Asean group seeks more protection for 'traditional' IPRs
Asean group seeks more protection for 'traditional' IPRs
- “What we need to do is make people aware that we have a large trove
of assets—like traditional medicines, bio resources, local products,
handicraft, and even cultural resources like music —that can and should
be protected by intellectual property laws,” said lawyer Aleli Angela
Quirino, who heads the Asean IPA. In an interview, she said there were Philippine laws in place that
were used to protect more conventional intellectual properties but more
work should be done to inform the public that this protection could also
be extended to non-traditional sectors like indigenous peoples.