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NAFTA IP & Indigenous Traditional Knowledge

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Indigenous Traditional Knowledge By Wayne D. Garnons-Williams, Chair, IITIO To provide some contrast and perspective to Indigenous “traditional knowledge” in comparison to Intellectual property (hereinafter referred to as “IP”) it is first important to provide some basic definitions of various IP aspects:  Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks Patents In the seminal textbook by Kintner & Lahr …

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NAFTA Submission to Global Affairs Canada from IITIO

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Submission by the International Inter-Tribal Trade and Investment Organization to the Government of Canada for the Renegotiation and Modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement   No relationship is more important to Canada than the relationship with Indigenous Peoples. Our Government is working together with Indigenous Peoples to build a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, government‑to‑government relationship …

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