All India Bar Examination (AIBE) 15-XV Previous Year Question Papers with Answers

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43.

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has replaced pre-existing

A: GATT
B: BIRPI
C: TPRM
D: PCT

The answer is: B

Explanation

The correct option is B: BIRPI.

BIRPI stands for the United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property, which was the immediate predecessor of WIPO. The Convention establishing WIPO came into force in 1970 and transformed BIRPI into WIPO, a member state-led, intergovernmental organization with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. BIRPI was established in 1893 as a combination of the two secretariats that administered the Paris and Berne Conventions, the first international treaties on intellectual property. WIPO administers 26 international treaties on various aspects of intellectual property protection and cooperation.