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approval and involvement of these communities, and that mutually agreed
terms have been established.
115. Enhanced disclosure requirements in intellectual property legislation,
such as sources, should be adopted to protect the right of attribution of
communities whose traditional knowledge contributed to a patent application.
116. States should develop strategies to assist user countries in the assessment
of patent applications that contain domestically sourced genetic resources or
associated traditional knowledge. Ideally, intellectual property offices should
take the lead in coordinated efforts among local stakeholders to develop
dossiers on identified priority biological resources.
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