Pursuant to the deliberation of the Executive Committee of the International Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Berne Union) and the Intergovernmental Committee of the Universal Copyright Convention at their sessions from 5 to 9 February 1979 and to the decisions of the respective governing bodies of Unesco and WIPO, the Secretariat of Unesco and the International Bureau of WIPO convened a Working Group on the Intellectual Property Aspects of Folklore Protection which met in Geneva from 7 to 9 January 1980 to study a draft of Model Provisions intended for national legislation as well as international measures for the protection of works of folklore. In conclusion, this Working Group recommended, in respect of the said Model Provisions that a revised draft of Model Provisions for National Laws on the above subject and commentary thereon should be prepared by the two Secretariats and presented for further consideration at a subsequent meeting.

Accordingly, the Secretariat of Unesco and the International Bureau of WIPO prepared the relevant texts and jointly convened the second meeting of the Working Group on the Intellectual Property Aspects of Folklore Protection composed of the same group of experts from nineteen countries for consideration of the same. This second meeting of the Working Group was held at Unesco Headquarters at Paris from 9 to 13 February 1981. Seventeen of the nineteen experts invited, participated in the meeting in their personal capacity.

The documentation available to the Working Group consisted of the “Revised Model Provisions for National Laws on the Protection of Expressions of Folklore (document: UNESCO/WIPO/WG.II/FOLK/2) and Commentary on the said Revised Model Provisions (document: UNESCO/WIPO/WG.II/FOLK/3) prepared by the Secretariat of Unesco and the International Bureau of WIPO.

Documents

• Agenda
  UNESCO/WIPO/WG.II/FOLK/1: English
• Commentary on the revised model provisions for national laws on the protection of expressions of folklore
  UNESCO/WIPO/WG.II/FOLK/3: English
• Draft report
  UNESCO/WIPO/WG.II/FOLK/4 Prov.: soon available
• Draft section 2 (former section 1)
  UNESCO/WIPO/WG.II/FOLK/DR.1: English
• Draft section 3 (former section 2)
  UNESCO/WIPO/WG.II/FOLK/DR.2: English
• Draft section 3 (former section 2)
  UNESCO/WIPO/WG.II/FOLK/DR.4: English
• Draft section 6 (former section 5)
  UNESCO/WIPO/WG.II/FOLK/DR.3: English
• List of participants
  UNESCO/WIPO/WG.II/FOLK/INF.1: English
• Report
  UNESCO/WIPO/WG.II/FOLK/4: English
• Revised model provisions for national laws on the protection of expressions of folklore
  UNESCO/WIPO/WG.II/FOLK/2: English