IPA President Albert Brockhaus (DE) IPA Secretary General Alfred Melly Other IPA notable occasions IPA office moves to Berne (Place du Théâtre 2).
IPA President John Murray (UK)
IPA President Emile Bruylant (BE)
IPA President Georges Masson (FR) IPA Secretary General Lucien Layus – honorary Other IPA notable occasions IPA founded as International Publishers Congress, based in Paris. World IP/FtP/ book-related developments Berne Convention first version completed on 4 May at Paris.
World IP/FtP/ book-related developments Creation of United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property in Bern (BRPI) with a staff complement of 7.
World IP/FtP/ book-related developments Net price principle, where publishers offer booksllers a discount as long as books are sold at no less than a price fixed by the publisher, adopted in Germany.
World IP/FtP/ book-related developments Berne Convention For The Protection Of Literary And Artistic Works first signed by Belgium, France, Germany, Haiti, Italy, Liberia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, and the United Kingdom.