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Provision for Temporary Protection
- When
- 20 March 1883
- Where
- Paris, France
Article 11 required temporary protection for goods exhibited at official international exhibitions.
The convention mandated temporary protection for patentable inventions, utility models, designs, and trademarks exhibited at official international exhibitions. National laws could also provide protection by preserving novelty and preventing usurpation during the exhibition period.
Sources
- Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-24
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