Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

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international copyright treaty multilateral treaty

The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is an international agreement that sets minimum standards for copyright protection and ensures that authors’ rights are recognized across member countries without formal registration requirements.

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Label	Occurrences
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works canonical	25
Berne Convention	2
1971 Paris Act of the Berne Convention	1
Articles of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works	1
Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988	1
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (administered by WIPO)	1
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (as applied in UK law)	1
Berne Convention term standards	1
Brussels Act of the Berne Convention	1
Rome Act of the Berne Convention	1
Stockholm Act of the Berne Convention	1
Stockholm Act of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works	1
WIPO-administered Berne Convention	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T132583 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Context triple: [World Intellectual Property Organization, administersTreaty, Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works]

A. Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is a foundational international agreement that harmonizes and safeguards patent, trademark, and other industrial property rights across its member countries.
B. WIPO Convention
The WIPO Convention is the international treaty that established the World Intellectual Property Organization and defines its mandate, structure, and functions in promoting and protecting intellectual property worldwide.
C. Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is a key international treaty that sets minimum global standards for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights among World Trade Organization members.
D. World Intellectual Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization is a global intergovernmental body that develops and oversees international rules and services for the protection of intellectual property rights.
E. Constitution of UNESCO
The Constitution of UNESCO is the foundational legal charter that establishes the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s purposes, structure, and guiding principles.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Target entity description: The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is an international agreement that sets minimum standards for copyright protection and ensures that authors’ rights are recognized across member countries without formal registration requirements.

A. Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is a foundational international agreement that harmonizes and safeguards patent, trademark, and other industrial property rights across its member countries.
B. WIPO Convention
The WIPO Convention is the international treaty that established the World Intellectual Property Organization and defines its mandate, structure, and functions in promoting and protecting intellectual property worldwide.
C. Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is a key international treaty that sets minimum global standards for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights among World Trade Organization members.
D. World Intellectual Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization is a global intergovernmental body that develops and oversees international rules and services for the protection of intellectual property rights.
E. Constitution of UNESCO
The Constitution of UNESCO is the foundational legal charter that establishes the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s purposes, structure, and guiding principles.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international copyright treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ
administeredBy	WIPO ⓘ linked to: World Intellectual Property Organization World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
adoptionDate	1886-09-09 ⓘ
allows	longer terms of protection under national law ⓘ
concludedAt	Berne, Switzerland ⓘ linked to: Bern, Switzerland
countryOfConclusion	Switzerland ⓘ
entryIntoForce	1887-12-05 ⓘ
establishes	minimum standards of copyright protection ⓘ
hasRevision	Berlin revision of 1908 ⓘ Brussels revision of 1948 ⓘ Paris Act of 1971 ⓘ Rome revision of 1928 ⓘ Stockholm revision of 1967 ⓘ
includesProvision	moral rights of authors ⓘ right of adaptation ⓘ right of broadcasting ⓘ right of public performance ⓘ right of reproduction ⓘ right of translation ⓘ
influenced	national copyright laws worldwide ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ other official UN languages ⓘ
membershipType	open to any state ⓘ
minimumTermOfProtection	life of the author plus 50 years ⓘ
prohibits	formal registration as a condition for copyright protection ⓘ
protects	artistic works ⓘ choreographic works ⓘ cinematographic works ⓘ dramatic works ⓘ illustrations, maps, plans, sketches and three-dimensional works relative to geography, topography, architecture or science ⓘ literary works ⓘ musical works ⓘ photographic works ⓘ works of drawing, painting, architecture, sculpture, engraving and lithography ⓘ
relatedTo	Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ⓘ TRIPS Agreement ⓘ linked to: Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Universal Copyright Convention ⓘ
requires	automatic protection without formalities ⓘ independence of protection ⓘ national treatment ⓘ protection in member states without formal registration requirements ⓘ
shortName	Berne Convention ⓘ linked to: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
subject	authors’ rights ⓘ copyright law ⓘ intellectual property ⓘ

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Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Intellectual Property Organization → administersTreaty → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights → linkedTo → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

WIPO Convention → relatedTo → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

U.S. Copyright Act → amendedBy → Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988 ⓘ

linked to: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works → shortName → Berne Convention ⓘ

linked to: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

WIPO Copyright Treaty → complements → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations → relatedTo → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

WIPO-administered treaties → includes → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

Paris Act of 1971 → partOf → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

Paris Act of 1971 → alsoKnownAs → 1971 Paris Act of the Berne Convention ⓘ

linked to: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

Brussels revision of 1948 → partOf → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

Brussels revision of 1948 → alsoKnownAs → Brussels Act of the Berne Convention ⓘ

linked to: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

Rome revision of 1928 → partOf → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

Rome revision of 1928 → follows → Berne Convention ⓘ

linked to: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

Rome revision of 1928 → hasShortName → Rome Act of the Berne Convention ⓘ

linked to: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

Stockholm revision of 1967 → partOf → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

Stockholm revision of 1967 → alsoKnownAs → Stockholm Act of the Berne Convention ⓘ

linked to: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

Universal Copyright Convention → influencedBy → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

WCT → updates → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

WCT → supplements → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act → implementsOrAlignsWith → Berne Convention term standards ⓘ

linked to: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

WIPO member states → canJoin → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (administered by WIPO) ⓘ

linked to: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances → relatedTo → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled → relatedTo → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

contracting states of the Berne Union → definedBy → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

contracting states of the Berne Union → legalBasis → Articles of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

linked to: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

contracting states of the Berne Union → administeredUnder → WIPO-administered Berne Convention ⓘ

linked to: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

International Bureau of the Berne Union → administers → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

International Bureau of the Berne Union → overseesImplementationOf → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

International Bureau of the Berne Union → legalBasis → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

Universal Copyright Convention → relatedTo → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

subject linked to: UCC

Protocol 2 concerning the application to works of certain international organizations → relatedTo → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

Stockholm Diplomatic Conference → resultedIn → Stockholm Act of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

linked to: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

Stockholm Diplomatic Conference → relatedToTreaty → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 → implements → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (as applied in UK law) ⓘ

linked to: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

European intellectual property system → basedOn → Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ

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