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

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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