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1901-1938
This
page highlights key events in Australian and overseas
intellectual property law and practice from 1901 to 1938.
It covers -
It supplements the Intellectual Property guide page
regarding Australia and the separate profile
on Australian court and tribunal decisions regarding copyright.
Context is provided by the multi-page communications &
media timeline on this site.
federation
1901
German Gesetz betr. das Urheberrecht an Werken der
Literatur und der Tonkunst
1903 US Supreme Court rules in favour of Edison
that the copyright protection of photographs extends to
films
1903 Bleistein v Donaldson in US
1903 Institute for Musical Performing Rights (AFMA) established
by Genossenschaft Deutscher Tonsetzer (GDT)
1903 Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs und mechanische
Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA) formed in Germany
1903 Australian Patents Act
1905 Australian Trade Marks Act
1905 Fisons pine tree logo is first registered mark under
new Australian Act
1905 terroirs (geographic indications) law in France
1905 Australian Copyright Act 1905
1905 US Trademark Act extends protection to interstate
commerce
1906 Australian Designs Act 1906
Berlin Convention
1908 Berlin Convention adds photography, film and sound
recordings to Berne
1908 Attorney-General (NSW) v Brewery Employees Union
(NSW) - 'Union Label Case'
1909 Australian Patents Act
1909 Anstalt für mechanisch-musikalische Rechte GmbH
(aka AMMRE) founded in Germany regarding mechanical reproduction
rights
1909 US copyright law prohibits "unauthorized mechanical
reproduction of musical compositions"
1910 Inter-American Convention for the Protection of Industrial
Property
1911 UK Copyright Act extends protection on 'life+50'
model
1911 Performing Right Society (PRS) founded in UK
1912 Australian Copyright Act 1912 reflects UK
Act of 1911
1912 Australian Trade Marks Act
1912 Kalem
v Harper Bros dispute over unauthorised adaptation of
Ben Hur
1912 Authors' League of America founded
1912 US Authors' Guild founded
1913 American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers
(ASCAP) formed in US
1924 Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) founded
in UK
1925 Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit
of Industrial Designs
CISAC
1926 Confederation Internationale des Societes Auteurs
& Compositeurs (CISAC) founded
1926 Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd (APRA)
founded
1928 Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers,
Producers of Phonograms & Broadcasting Organizations adds
broadcasting to Berne
1929 Bureau International des Sociétés Gérant les Droits
D'Enregistrement et les Reproduction Mecanique (BIEM)
founded
US Plant Patent Act
1930 US Plant Patent Act
1934 Gramophone Co v Cawardine & Co case
in UK results in payment to owners of sound recordings
for broadcasts and public performances
1935 Australian Knowles Committee on industrial property
1935 appellations d'origine contrôlée
law in France
1935 informal agreement in US between publishers and libraries
about single copies for scholarly purposes
1937 Victoria Park v Taylor case in Australia
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