n. (abbr. WIPO)a specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes the worldwide protection of intellectual propertyMathiesen 2012, 456–457“Traditional cultural expressions” (TCE) have been defined by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as cultural materials created by the community that reflect that “community’s cultural and social identity” and are a “community’s heritage” “handed down from one generation to another.”Joffrion and Fernández 2015, 195In a statement on “Folklore, Indigenous Knowledge and the Public Domain” delivered to the World Intellectual Property Organization, the Tulalip Tribes of Washington outlined their philosophical differences with Western legal practice and explained why many Indigenous peoples do not accept much of that tradition.Fisher 2020, 257A Society of American Archivists (SAA) issue brief in 2014 argued for reforms beyond those proposed by the 2008 study group, suggesting that a revised Section 108 could become a model for World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) efforts to establish minimum international standards for library and archives copyright exceptions.
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WIPO was established in 1967 and is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
