On the 22nd of November 2024, WIPO Members adopted a new treaty on industrial designs i.e. the Riyadh Design Law Treaty (DLT). This is the second treaty that WIPO Members have adopted this year. The first treaty, i.e the WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, and Associated Traditional Knowledge, was adopted in May and… Continue reading The Riyadh Design Law Treaty
On the 24th of May 2024, after 25 years of negotiations, WIPO Members finally reached an agreement on a Treaty on ‘Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, and Associated Traditional Knowledge‘ (WIPO Treaty on IP and Genetic Resources/new WIPO treaty). In essence, the Treaty requires patent applicants to disclose the country of origin or source of genetic… Continue reading The WIPO Treaty on IP and Genetic Resources: Implications for DSI and the BBNJ Agreement
Emmanuel Oke 