World IP/FtP/ book-related developments Madrid becomes first UNESCO World Book Capital City, a program instigated by IPA President Pere Vicens. IPA is an ongoing member of the WBCC advisory committee.
IPA President Pere Vicens (ES). Other IPA notable occasions IPA Vice Presidents: Asoke K Ghosh (IN), Ana Maria Cabanellas (AR). World IP/FtP/ book-related developments Cartagena Protocol to the CBD adopted.
IPA Secretary General Benoît Müller.
Other IPA notable occasions ‘4th IPA Copyright Symposium, Tokyo. World IP/FtP/ book-related developments Digital Millenium Media Copyright Act adopted. Google founded.
IPA President Alain Gründ (FR). Other IPA notable occasions IPA Centenary Celebrations in Barcelona IPA. Vice Presidents: Pere Vicens (ES), Charles Ellis (USA). World IP/FtP/ book-related developments Adoption of WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT).
IPA President Fernando Guedes (PT) World IP/FtP/ book-related developments IFEX founded in 1992 in Canada, African Publishers Network (APNET) and Asia Pacific Publishers Association founded.
Other IPA notable occasions ‘3rd IPA Copyright Symposium, Turin, STM Association established in the Hague. World IP/FtP/ book-related developments Amazon.com founded. Russian Federation joins the Berne Convention. Piracy of Intellectual Property and the Measures Needed to Counter it
World IP/FtP/ book-related developments Norwegian publisher William Nygaard shot 3 times outside his home for publishing Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Rio de Janeiro results in a multilateral treaty.
Other IPA notable occasions 2nd IPA Copyright Symposium, Paris. World IP/FtP/ book-related developments GELC becomes Federation of European Publishers .
IPA President Andrew Neilly (USA) World IP/FtP/ book-related developments International Federation for Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO) formally established USA becomes signatory to the Berne Convention. 23rd Congress of the IPA – London – Congress Digest