1901-68

1903 US Supreme Court rules in favour of Edison that the copyright protection of photographs extends to films

1903 Bleistein v Donaldson in US

1903 Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA) formed in Germany

1903 Australian Patents Act

1905 Australian Trade Marks Act

1905 Fisons pine tree logo is first registered mark under new Australian Act

1905 Australian Copyright Act 1905

1905 US Trademark Act extends protection to interstate commerce

1906 Australian Designs Act 1906

1908 Berlin Convention adds photography, film and sound recordings to Berne

1909 Australian Patents Act

1909 US copyright law prohibits "unauthorized mechanical reproduction of musical compositions"

1910 Inter-American Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property

1911 UK Copyright Act extends protection on 'life+50' model

1911 Performing Right Society (PRS) founded in UK

1912 Australian Copyright Act 1912 reflects UK Act of 1911

1912 Australian Trade Marks Act

1912 Kalem v Harper Bros dispute over unauthorised adaptation of Ben Hur

1913 American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) formed in US

1924 Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) founded in UK

1925 Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs

1926 Confederation Internationale des Societes Auteurs & Compositeurs (CISAC) founded

1926 Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd (APRA) founded

1928 Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms & Broadcasting Organizations adds broadcasting to Berne

1929 Bureau International des Sociétés Gérant les Droits D'Enregistrement et les Reproduction Mecanique (BIEM) founded

1930 US Plant Patent Act

1934 Gramophone Co v Cawardine & Co cae in UK results in payment to owners of sound recordings for broadcasts and public performances

1935 Australian Knowles Committee on industrial property

1935 informal agreement in US between publishers and libraries about single copies for scholarly purposes

1937 Victoria Park v Taylor case in Australia

1940 BMI formed in US

1946 US Lanham Act passed - foundation of US cybersquatting legislation

1948 Brussels Convention adds television to Berne

1949 UK Registered Designs Act

1951 Australian Dean Committee on industrial property

1952 Universal Copyright Convention (UCC)

1953 New Zealand Trademarks Act

1953 New Zealand Patents Act

1953 New Zealand Design Act

1956 UK Copyright Act

1956 Copyright Owners Reproduction Society Ltd (CORS) formed in Australia

1959 Spicer Committee on copyright in Australia

1961 Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms & Broadcasting Organizations (Rome 2)

1961 International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants

1962 Wihtol v Crow in US

1962 SESAC formed in US

1967 United Nations Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization

1967 Stockholm Protocol for developing countries

1968 Copyright Act 1968

1968 Copyright Tribunal established

1968 Roland Barthes' The Death of the Author





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