OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE TOGOLESE REPUBLIC
August 2, 1991
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computer programs;
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folklore and works derived from folklore, such as they are described in Chapter II
below.
Art. 7 – The title of a work shall enjoy the same protection as the work itself, and may not be
used to distinguish a work of the same kind if such use is liable to create confusion.
Art. 8 – Under the terms of this Law:
– "Original work" means a work which, by its characteristic elements and its form, or
by its form alone, enables its author to be identified.
– "Derivative work" means a work based on preexisting elements.
– "Work of joint authorship" means a work, the creation of which is the result of
contributions on the part of two or more authors, irrespective of whether it constitutes
an indivisible whole or is composed of parts having independent creative character.
– "Composite work" means a new work in which a preexisting work or elements
thereof is/are incorporated without the collaboration of the author of that work.
– "Collective work" means a work created on the initiative of a natural person or legal
entity who or which discloses it under his or its direction and name, where the
personal contributions of the various authors who participated in its creation are
merged in the whole for which they were made, so that it is impossible to attribute to
each author a separate right in the whole work once completed.
– "Posthumous work" means a work made accessible to the public only after the death
of its author.