AIATSIS Submission - Protection of Indigenous Knowledge in the Intellectual Property System

In this submission AIATSIS largely welcomes the suite of proposals outlined in the consultation paper. In addition AIATSIS provides a detailed a number of issues to be considered in relation to the proposals:

• Support for legislative reform, acknowledging the challenges of this strategy
• How engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be undertaken in relation to the intellectual property system
• The need for a coordinated government approach to ensuring the protection of Indigenous Knowledge.