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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"> icevi-spevi@googlegroups.com [mailto:icevi-spevi@googlegroups.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Frances Gentle<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 11 February 2019 11:47 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'spevi-list@googlegroups.com' <spevi-list@googlegroups.com>; icevi-spevi@googlegroups.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> USA joins WIPO Marrakesh Treaty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear friends and colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WIPO has announced that the USA has joined the WIPO Marrakesh Treaty as its 50<sup>th</sup> member, adding a major global publishing centre to the Treaty. For more
information, visit <a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wipo.int%2fportal%2fen%2findex.html&c=E,1,O54CLYr6OK6fdbgFU_0pW7tTPMJmoa_qncgIZ1bP4_hIGXJ52O2r8xfmU_j8a9Nx-XntbZ98Em1hChcMHuDnoX38wnpk-eMqUyw3paqaKA,,&typo=1">
https://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the 15 specialised agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage
creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world".</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Marrakesh Treaty was adopted in 2013 in Marrakesh, Morocco, and forms part of the body of international copyright treaties that are administered by WIPO. – see
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https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/marrakesh/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cheers, Frances<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0076B3;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Frances Gentle,
</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0076B3;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">AO, PhD</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
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</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Conjoint Lecturer, RIDBC Renwick Centre (Mondays, Tuesdays & Fridays)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">President, International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI);
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Tel: +61 2 9872 0808<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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