PART I
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Section 1
Title/Short Title
§1.1 Title
This Act is entitled “An Act to Repeal An Act Adopting a New Copyright Law of the Republic of Liberia
approved July 23, 1997; and the Industrial Property Act of Liberia Approved March 20, 2003, constituting
Title 24 of the Liberian Code of Laws Revised, and to enact in their stead a New Title 24 to be known as
the “Liberia Intellectual Property Act, 2014”.
§1.2 Short Title/Citation
This Act may be cited as the “Intellectual Property Act”
Section 2
REPEALER
§ 2.1 “An Act Adopting a New Copyright Law of the Republic of Liberia, July 23, 1997”
The Act Adopting a New Copyright Law of the Republic of Liberia, July 23, 1997” is hereby repealed in
its entirety.
§ 2.2 The Industrial Property Act
The Industrial Property Act of Liberia of March 20, 2003 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
Section 3
DEFINITIONS
§3.1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.
“Anonymous work” means a work on the copies or sound recordings of which no natural person is
identified as author.
“Anti-trust laws” means statutes directed against unlawful restraints of trade and monopolies.
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