodology:
Literature review; semi-structured interviews; stakeholder survey; peer review
Market sectors covered:
Pharmaceutical; cosmetics; plant and animal breeding and agricultural biotechnology; laboratory equipment; information, scientific and technical services related to digital sequence information
Source type:
Intergovernmental meeting document presenting synthesized study findings
Date:
27 June 2023
Location:
Geneva, Switzerland
Event:
Special Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
Organizers:
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
Participants:
Seven Indigenous experts, observers from 19 Member States, 2 intergovernmental organizations, 5 non-governmental organizations
Chair:
Ms. Patricia Adjei
Rapporteur:
Ms. Rebecka Forsgren
Documents reviewed:
WIPO/GRTKF/IC/46/4, WIPO/GRTKF/IC/46/5, WIPO/GRTKF/IC/43/5, Technical Review reports (WIPO/GRTKF/IC/29/INF/10, WIPO/GRTKF/IC/46/INF/8), previous Indigenous Expert Workshop reports (WIPO/GRTKF/IC/25/INF/9)
Period:
22–24 February 2023
Purpose:
Analysis and commentary on key legal, policy, and technical issues regarding IP protection for Indigenous knowledge, cultural expressions, and genetic resources
Year:
2022
Location:
Geneva, Switzerland
Document type:
Background note
Organ/Institution:
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Audience:
Ad hoc expert group on genetic resources
Date of preparation:
May 19, 2022
Related session:
Forty-Third Session of the IGC
Subject:
Genetic resources, traditional knowledge, intellectual property, disclosure requirements, information systems
Year:
2026
Region / city:
UK
Topic:
Genetics, Mental Health
Document Type:
Research Study
Organization / Institution:
King’s College London, Université Laval
Author:
Genevieve Morneau-Vaillancourt, Jonathan R. I. Coleman, Kirstin L. Purves, Rosa Cheesman, Christopher Rayner, Gerome Breen, Thalia C. Eley
Target Audience:
Researchers, Academics, Healthcare Professionals
Period of Action:
Not specified
Approval Date:
Not specified
Date of Changes:
Not specified
Note:
Contextual Description