Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Part 1 Introduction -- 1 Introduction: mapping the evolution, state-of-play and future of the WIPO IGC -- 2 Revisiting the creation of the IGC: the limits of constructive ambiguity? -- 3 The evolution of the IGC from 2001 to 2016: an insider's perspective -- 4 Relationships between the work of the WIPO IGC and other forums -- Part 2 Substantive issues -- 5 Of disclosure 'straws' and IP system 'camels': patents, innovation, and the disclosure of origin requirement -- 6 The role of databases, contracts and codes of conduct -- 7 The legal protection of widely shared and dispersed traditional knowledge -- 8 Negotiating the public domain in an international framework for genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions -- 9 Traditional cultural expressions -- 10 Now you see it now you don't: the rise and fall of customary law in the IGC -- Part 3 Stakeholder perspectives -- 11 An indigenous perspective on the WIPO IGC -- 12 Genetic resources, traditional knowledge and disclosure obligations: some observations from the life science industry -- 13 Indigenous culture and Indigenous publishing: balancing protection, preservation and promotion -- 14 Disclosure requirements: Switzerland's perspective -- 15 India's position in the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Traditional Knowledge -- 16 The WIPO IGC: a U.S. perspective -- 17 Access and benefit sharing, intellectual property rights and the protection of traditional knowledge in Costa Rica: participation in and possible impacts of the IGC's work -- 18 New Zealand, m?tauranga M?ori and the IGC -- Part 4 The future of the IGC