The German equivalent was used with the founding of the North German Confederation whose constitution granted legislative power over the protection of intellectual property (Schutz des geistigen Eigentums) to the confederation. When the administrative secretariats established by the Paris Convention (1883) and the Berne Convention (1886) merged in 1893, they located in Berne, and also adopted the term intellectual property in their new combined title, the United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property. COUNT 5
QSN1 Which constitution gave legislative power to protect intellectual property? ANS1 the North German Confederation QSN2 When was the Paris Convention? ANS2 1883 QSN3 When was the Berne Convention? ANS3 1886 QSN4 When did the Paris and Berne administrative secretariats merge? ANS4 1893 QSN5 What name did the merged secretariats adopt? ANS5 United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property