paris and berne conventions
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Kuwait will become a member of both the Paris and Berne Conventions on December 2. Kuwait will become Paris and members of the Berne Convention on 2 December.
The "Paris Convention" is the abbreviation of the "Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property", which was concluded in 1883. It stipulates three basic principles in terms of intellectual property rights:
1. The principle of national treatment. That is, nationals of the contracting country can enjoy the national treatment of the country being applied for in terms of industrial property rights protection.
2. Priority principle. That is, a person who files a formal application for invention patent, utility model, or design registration in a member state shall enjoy priority if he files an application with the same content in other member states of the Convention within a specific period after the formal application.
3. The principle of independent protection of patent and trademark rights. Its contents include: first, the acquisition of trademark and patent rights is independent of each other in different member states; second, the elimination of power is independent of each other; third, the substantive content of full protection is independent of each other; fourth, the scope of protection of patent and trademark rights is also independent of each other. independent.
The "Berne Convention" is the abbreviation of the "Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works". It was concluded in September 1886 and came into effect on December 5, 1887. It is the earliest international copyright in the world and has the largest number of members. convention. Its basic principles are:
1. The principle of national treatment. That is to say, the author enjoys rights in relation to his completed works, and in other contracting countries other than the G7 countries, he enjoys the rights that the laws of each country currently grant or will grant in the future to its nationals, as well as the rights specially stipulated in the Convention.
2. Automatic protection principle. The Convention stipulates that authors enjoy and exercise the copyright of their works in other Union member states in accordance with the principle of national treatment without completing any formalities.
3. The principle of independent protection. Refers to the author's enjoyment and exercise of copyright in the member states of the Union, independent of the enjoyment and exercise of his copyright in the country of origin.
4. The principle of minimum protection. The Convention emphasizes that the rights that authors should obtain in accordance with the special provisions of this Convention shall not be harmed in any way. That is, authors protected under this Convention, in member countries other than the country where the work originated, in addition to enjoying national treatment, also enjoy the rights specially granted by this Convention. right.
5. The principle of reciprocity. The Berne Convention provides that authors who are not members of the Union and whose works were first published in an Allied country shall enjoy the national treatment of copyrights stipulated in this article with respect to works published in member countries of the Union.
6. Resale right. As for the resale right, this right can only be claimed in countries that provide each other with legislative protection for the resale right. Member states whose domestic legislation does not protect the resale right will not be subject to this restriction.