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Background information note on the Legal Framework for Intellectual Property of the Holy See

Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Law No. 131 of February 22, 2011 on the Rights of Citizenship and Sojourn (2011) Law No. 71 of October 1, 2008 on the Source of Laws (2008) Fundamental Law of Vatican City State (2000) Law No. 4 of June 7, 1929 on Administrative Organization (1929) Law No. 5 of June 7, 1929 on Economic, Commercial and Professional Organization (1929) Law No. 6 of June 7, 1929 on Public Security (1929) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law No. 132 of March 19, 2011 on Copyright and Related Rights (2011)

Treaty Membership	WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Summary Table of Membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaties Administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs ... Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs ... Patent Cooperation Treaty ... Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations ... Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification ... Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (July 18, 1977) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (April 20, 1975) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (September 29, 1960) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (September 12, 1935) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Additional Protocol to the Multilateral Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation of Copyright Royalties ... Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States ... Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons ... Multilateral Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation of Copyright Royalties ... Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict ... Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (May 21, 1986) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (May 21, 1986) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (January 7, 1983) Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific or Cultural Materials (January 2, 1982) Protocol 1 annexed for Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971 concerning the application of that Convention to works of Stateless persons and refugees (May 6, 1980) Protocol 2 annexed for Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971 concerning the application of that Convention to works of certain international organizations (May 6, 1980) Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (May 6, 1980) Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (August 22, 1979) Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (June 24, 1958) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (May 24, 1958) Protocol 1 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as signed at Geneva on 6 September 1952 concerning the application of that Convention to works of stateless persons and refugees (October 5, 1955) Protocol 2 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as signed at Geneva on 6 September 1952 concerning the application of that Convention the works of certain international organizations (October 5, 1955) Universal Copyright Convention of 6 September 1952, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (October 5, 1955) Protocol 3 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as signed at Geneva on 6 September 1952 concerning the effective date of instruments of ratification or acceptance of or accession to that Convention (July 5, 1955) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (August 22, 1951) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (August 22, 1951) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (August 22, 1951)

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