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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Traditional Cultural Expressions"”.
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The cultural divide: Traditional cultural expressions and the entertainment industry in developing economies
… a number of pertinent issues concerning Traditional Cultural Expressions [TCEs], specifically in relation to what they are and the dilemma surrounding ownership vis-à-vis custodianship in an environment that is biased towards protection of Intellectual Property Rights. The present …
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The protection of traditional cultural expressions ? seeking international consensus for a multilateral solution
Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCEs) as part of indigenous cultural heritage have been misappropriated and commercially exploited by western culture for centuries. Existing intellectual property laws, the closest conceptually related legal regimes, fail to protect TCEs because they were not …
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Developing guidelines for the protection of indigeneous knowledge under agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area
… is yet to be an annex on indigenous knowledge, traditional cultural expressions, and genetic resources. Therefore, this study proposes guidelines and a structured framework to guide the development of this annex. As a desktop (doctrinal) research, this study examines international, regional, and …
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Promoting creative economies in Nigeria and South Africa through communal and collaborative intellectual property rights strategies
… extending intellectual property rights (IPRs) to traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) is strong on both sides: on one hand IPRs remain largely incompatible with TCEs and inadequate for safeguarding them. On the other hand, TCEs need protection in the interest of both the knowledge and their …
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An analysis of the registration of traditional product names, terms, symbols and other cultural expressions as trademarks in Namibia
Protection of traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions of indigenous communities is one of the most contentious and complicated issues on both international and national agendas. The historical development of the protection of intellectual property in the wake of the industrial …