IPA Secretary General Alexis Koutchoumow. World IP/FtP/ book-related developments First edition of Cairo International Book Fair.
IPA President Ernest Lefebvre (NL) Other IPA notable occasions STM Group established within IPA World IP/FtP/ book-related developments Groupement des éditeurs de livres de la Communauté (GELC) founded, becoming the Federation of European Publishers in 1990.
World IP/FtP/ book-related developments Berne Convention Stockholm Conference, revision of the Berne Convention, Brussels Text, to be completed in 1971 at Paris.
IPA President Storer Lunt (USA). Other IPA notable occasions IPA creates Educational Publishing Group.
IPA Secretary General M. C. J. Hjalmar Pehrsson. Other IPA notable occasions IPA relocates to Geneva (Avenue Miremont 3). World IP/FtP/ book-related developments First edition of Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
IPA President Santiago Salvat Espasa (ES).
World IP/FtP/ book-related developments Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) founded Adoption of Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations administered jointly by WIPO, International Labour Organization (ILO), and UNESCO.
World IP/FtP/ book-related developments Penguin Books is unsuccessfully prosecuted under the UK’s Obscene Publications Act 1959 for the publication of D. H. Lawrence’s 1928 novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
IPA President Fritz Ross (AT).
IPA President Antonio Vallardi (IT).