BIRPI

Japanese: BIRPI

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［History］
WIPO is the successor to the International Joint Bureau for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI), which was the joint secretariat of the Union under the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (also known as the Paris Convention, both abbreviated as the Paris Convention) and the Union under the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Berne Union). Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. …

From the World Intellectual Property Organization:

*Some of the terminology that mentions "BIRPI" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

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［沿革］
　WIPOは，〈工業所有権の保護に関するパリ条約〉(パリ条約ともいう。ともに略称)に基づく同盟(パリ同盟)およびこの同盟に関連して設立された特別の同盟および協定と，〈文学的及び美術的著作物の保護に関するベルヌ条約〉(略称ベルヌ条約)に基づく同盟(ベルヌ同盟)の合同事務局であった知的所有権保護国際合同事務局(略称BIRPI)の後継機関である。本部はスイスのジュネーブ。…