WIPO- World Intellectual Property Organisation
This organisation provides IP services that encourage individuals and business to innovate and create. They provide knowledge to help people to understand Intellectual Property (WIPO, 2019).
The origins of WIPO can be traced to 1883, when 14 countries signed the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (The Writers of Encyclopedia Britannica, 2017).
WIPO’s membership consists of more than 180 countries. Its main policy-making body is the General Assembly, which convenes every two years. WIPO also holds a biennial conference, which determines the organization’s budget and programs. More than 170 nongovernmental organizations maintain observer status (The Writers of Encyclopedia Britannica, 2017).
Berne Convention
The core of the Berne Convention is its provision that each of the contracting countries shall provide automatic protection for works first published in other countries of the Berne union and for unpublished works whose authors are citizens of or resident in such other countries (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, 2019)
The Berne Convention, adopted in 1886, deals with the protection of works and the rights of their authors. It provides creators such as authors, musicians, poets, painters etc. with the means to control how their works are used, by whom, and on what terms (WIPO, 2019)
UNESCO
UNESCO’s initial emphasis was on rebuilding schools, libraries, and museums that had been destroyed in Europe during World War II. Since then its activities have been mainly facilitative, aimed at assisting, supporting, and complementing the national efforts of member states to eliminate illiteracy and to extend free education. UNESCO also seeks to encourage the free exchange of ideas and knowledge by organizing conferences and providing clearinghouse and exchange services (Mingst, K. 2018)
UCC
Universal Copyright Convention, (1952), convention adopted at Geneva by an international conference convened under the auspices of UNESCO, which for several years had been consulting with copyright experts from various countries. The convention came into force in 1955 (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, 1998)
TRIPS
An international agreement amongst all the members nations in the WTO, effective as of 1st January 1995. Specifies enforcement procedures, remedies and dispute resolution procedures.
WTO
The agreements cover goods, services and intellectual property and set procedures for settling disputes. The WTO require governments to make their trade polices transparent. WTO agreements contain special provision for developing countries, including longer time periods to implement agreements and commitments, measures to increase their trading opportunities, and support to help them build their trade capacity, to handle disputes and to implement technical standards (WTO,2019)
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https://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html
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WTO (2019) What we do. Retrieved from
Wikipedia (2019) Retrieved from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIPS_Agreement
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