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==Treaties on Intellectual Property==
==Treaties on Intellectual Property==
As early as 1873, the need for international protection for intellectual property was realized after foreign exhibitors declined to participate in the Hungary-Vienna International Exhibition of Inventions because of fear that their ideas might be stolen and it will be used for commercial purposes. This prompted the Congress in Vienna to enact a temporary but secure protection for the intellectual property rights of exhibitors. By 1878, Vienna led the International Congress on Industrial Property which was held in Paris and it was resolved that an international diplomatic conference is necessary to discuss a uniform legislation regarding industrial property between countries. In 1880, a diplomatic conference was held in Paris where a draft convention was created.<ref>
[http://www.lex-ip.com/Paris.pdf Commentary on the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]</ref>
===Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property===
The first major international treaty for the protection of industrial property was created in 1883 known as '''Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property'''.<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/paris/trtdocs_wo020.html Treaty of Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]</ref> The original treaty was signed by Belgium, Brazil, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Spain and Switzerland.<ref>[http://www.lex-ip.com/Paris.pdf
Commentary on the Original Signatories of the Paris Convention]</ref> The treaty took effect on July 7, 1884 wherein Great Britain, Tunisia and Ecuador also joined the treaty.The United Stated joined by 1887. The treaty was revised several times on December 14, 1900 at Brussels, June 2, 1911 in Washington, November 16, 1925 in Hague, October 31, 1958 in Lisbon, July 14, 1967 in Lisbon, and the latest amendment was done on September 28, 1979. At present, there are 173 countries signed in the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?lang=en&treaty_id=2 Members of the Paris Convention]</ref>
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