On some approaches to the registration of the right to objects of folk art culture and traditional knowledge in international and russian practice (WIPO and Rospatent)

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Abstract: this article presents an overview of Russian Federation statutory instruments regulating the registration of geographical indications (GIs) and appellations of origin (Aos) for goods whose production may be based on traditional knowledge, as well as draft wlPo documents providing for the international protection of traditional knowledge and cultural expressions. Issues concerning the applicability of existing institutions of intellectual property (IP) for the protection of traditional knowledge are considered. The article summarises statutory instruments regulating the activities of the authorized executive bodies in issuing conclusions regarding Ao applications, and legal acts establishing special requirements for the stages and boundaries of the protected goods' production, alongside their characteristics. Examples of Aos and GIs registered in the State Register of GIs and Aos of the Russian Federation, alongside Rospatent activity to identify and register GIs and Aos are presented.