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List of International and Regional Agreements / Treaties in Intellectual Property Rights

1886 Berne convention for the Protection of Literacy and Artistic Works
1891 Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source of Goods .
1891 Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
1891 Registration of Marks
1925 Hague Agreement concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs
1957 Nice Agreement concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purpose of the Registration of Marks
1958 Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration
1961 Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations
1968 Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classi fication for Industrial Design
1970 Patent convension Treaty ("PCT")
1971 Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification
1971 Geneva Conventin for the Protection of Producers of Phanagrams Against Unauthorised Duplication of Their Phonograms
1973 Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classi fication of the Figurative Elements of Marks
1974 Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite
1977 Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the purpose of Patent procedure
1981 Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol
1989 Washington Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits
1989 Protocol Relacting to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
1994 Trademark Law Treaty ("TLT") (1994)
1994 Trade Related Intellectual property Rights ("TRIPs")
1996 Community Trademarks (1996)
1996 Documents of the Diplomatic Conference on Certain Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Questions (Geneva, December 2-20,)
1996 WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)
1996 WIPO performance and phonagrams Treaty (WPPT)

PATENTS ON INDIAN BIO-RESOURCES ENLISTED

The Unit for Research and Development of Information Products (URDIP) of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has prepared a database of patents granted world-wide to Indian bio-resources, which include food crops, forest trees, marine organisms, microbial resources, livestock, other animals and agro-resources..................more

YASH RAJ FILMS ACCUSED OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

Yash Raj Films has been accused of copyright infringement in a lawsuit filed by the producers of a Tamil movie “Naan Avan Illai” against Yash Raj Chopra. They claim infringement of their copyright with YRC’s recent film "Ladies v. Ricky Bahl".

“Naan Avan Illai” released in 2007 is a remake of a 1974 movie by the same name and it was a remake of a 1962 Marathi film and play – “To Mee Navhech”................more

ANGELINA JOLIE ACCUSED OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

Angelina Jolie has been accused of copyright infringement by a Croatian journalist James Braddock. Braddock has filed a lawsuit against Jolie, Film District and the producers of Jolie's upcoming directorial debut, “In the Land of Blood And Honey”, claiming copyright infringement of his book entitled, “The Soul Shattering”. The actress however claims to have written the story for “In The Land of Blood and Honey”.............more