Tiered or Differentiated Approach to Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions

The the most critical feature underlying the difficulty paper provides the context for the evolution of the of the IGC project is the enigmatic nature of TK approach. [...] Tiered or Differentiated Approach to Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions: The Evolution of a Concept 1 because they do not even capture the breadth of as biopiracy11) through the instrumentality of the complexities of the relationships and nuances the IP system, in part, necessitated the IGC’s implicated in the experiences of their custodians mandate. [...] As concepts and demandeur country experts and member states of phenomena, those and many others explored at WIPO, the protracted delays of the WIPO IGC to the IGC assist in grappling with the issue of the agree on the text(s) of instruments arising from its protection of TK/TCEs as a complex regime and mandate is perhaps less disconcerting.9 This is so a multidisciplinary subject matter. [...] The aim of the tiered approach is primarily to The enthusiasm, skepticism and reluctance advance legal certainty and clarity on TK/TCEs and that have greeted the tiered and differentiated to address concerns over the subjects, especially approach mostly, if not entirely, reflect the from the rank of non-demandeurs in the IGC usual schism between the demandeur and non- negotiations. [...] Canada and the United States: Cowichan Weaving Art Australia: Arnhem Lastly, from Canada and the United States, the Aboriginal Bark Painting Cowichan weaving art, a traditional cultural From Australia, bark paintings designate a strong heritage of the Coast Salish Indigenous peoples example of the fusion of the sacred and the of the Pacific Northwest (British Columbia in intangible with the tangib