Research Article
Safeguarding Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Traditional Cultural Expressions within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.10-9-2019.2289413, author={Dina W. Kariodimedjo}, title={Safeguarding Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Traditional Cultural Expressions within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)}, proceedings={The First International Conference On Islamic Development Studies 2019, ICIDS 2019, 10 September 2019, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICIDS}, year={2019}, month={11}, keywords={grtktce asean asean economic community intellectual property rights}, doi={10.4108/eai.10-9-2019.2289413} }- Dina W. Kariodimedjo
Year: 2019
Safeguarding Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Traditional Cultural Expressions within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
ICIDS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.10-9-2019.2289413
Abstract
This article examines efforts to safeguarding genetic resources, traditional knowledge, and regular cultural expressions (GRTKTCE) within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It considers ASEAN's legal frameworks and its intellectual property rights action plan on the issue. Also, it discusses challenges in protecting GRTKTCE at the ASEAN level. Mainly, it discusses Indonesia's position, legislation, and policies on the issue. GRTKTCE is one of the characteristics and elements of ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025. It seems that ASEAN is fully committed to working together on this issue. In the broader multilateral level, that is the World Trade Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization forum, the issue of GRTKTCE has been negotiated for quite a long time. However, the issues still face challenges over its basic concept, including a concept of commercialization and how it could work in practice. This article constitutes initial research findings of the writer's Ph.D. thesis. It covers the legal frameworks, impetus, administration, and implementation of intellectual property rights and GRTKTCE within ASEAN and Indonesia.
