WHEREAS Copyright is a tool enjoined by some states to promote the creation of literary and artistic works with exclusive rights as incentives,
WHEREAS Patents are a tool utilized by some states to promote technological innovation with exclusive rights to license as incentives,
WHEREAS Trademarks are a tool applied by some states to forbid the impersonation of established brands,
and WHEREAS these tools have been proven to accomplish those desirable goals,
The World Assembly:
DEFINES Creative Works as any collection of information represented in visual, mechanical, electronic, or other similar form created through the conscious effort of any person;
DEFINES an Invention as a device not previously designed or made;
DEFINES a Trademark as a unique name for a product or corporation which is not a generic word describing the product or corporation;
ESTABLISHES the World Copyright, Patent, and Trademark Registration Office;
MANDATES that all Creative Works have their author granted an exclusive, transferable right called Copyright to the reproduction of the works and to the creation of derivative works for a duration of five years;
MANDATES an exception to Copyright for works which are fundamentally independent works which benefit from the "Fair Use" of the work;
MANDATES that Copyright is granted the moment the work is created;
PERMITS Copyright holders to register their authorship of a work with the WCPTRO for reduced legal costs in enforcing their rights;
MANDATES that damages assigned to violators be proportional to the reduced revenue of the Copyright holder and not punitive in nature;
DEFINES a Patent as the exclusive right to reproduce an Invention which is registered with the WCPTRO in a Patent Application;
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