Editing Patent (section)

=== Anti-biopiracy dispositions ===
After two decades of drafting,<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Wendland |first=W |date=2022 |title=International negotiations on Indigenous knowledge to resume at WIPO: a view of the journey so far and the way ahead |url=https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine_digital/en/2022/article_0001.html |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=[[WIPO]] |language=en}}</ref> the [[World Intellectual Property Organization|WIPO]]'s [[Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Muñoz Tellez |first=Viviana |url=https://www.southcentre.int/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/PB129_The-WIPO-Diplomatic-Conference-for-a-Treaty-on-Intellectual-Property-Genetic-Resources-and-Associated-Traditional-Knowledge_EN-1.pdf |title=The WIPO Diplomatic Conference for a Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge |date=2023-03-14 |publisher=[[South Centre (organization)|South Centre]] |edition= |series=Policy Brief Nº. 117 |location=Geneva}}</ref> moved to a Diplomatic Conference in May 2024<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Cannabis Embassy, Commission on Biopiracy |date=2024 |title=WIPO's Diplomatic Conference & New Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (GRATK): A new Treaty against Biopiracy |url=https://cannabisembassy.org/gratk |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=cannabisembassy.org}}</ref> and adopted the [[WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge]] (GRATK Treaty)'''<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=[[WIPO]] |url=https://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/tk/en/gratk_dc/gratk_dc_7.pdf |title=WIPO Treaty on intellectual property, genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge |date=2024-05-24 |publisher=[[WIPO]] |location=Geneva |publication-date=2024 |language=en}}</ref>''' mandating patent disclosure requirements for patents based on [[genetic resources]] and associated [[traditional knowledge]] from being granted.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-24 |title=Nations agree landmark treaty on traditional knowledge, protecting Indigenous Peoples' rights {{!}} UN News |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/05/1150231 |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=news.un.org |language=en}}</ref> The Treaty contemplates revocation for patents incorrectly filed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WIPO Member States Adopt Historic New Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge |url=https://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2024/article_0007.html |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=www.wipo.int |language=en}}</ref>

The treaty, and in particular its planned extension,<ref name=":13" /> is seen as complementing the [[Nagoya Protocol|Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity]] and its system of [[Access and Benefit Sharing Agreement|Access and Benefit-Sharing]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-13 |title=New treaty addresses intellectual property for genetic resources and traditional knowledge |url=https://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/page/new-treaty-addresses-intellectual-property-for-genetic-resources-and-traditional-knowledge |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=The Gisborne Herald |language=en-AU}}</ref> Representatives of Indigenous peoples view the GRATK Treaty as a "first step towards guaranteeing just and transparent access to these resources."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Indigenous Caucus of the WIPO GRATK Diplomatic Conference |date=2024-05-28 |title=Indigenous Caucus Closing Statement: International Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources & Associated Traditional Knowledge; May 24, 2024 |url=https://www.cosmovisioneshealing.org/post/indigenous-caucus-closing-statement-international-treaty-on-genetic-resources-traditional-knowled |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Cosmovisiones Ancestrales |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-05-24 |title=Un traité historique qui restaure la dignité des peuples autochtones |url=https://www.letemps.ch/monde/un-traite-historique-qui-restaure-la-dignite-des-peuples-autochtones |access-date=2024-07-31 |work=[[Le Temps]] |language=fr |issn=1423-3967}}</ref>