Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property

NYU Law's Globlex's Foreign Law Research

• guides to legal research in dozens of foreign countries, written by experts

CIA World Factbook, Country Guides

• provides brief, current information on nearly every country of the world, in areas such as government, economy, and people/society

University of Ottawa's JuriGlobe

• an overview of which country follows which legal system (civil law, common law, Muslim law, customary law, mixed)

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Traditional Knowledge

• FAQ
• Glossary (Key Terms)

WIPO's Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore.

• links to documents from 29 sessions and 3 intersessional working groups

WIPO, Regional Study in the Andean Countries. Customary Law in the Protection of Traditional Knowledge (2006).

World Trade Organization

• Declaration of Indigenous Peoples

Dr. Jane Alexander. Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property. (2010 paper)

• discusses "misuse of indigenous knowledge" and "alternatives regimes" among other topics

ABS' Knowledge Center

• World, Africa, Caribbean, Pacific ("traditional knowledge" and other topics are searchable)