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Traditional Knowledge Laws: Lao People's Democratic Republic

Title Law No. 01/NA of December 20, 2011, on Intellectual Property (as amended)
Subject Matter Traditional Cultural Expressions
Issue(s) Beneficiaries or Rightholders; Scope of Protection; Exceptions and Limitations
Type(s) of Legislation IP Law

Beneficiaries or Rightholders

Article 91 - Persons Eligible for Protection

The person eligible for protection of related rights shall be as follows:
1. Performers, including actors, singers, musicians, dancers, and other persons who act, sing, deliver, declaim, play in, or otherwise perform literary or artistic works or expressions of folklore.

Scope of Protection

Article 101 - Traditional Literary and Artistic Works

A work based on a traditional literary or artistic work shall be protected under copyright without prejudice to the rights of others to make original works based on the same traditional literary or artistic work and to continue to exploit the traditional literary and artistic works.
A collection of traditional literary or artistic works shall be protected under copyright without prejudice to the rights of others to make a similar collection or to continue to tell the stories or otherwise reproduce, modify, or sell the traditional works included in such collection.

Exceptions and limitations

Article 23 - Marks Ineligible for trademarks Registration

8. the mark that consists of or contains, without authorization images of cultural symbols or historical monuments, or the name, image, or likeness of a national hero or a leader, or the mark would be offensive or contrary to the fine traditions of the nation;