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World Intellectual Property Organisation | Traditional Knowledge | Intellectual Property Policy (400 words) |
 | As part of its work in examining the interface between intellectual property ("IP") and traditional knowledge ("TK") the IGC is developing two sets of documents on policy objectives and principles for the protection of TK and traditional cultural expressions ("TCE" as a subset of TK, also referred to as folklore). |
| The Tenth Session of the IGC was held in Geneva from 30 November to 8 December 2006. |
| The World Intellectual Property Organization is conducting a study on the role of customary law of indigenous communities in relation to their traditional knowledge and its relevance within the intellectual property system. |
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World Intellectual Property Organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (745 words) |
| WIPO was created in 1967 with the stated purpose of encouraging creative activity and promoting the protection of intellectual property throughout the world. |
| WIPO was formally created by the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (Signed at Stockholm on July 14, 1967 and as amended on September 28, 1979). |
| In the 1980s, this led to the United States "forum shifting" intellectual property standard-setting out of WIPO and into the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, which later evolved into the World Trade Organization, where the North had greater control of the agenda. |
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