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WIPO/INDIP/RT/98/2
ORIGINAL:
English
DATE:
July 21, 1998

WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION

GENEVA

ROUNDTABLE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Geneva, July 23 and 24, 1998

INTRODUCTION TO COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBORING RIGHTS

Document prepared by the International Bureau

Slide 1

BASIC NOTIONS OF COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBORING RIGHTS

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

COPYRIGHT / NEIGHBORING RIGHTS

Examples:

- Inventions

- Trade Marks

Slide 2

BASIC NOTIONS OF COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBORING RIGHTS

I COPYRIGHT

(i) Works Protected

(ii) Rights Granted

(iii) Limitations

(iv) Duration of Protection

(v) Ownership & Transfer

(vi) Enforcement

II NEIGHBORING RIGHTS

(i) Beneficiaries

(ii) Rights Granted

(iii) Limitations

(iv) Duration

(v) Enforcement

Slide 3

WORKS PROTECTED - SOME EXAMPLES

Literary Works Computer Software

Art Databases

Music Photographs

Audiovisual Works

Slide 4

EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC RIGHTS GRANTED

1. Reproduction

2. Public Performance

3. Broadcasting

4. Communication to the Public

5. Translation English - French

Slide 5

EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC RIGHTS GRANTED (con't)

6. Adaptation

7. Distribution

8. Rental

9. Importation

Slide 6

MORAL RIGHTS

AUTHORSHIP

INTEGRITY

Slide 7

LIMITATIONS

EXCEPTIONS

1. Free Uses (private, quotation, news)

2. Non-voluntary Licenses

Slide 8

DURATION OF PROTECTION

50 Years p.m.a.

Slide 9

OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER

Ownership

author

successor

employer

commissioner

Transfer

assignments

licenses

Slide 10

BASIC NOTIONS OF COPYRIGHT

ENFORCEMENT

Conservatory / Provisional Measures

Civil Remedies

Criminal Sanctions

Border Measures

Slide 11

BASIC NOTIONS OF NEIGHBORING RIGHTS

(i) Beneficiaries

(ii) Rights Granted

(iii) Limitations

(iv) Duration

(v) Enforcement

Slide 12

BENEFICIARIES PROTECTED

Performers

Sound Recording Producers

Broadcasters

Slide 13

RIGHTS GRANTED TO PERFORMERS

Recording

Reproduction

Broadcast

Slide 14

RIGHTS GRANTED TO PRODUCERS

Reproduction

Importation

Distribution

Slide 15

RIGHTS GRANTED TO BROADCAASTERS

Rebroadcast

Fixation

Reproduction

Slide 16

LIMITATIONS

Private use of short excerpts

News reporting

Ephemeral fixation (for own use)

Teaching or research

Slide 17

DURATION

20 years or 50 years from:

Performance: took place

Performance: fixed in phonograms

Phonogram: made

Broadcast: took place

Slide 18

ENFORCEMENT

Conservatory / Provisional Measures

Civil Remedies

Criminal Sanctions

Border Measures