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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.