Comments on WIPO gap analysis on traditional knowledge

ICC congratulates the WIPO secretariat on the draft gap analysis which is a thorough and fairminded analysis of the problems facing the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC). Unfortunately it reveals a very wide range of uncertainties and disagreements. This makes the task of the IGC very difficult. In order to make progress, agreement must be found at a basic level, on concepts and on goals.