@article{47638,
      author = {Wendland, Wend.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/47638},
      title = {Intangible heritage and intellectual property: challenges  and future prospects (ara)},
      abstract = {The adoption in late 2003 of the UNESCO Convention for the  Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (the  Convention) adds significantly to UNESCO’s already  impressive range of international instruments for the  safeguarding of heritage. The intangible cultural heritage  of an indigenous people or other cultural community  reflects and embodies its history, values and beliefs, in  short, its very cultural and social identity. The  safeguarding of this heritage is an important contribution  to preserving and promoting respect for the traditions and  ways of life of the world’s diverse peoples and cultural  communities. As the Convention notes, the safeguarding of  intangible cultural heritage is also linked to the  promotion of cultural diversity and of human creativity and  innovation. Article 3(b) of the Convention states that  nothing in the Convention may be interpreted as  ‘affecting the rights and obligations of States Parties  deriving from any international instrument to which they  are parties relating to intellectual property rights or to  the use of biological and ecological resources’. Leaving  aside for present purposes the reference to instruments  dealing with biological and ecological resources, what is  the relevance of intellectual property to the subject  matter of the Convention? What is the nature of the  relationship between intellectual property ‘protection’  and the ‘safeguarding’ of intangible cultural heritage?  This article briefly examines these questions further, with  reference to work taking place at the World Intellectual  Property Organization (WIPO) concerning the protection of  traditional knowledge and expressions of traditional  cultures/folklore.},
      recid = {47638},
      pages = {Vol LVI, no. 1-2,  ; Page 97-107 ;},
}