Intellectual property in Uruguay

Intellectual Property

National Organisations: The National Directorate of Industrial Property . Uruguay signed the Paris Convention for the protection of industrial property along with the agreement establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Regional Organisations: Regional property right regulation in the Mercosur agreements framework.
International Membership: Membership to the TRIPS agreement - Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)

Type of property and law	Validity	International Agreements Signed
Patent Patent Law	Period of validity of 15 years
Trademark Trademark law	Period of validity of 10 years
Design Industrial Design Law	Period of validity of 5 years. Period renewable every 5 years.
Copyright Law Nº 9.739 of December 17th 1937, updated in 2003	Author: All his life 40 years after the author's death for his inheritors	WIPO Copyright Treaty
Industrial Models Law number 17.164, directing rights and obligations relating to invention patents, utility models, designs and industrial models.	20 years

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