The World Intellectual Property Organization has adopted a new treaty on intellectual property,genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge.This treaty imposes the mandatory obligations on the contracting parties by the domestic implementation to require the disclosure of an invention for patent application based on the genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge.The contracting parties are free to decide the sanctions and remedies on the failure to meet the requirements.It is significance for the multilateral system of international protection for intellectual property not only as the first treaty to protect the genetic resources and traditional knowledge,but also the new landmark for the international patent harmonization.China actively participants the drafting and negotiation of this treaty while establishing the domestic system on the disclosure of invention based on genetic resources and promoting to conclude a regional economic and trade agreement including the relevant requirements.However,China has not required to disclose the invention of patent application based on associated traditional knowledge.Therefore,it is necessary to establish and improve the relevant systems on disclosure of patent application based the genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge for Chinese entry into this treaty.
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