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Intellectual property in Mauritania

Intellectual Property

National Organisations
The Ministry of Mining and Industry has jurisdiction over matters of protecting intellectual property. For authors' rights, protection falls under the Department of Cultural Cooperation and the Protection of Authors' Rights of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Orientation.
Regional Organisations
Mauritania is one of the 16 member countries of AIPO, African Intellectual Property Organization, The current regulation concerning intellectual property is based on the Bangui treaty of 1977.
International Membership
Member of the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Signatory to the Paris Convention For the Protection of Intellectual Property
 

National Regulation and International Agreements

 
Type of property and law Validity International Agreements Signed
Patent
 
Law n° 17/97 relating to the protection of industrial property.
20 years Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
Trademark
 
Treaty revising the Bangui Treaty of March 2, 1977 on the creation of African Organization for Intellectual Property, February 1999
 10 years, renewable for consecutive 10-year periods
Design
 
Treaty revising the Bangui Treaty of March 2, 1977
5 years, renewable for two consecutive 5-year periods  
Copyright
 
Treaty revising the Bangui Treaty of March 2, 1977
Until 70 years after the author's death Berne convention For the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
WIPO Copyright Treaty
Industrial Models
 
Treaty revising the Bangui Treaty of March 2, 1977
5 years, renewable for two consecutive periods of 5 years  

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