MONGOLIA TO JOIN MARRAKESH VIP TREATY

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The cabinet meeting on Tuesday discussed and then backed a bill on ratifying the Marrakesh VIP Treaty on facilitating access to published works by visually impaired persons and persons with print disabilities. This treaty has been signed by N.Chinbat, a head of the Agency of Intellectual Property (AIP), in accordance with credence of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under authority of the government. Signed in Marrakesh, Morocco on 28 June 2013, the treaty focuses on copyright exceptions to facilitate the creation of accessible versions of books and other copyrighted works. It sets a norm for countries ratifying the treaty to have a domestic copyright exception covering these activities, and allowing for the import and export of such materials.