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WIPO meets on traditional cultural expressions
IFACCA/Artshub, 06 July 2006, Switzerland
The ninth session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (the IGC) took place in Geneva from April 24 to 28, 2006.
Documents from the ninth session are now available at http://wipo.int/tk/en, where you can find links to:
all working documents for the ninth session;
a brief summary of these documents; and
a compilation of the decisions reached by the IGC at its ninth session.
The Committee's decisions included the following: "On the basis of the indications of delegations that they would be submitting written comments on the contents of WIPO/GRTKF/IC/9/4 and WIPO/GRTKF/IC/9/5, the Chair proposed, and the Committee agreed, that Committee participants be invited to submit such written comments to the Secretariat before July 31, 2006, so that the comments could be circulated prior to the tenth session of the Committee."
To facilitate the circulation of these comments, IGC participants (members and accredited observers) are encouraged to submit their comments by email to grtkf@wipo.intFor more information, visit http://wipo.int/tk/en.
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