Protect and Promote Your Culture

A Practical Guide to Intellectual Property for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Author(s): | Publication year: 2017

License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO License

DOI: English, Français, Español, عربي, 中文, Русский

Intellectual property can be a powerful tool for indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs). Used strategically, it can help you promote your own products and services, and prevent the misappropriation of your traditional knowledge and culture. This short guide explains how, with plenty of examples, IPLCs around the world have made the most of intellectual property rights.