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The legal principles that govern the protection and fostering of innovation enjoy a degree of universality that is remarkable in the field of international law. In many respects there is substantial agreement, particularly among the developed countries, as to the range of intellectual property for which protection is warranted, the criteria for granting such protection, its duration and the circumstances under which rights to intellectual property may be perfected internationally. The extent of this consensus is evidenced by the 97 nations which are now members of the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, one of the oldest multinational treaties still in force.1
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© 1987 Stephen A. Bent, Richard L. Schwaab, David G. Conlin, Donald D. Jeffery
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Bent, S.A., Schwaab, R.L., Conlin, D.G., Jeffery, D.D. (1987). Chaos or Emerging International Order in Biotechnology Proprietary Rights?. In: Intellectual Property Rights in Biotechnology Worldwide. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08009-0_1
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