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===Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary Artistic Works===

===Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary Artistic Works===

The Association Littéraire et Artistique International initiated the establishment for international copyright protection as influenced by the French copyright law, "droit d'auteur."<ref>[http://multitudes.samizdat.net/Petite-histoire-des-batailles-du A Short History of Copyright Battles]</ref> The Association drafted a treaty, which was introduced in 1886 in Berne, Switzerland. Subsequently, the '''Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary Artistic Works''' was created to provide international protection for the intellectual property rights of authors and artists who are citizens of the countries that are member of the convention. The authors or artists have the right to control, and receive payment for their works such as architectural works, drawings, music, novels, poems, plays, short stories, songs, operas,paintings and sculptures. The first signatories of the treaty were Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia and The United Kingdom. The United States did not become part of the Berne Convention until March 1, 1989.<ref>[http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ38a.pdf International Copyright Relations of the United States]</ref>

The Association Littéraire et Artistique International initiated the establishment for international copyright protection as influenced by the French copyright law, "droit d'auteur."<ref>[http://multitudes.samizdat.net/Petite-histoire-des-batailles-du A Short History of Copyright Battles]</ref> The Association drafted a treaty, which was introduced in 1886 in Berne, Switzerland. Subsequently, the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary Artistic Works was created to provide international protection for the intellectual property rights of authors and artists who were citizens of the countries that were member of the convention. The authors or artists have the right to control and receive payment for their works, including architectural works, drawings, music, novels, poems, plays, short stories, songs, operas, paintings and sculptures. The first signatories of the treaty were Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia and the United Kingdom. The United States did not become part of the Berne Convention until March 1, 1989.<ref>[http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ38a.pdf International Copyright Relations of the United States]</ref>

The Berne Convention, just like the Paris Convention, established an International Bureau to handle administrative works. In 1893, the International Bureaus of the Paris Convention and the Berne Convention merged to create an '''United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI)''' which later became the [[WIPO|World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO) in 1967, headquartered in Berne, Switzerland.<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/general/ www.wipo.int]</ref>

The Berne Convention established an International Bureau to handle administrative works. In 1893, the International Bureaus of the Paris Convention and the Berne Convention merged to create a United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI), which later became the [[WIPO|World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO), headquartered in Berne, Switzerland.<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/general/ www.wipo.int]</ref>

Other treaties created to protect Intellectual Property that are administered by the WIPO include:<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ WIPO Administered Treaties for IP Protection]</ref>

There have been many other treaties created to protect Intellectual Property, which are administered by the WIPO. These include:<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ WIPO Administered Treaties for IP Protection]</ref>

* [[Brussels Convention]]

* Brussels Convention

* [[Madrid Agreement]](Indications of Source)

* Madrid Agreement (Indications of Source)

* [[Nairobi Treaty]]

* Nairobi Treaty

* [[Patent Law Treaty]]

* Patent Law Treaty

* [[Phonograms Convention]]

* Phonograms Convention

* [[Rome Convention]]

* Rome Convention

* [[Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks]]

* Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks

* [[Trademark Law Treaty]]

* Trademark Law Treaty

* [[Washington Treaty]]

* Washington Treaty

* [[WIPO Copyrigt Treaty]] (WCT)

* WIPO Copyrigt Treaty (WCT)

* [[WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty]] (WPPT)

* WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT)

==ICANN and Intellectual Property==

==ICANN and Intellectual Property==