Intellectual Property Rights - 32. page

Trade Names : Protection must be granted to trade names in each contracting State without the obligation of filing or registration.

Indications of Source : Measures must be taken by each contracting State against direct or indirect use of a false indication of the source of the goods or the identity of […]

Common Rules : The Convention lays down a few common rules which all the contracting States must follow. The more important are the following: Patents 1. Patents granted in different contracting […]

Industrial Designs : Industrial designs must be protected in each contracting State, and protection may not be forfeited on the ground that the articles incorporating the design are not manufactured in […]

Competing Rationales for Protection of IPRs : Intellectual property laws give people the right to own and profit from their artistic, scientific and technological creations for a designated period of time. […]

Leading International Instruments Concerning IPR : The International Intellectual Property System is in fact a system of accumulated practices rather than a set of fixed rules. It is the practice of […]

World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) : The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual […]

WIPO and WTO : WIPO expanded its role and further demonstrated the importance of intellectual property rights in the management of globalized trade in 1996 by entering into a cooperation agreement […]

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property : The Paris Union, established by the Convention, has an Assembly and an Executive Committee. Every State member of the Union which has […]

National Treatment : Under the provisions on national treatment, the Convention provides that, as regards the protection of industrial property, each contracting State must grant the same protection to nationals of […]