WAKOPMUND PROTOCOL ON THE PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPRESSIONS OF FOLKLORE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE AFRICAN REGIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (ARIPO) — Rwanda law | Esheria

WAKOPMUND PROTOCOL ON THE PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPRESSIONS OF FOLKLORE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE AFRICAN REGIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (ARIPO)

This provision defines traditional knowledge terms and gives holders rights over use, licensing, consent, recognition, and benefit-sharing.

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Jurisdiction
Rwanda
Instrument
Act or statute
Status
In force
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
mul
Updated
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This provision defines traditional knowledge terms and gives holders rights over use, licensing, consent, recognition, and benefit-sharing. A Contracting State may grant a compulsory licence for protected traditional knowledge in limited public-interest situations, and a court must set compensation if the parties do not agree. Contracting States must provide legal and practical measures to protect folklore, and communities can stop certain unauthorized uses and disclosures. This article allows holders of traditional knowledge and folklore expressions to withdraw consent or restrict uses that could harm their socio-economic life or cultural or natural heritage, and it allows special provisions for use by nationals. Expressions of folklore must be protected from misappropriation, misuse, and unlawful exploitation while they meet the protection criteria in section 16.