Intellectual property in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Intellectual Property

National Organisations: The Institute for Intellectual Property
International Membership: Member of the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Signatory to the Paris Convention For the Protection of Intellectual Property

Type of property and law	Validity	International Agreements Signed
Patent Industrial Property Law, 2002	20 years or 10 years (short-term), may be extended in some cases for up to additional 5 years	Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
Trademark Industrial Property Law, 2002	10 years (renewable for indefinite number of times)	Trademark Law Treaty Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
Design Industrial Designs	10 years
Copyright Law on copyright and related rights, 2002	70 years after the author's death	Berne convention For the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms Rome ConventionFor the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations WIPO Copyright Treaty WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty

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