Creative Heritage Project: Strategic Management of IP Rights and Interests

 



Maasai Voices of Heritage Partnership: protecting and preserving Maasai cultural expressions. Copyright: Maasai Cultural Heritage Foundation/WIPO.  

IP Management by Museums, Libraries and Archives

Cultural institutions play an invaluable role in preserving and providing access to their collections...

  Museum of Ethnology of Viet Nam, Hanoi, May 2008. Photo: Wend Wendland.  

Community Cultural Documentation

New technologies provide communities with fresh opportunities to document and digitize expressions of their traditional cultures...

Indonesian Performance on the occasion of the Eleventh session of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore, 3-12 July 2007  

IP and Handicrafts

Traditional handicrafts form an integral part of the historical and cultural identity of many communities and their promotion and protection contribute to cultural diversity...

  Dirty Devils Dance: The City of Los Santos, Province of Los Santos, Republic of Panama. Representations of devils during the Corpus Christi by means of this traditional dance. Copyright: Miguel Leguízamo Dance Rescue Association.  

IP Management related to Arts Festivals

Arts festivals provide a valuable opportunity for rich and diverse cultures to be performed, shared and preserved...

Mr. Wahyu Hanung Hanindita performing at WIPO-sponsored Wayang Shadow Puppet of Indonesia Performance, Assembly Hall, Palais des Nations, Geneva, April 2008. Photo: Hedi Priamajar.  

Creative Heritage Gateway

The WIPO Creative Heritage Digital Gateway presents samples of the creativity of indigenous and local communities and cultural institutions...

       

 

Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Traditional Cultural Expressions/Folklore

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