BIRPI

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BIRPIBureaux Internationaux Reunis pour la Protection de la Propiete Intellectuelle (United International Bureaus for Protection of Intellectual Property)
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In 1960, BIRPI moved from Berne to Geneva, Switzerland and in 1974 it became WIPO.
Protecting your intellectual property: issues surrounding a research organization's IP have changed with the times--security and protection have become more difficult as industries have evolved from primarily manufacturing to knowledge-based economies
As the importance of intellectual property grew, BIRPI moved from Berne, Switzerland to Geneva to be closer to the United Nations.
The winners and the losers: the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and its effects on developing countries
Professor Gervais defines four stages of development of international copyright conventions: the pre-1883 bilateral phase; the 1883-1971 BIRPI phase (so named for the Bureaux Internationaux Reunis pour la Protection de la Propriete Intellectuelle under which the Paris and Berne Conventions were administered); the 1971-1994 TRIPs phase, which included the signing of the 1971 Paris Act of the Berne Convention and the negotiation of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights; and the now current, post-1994 paradigmatic phase in which new technologies have new challenges.
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