Palau Intellectual Property Registration
Intellectual Property Rights
Palau is not a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the WTO, or any other organization or convention protecting intellectual property rights. Pirated DVDs imported from off-island are readily available. Palauan copyright law explicitly covers materials in which:
- One or more of the authors is or was on the date of first publication a national or resident of the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Palau District, or the Republic of Palau;
- The work is or was initially published in the Republic of Palau;
- The work is or was initially published in another country and also published in the Republic of Palau within 30 days thereafter, irrespective of the nationality or residence of the author;
- The work is an audiovisual work, the author of which is a resident of Palau; or
- The work is an architectural work erected in the Republic of Palau or is an artistic work incorporated into a building or other structure located in Palau.
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