The debaters urgently need your views!
The Chair has provided all of the background information in a motivational post here. For further information and previous Afro-IP posts, please click here or type in "traditional knowledge" in the search function.
Could you please take a few minutes to vote on the Poll alongside or enter your comments at the bottom of this post?
- Is TK worthy of protection?
- Should RSA wait for the WIPO model?
- Does the Bill need serious re-drafting?
- The Bill is nearly ready, push on!
1 comment:
The point made by the Chair about there not being no shortage of South African experts to assist in drafting the TK cannot be over-emphasised. In fact it has just occurred to me that even the WIPO Director in the Department of Traditional Knowledge and Global Challenges, Dr Konji Sebati, is a South African native!
As for my views on this TK debate, I've blogged about it here:
http://ipkenya.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/africas-tk-debate-sui-generis-versus-intellectual-property-protection-of-traditional-knowledge/
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