Legislative Texts on the Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions (Expressions of Folklore) (TCEs)

• Trade Marks Act, 2002 [PDF] (see Section 17(1))

Organisation africaine de la Propriete Intellectuelle (OAPI):

• Bangui Accord, 1977 as revised in 1999 [PDF] (see Annex VII)

Panama:

• Law on the Special Intellectual Property Regime Governing the Collective Rights of Indigenous Peoples for the Protection and Defense of their Cultural Identity and their Traditional Knowledge, 2000 [PDF]
• Executive Decree, 2001 [PDF]
• Application form for Registration of Collective Rights [PDF]

Philippines:

• Act to Recognize, Protect and Promote the Rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples, 1997 [PDF]

Republic of Azerbaijan:

• The Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Legal Protection of Azerbaijani Expressions of Folklore", 2006 [PDF]

Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC):

• Guidelines for developing national legislation for the protection of traditional knowledge and expressions of culture based on the Pacific Model Law 2002, developed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community [PDF]
• Regional Framework for the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Culture, 2002 [PDF]

UNESCO-WIPO:

• Model Provisions for National Laws on the Protection of Expressions of Folklore Against Illicit Exploitation and other Forms of Prejudicial Action, 1982 [PDF]

United States of America Database of Native American Insignia:

• Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act, 1998 [PDF]
  Additional information can be obtained from the website of the Patent and Trademark Office of the United States (USPTO)

Algeria:

• Copyrights and Neighboring Rights Act, 2003 [PDF] (see articles 2, 5, 8, 107-119, 129-130 and 138-142)

Bolivia:

• Leyes de Derecho de Autor, 1992 [PDF] (see articles 21-23)

• Loi portant protection de la Propriété Littéraire et Artistique, 1999 [PDF] (see articles 88-94)

Chile:

• Leyes de Derecho de Autor, 1970 [PDF] (See articles 5j and 11b)

Colombia:

• Leyes de Derecho de Autor, 1982 [PDF] (see articles 16, 187 and 189)

Cote d’Ivoire:

• Law on the Protection of Intellectual Works and the Rights of Authors, Performers and Phonogram and Videogram Producers, 1996 (English version) [PDF] (see sections 6, 7 and 8)
• Loi relative à la protection des oeuvres de l'esprit et aux droit des auteurs, des artistes-interprètes et des producteurs de phonogrammes et vidéogrammes, 1996 (French version) [PDF]

Fiji:

• Copyright Act, 1999 [PDF] (see sections 2, 66 and 180)

Ghana:

• Copyright Act, 2005 [PDF] (see sections 4, 17, 44 and 59-64)

Indonesia:

• Copyright Law, 2002 [PDF] (see section 10)

Lithuania:

• Copyrights and Related Rights, 2003 [PDF] (see articles 2.2 and 5.6)

Macedonia, Republic of:

• Law on Copyrights and Related Rights, 1998 [PDF] (see articles 6-8, 42, 107 and 168)

Malawi:

• Copyright Act, 1989 [PDF] (see articles 4b, 6c and Part V)

Mexico:

• Federal Law on Copyright, 1996 [PDF] (see Chapter III, articles 154 to 161)

Micronesia, Republic of:

• Federated States of Micronesia Code: Copyright, Patents & Trademarks, 2003 [PDF] (see paragraphs 107-108)

Mongolia:

• Copyright Law of Mongolia, 1993 [PDF] (see article 3.3)

Morocco:

• Copyrights and Neighbouring Rights, 2000 [PDF] (see articles 1, 3, 5, 7, 39 and 63)

Nigeria:

• Copyright Act, 1999 [PDF] (see sections 28, 29 and 29A)

Oman:

• Law on Copyrights and Related Rights, 2000 [PDF] (see articles 1, 2j, and 3b)

Papua New Guinea:

• Copyright and Neigbouring Rights Act, 2000 [PDF] (see articles 2, 4.1b, 4.3 and Part V)

Peru:

• Ley Sobre el Derecho de Autor, 1996 [PDF] (see articles 2, 5, 6 and 57)

Samoa:

• Copyright Act, 1988 [PDF] (see articles 2, 3d and Part IV)

Senegal:

• Copyright Act, 1973 [PDF] (see section 9)

Tanzania:

• Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act, 1999 [PDF] (see Part III, articles 24-30)

Tunisia:

• Loi relative à la Propriété Littéraire et Artistique, 1994 [PDF] (see Chapter I, article 7)

Ukraine :

• Law on Copyrights and Related Rights, 2001 [PDF] (see articles 1, 8, 9 and 35)

United Kingdom:

• Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988 [PDF] (see section 169)

Vanuatu:

• Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000 [PDF] (see sections 41 and 42)

Australia:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protection Act, 1984 [PDF]
• Protection of Moveable Cultural Heritage Act, 1986 [PDF]

Bolivia:

• Constitucion Politica de la Republica de Bolivia, 1967 [PDF] (see article 192)

Japan:

• Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties, 1950 [PDF]

Lithuania:

• Law on the Principles of State Protection of Ethnic Culture, 2006 [PDF] (see Articles 8.7, 9.2 and 10.6)

Palau:

• Historical and Cultural Preservation Act, 1995 [PDF]

Republic of Korea:

• Protection of Cultural Properties Act, 2002 [PDF]

South Africa:

• National Heritage Resources Act, 1999 [PDF]

Sudan:

• Ordinance for the Protection of Antiquities, 1999 [PDF]

United States of America:

• Indian Arts and Crafts Act, 1935, as amended in 1990
  • Indian Arts and Crafts Enforcement Act of 2000 [PDF]
  • Indian Arts and Crafts Board - US Department of Interior
  • Indian Arts and Crafts Act, Know the Law [PDF]
• The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGRPA), 1990 [PDF]

• Comparative Table on Sui Generis Laws on Traditional Cultural Expressions/Expressions of Folklore [PDF]
• Final Report on National Experiences with the Legal Protection of Expressions of Folklore (WIPO/GRTKF/IC/3/10)
• Policy Options and Legal Mechanisms for the Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions (WIPO/GRTKF/IC/9/INF/4)