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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 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 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>

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 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 was necessary to discuss 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===

===Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property===