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The Pan-African Intellectual Property Organization (PAIPO) Draft Statute

Posted on Nov 2, 2012

The Pan-African Intellectual Property Organization (PAIPO) Draft Statute

Introduction Because intellectual property rights are territorial in nature (i.e. they have to be recognised by the country in which protection is sought), since the expansion of cross-border trade in the 19th century, authors, creators, designers, inventors and traders have sought similar protection in other countries to that which they enjoy in their domestic legal systems, or, at least, be afforded the protection enjoyed by nationals of the foreign country.  This need initially gave rise to a number of bilateral agreements, and then multilateral treaties or conventions. These treaties or...

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