Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights: An Interview with Wend Wendland

Publication Date

1-1-2023

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Serials Librarian

DOI

10.1080/0361526X.2023.2235758

Abstract

The Director of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)’s Traditional Knowledge Division, Wend Wendland, shares his expertise in Indigenous Intellectual Property (IP) Rights. He introduces major IP instruments supporting Indigenous rights, and comments on significance of these instruments for the work of libraries and information professionals. He also shares current developments at WIPO that mark a major point in the history of IP policy and reflects on possible impact on these developments on Indigenous communities.

Keywords

Indigenous intellectual property rights, intellectual property, traditional knowledge

Department

Information

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