ARTICLE · 16 JANUARY 1998
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property Bulletin, April 1997
JordanMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
UAE to Revise Copyright Act
The United Arab Emirates, UAE, will have to revise its copyright act issued in 1992 to comply with international agreements on the protetion of copyrights and thus honour its commitments to the World Trade Organistion (WTO), a top visiting international copyright expert says.
In an interview with UAE's Gulf News, Larry Allman, Head of the Copyright (International Treaties) Section at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a UN body, said that the UAE would have to revise its existing copyright act to comply with the Agreement On Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) which is part of the WTO.
Mr. Allman pointed out that the TRIPs agreement incorporates the main provisions of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works signed in 1886; it also includes some additional articles or Berne Plus Elements'.
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