Once I have protected my intellectual property rights in my country, are they automatically protected abroad?
- Author: International Trade Centre
- Main Title: Secrets of Intellectual Property , pp 11-11
- Publication Date: March 2004
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/444cee50-en
- Language: English French, Spanish
It is important to bear in mind that IP rights are ‘territorial rights’, which means that they are usually protected only in the country (e.g. France) or region (e.g. member States of the African Intellectual Property Organization [OAPI]) where protection has been applied for and obtained. Thus, a company that has duly filed an application to protect its patents, trademarks or industrial designs in its domestic market, and has been granted such rights, may soon discover that such rights offer no protection in export markets, unless the same rights have been applied for and granted by the national (or regional) IP office of the export market in question.
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ISBN (PDF):
9789213615508
Book DOI:
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Related Subject(s):
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International Trade and Finance
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