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WIPO CELEBRATES WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DAY, 26 APRIL 2014
On April 26 every year, The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property Day in order to promote discussion of the role of intellectual property (IP) in
CHINA RATIFIES THE BEIJING TREATY !
Concluded in 2012, the WIPO Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual performances (BTAP) is an international treaty acknowledging, for the first time, the intellectual property rights of performers with regard to their
THE BEIJING TREATY IS BORN !
The Beijing Treaty is born! FIA celebrates as the Diplomatic conference adopts the long-awaited WIPO Treaty on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances On the 26th of June, the «Beijing Treaty»
FIA DELEGATES WELCOME THE BEIJING TREATY
FIA delegates were enthusiastic and hopeful after the Treaty on audiovisual performances was eventually finalised and signed in Beijing on June 26th. Agnete Haaland, Jean Rogers, Simon Burke and Ferne
MAIN COMMITTEE I ADOPTS THE 20 SUBSTANTIVE ARTICLES
The second day of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference in Beijing began with a meeting of Main Committee I, the committee responsible for the work on the substantive articles of the
THE DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE IN BEIJING GETS OFF TO A POSITIVE START
The first day of the diplomatic conference got off to a smooth and consensual al start, which augures well for the negotiations in the coming days. The morning session of the
THE FIA DELEGATION ARRIVES IN BEIJING
FIA is sending a hefty delegation to Beijing, to see the conclusion of a negotiation that has taken more than 15 years to come to term. 27 FIA delegates are
FIA GAINS RESUMPTION OF THE WIPO DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE ON AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCES
The General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has unanimously approved a recommendation which moves to resume the suspended Diplomatic Conference of 2000, in order to conclude the
