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Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), Annex to
the Marrakesh Agreement, which set up the World Trade Organization.
3.3. Institutional framework
3.3.1. General remarks
The establishment of the intellectual property system in Mozambique entailed accession to some
regional and international organizations that were active in the sphere of intellectual property.
In this context, Mozambique is a member of the following organizations:
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The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization, through Resolution No. 34/99
of November 16, 1999;
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), through Resolution No. 12/96 of
June 18, 1996;
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The World Trade Organization, through Resolution No. 31/94 of September 20, 1994.
3.3.2. Concerning copyright
The following institutions were set up for the administration of copyright:
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The National Book and Disk Institute (INLD) through Order No. 119/75 of November
22, 1975 and Decree No. 4/91 approved the corresponding Organic Statute;
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The Mozambican Society of Authors (SOMAS).
The INLD has formed partnerships with various national and international bodies, in particular:
At the national level: the INLD has links with the Mozambican Society of Authors (SOMAS),
the Mozambican Association of Musicians (AMMO), the Association of Writers of Mozambique
(AEMO), the Industrial Property Institute (IPI), the Ministry of Health’s Department of
Traditional Medicine, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT), and the National
Audiovisual and Cinema Institute (INAC).
3.3.3. Concerning industrial property rights
In 1995, the Central Industrial Property Department (DCPI) was set up under the National
Industry Directorate, itself, in turn, tied to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIC), which
played a key role in laying the foundations for the creation, by Decree 50/2003 of December 24,