The Copyright Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan
According to the 1st paragraph of “Statute on Copyright Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan” affirmed with Decree number 287 of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated to 30th August 2005, the Copyright Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan was the “central executive power” that carries out the state policy in the field of copyrights, related rights, Azerbaijani folklore expressions (traditional cultural expressions), topographies of integrated circuits and data collections (hereinafter called as intellectual property rights) and providing the normative-legal regulation and development of intellectual property field as well as coordinating activity in this field, and after changes made to the Statute according to the Decree number 287 dated to 28th October 2013 of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan had been acting as “the state body of which legal status is equal to status of central executive power”.
According to 1.1 paragraph of “Charter of Copyright Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan” affirmed with Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan “on Providing activity of Copyright Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan” dated to 6th September 2017, Copyright Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan is already “legal entity of public law established according to 2nd part of Decree number 1125 of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated to 24th November 2016 “on Some Measures regarding Improvement of State Administration in the Republic of Azerbaijan”, in accordance with this Charter providing development of intellectual property rights to copyright, related rights, Azerbaijani folklore expressions (traditional cultural expressions) and other intangible cultural heritage expressions, topographies of integrated circuits and data collections, implementing single regulation and control and coordinating activities in this field”.
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