CONSPECTUS BY COUNTRIES
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| Countries Dates of laws |
International relations | Duration | Registration and Deposit | Notice | Remarks
| |
| Europe: Minor States |
San Marino | See Italy | As in Italy | |||
| Monaco 1889, 1896 |
Berlin | Life + 50* | None | None* | ||
| Greece 1833–1910 |
None | 15 + * | D (4 within 10 days*) | |||
| Malta, Cyprus, etc. (Br.) | See Gt. Brit. | Life + 7 or 42* | D (3 within mo.) | |||
| Balkan States | Montenegro | Fr., It. | Uncertain protection | |||
| Bulgaria 1896? |
Uncertain protection | |||||
| Servia | No protection | |||||
| Roumania 1862–1904 |
Aus., Belg., Fr., It. | Life + 10 | R. Min. of Instruc. | |||
| Turkey 1910 |
None | Life + 30* | Min. of Pub. Instruc. (3)* | None | ||
| Asia | Asia | |||||
| Japan 1899, 1910 |
Berlin* U. S.,* China |
Life + 30* | R Ministry of Int. (before suit) | None* | ||
| Korea 1908 |
See Japan | As in Japan | ||||
| China 1910 |
U. S.,* Japan | Life + 30* | Ministry of Int. (2) | |||
| Hong-Kong (Br.) | See Gt. Brit. | Life + 7 or 42* | D (3 within mo.) | |||
| Philippines (U. S.) | See U. S. | |||||
| India, British 1847, 1867 |
See Gt. Brit. | Life + 7 or 42* | D (3 within mo.) | Printer's and publisher's name on work | ||
| Ceylon, etc. (Br.) | See Gt. Brit. | Life + 7 or 42* | D (3 within mo.) (4 within yr.) | |||
| Siam 1901 |
None | Life + 7 or 42* | ||||
| Persia | None | No protection | ||||
| Africa | Africa | |||||
| Egypt | None | Indefinite | Court protection | |||
| Tunis 1889 |
Berlin* | Life + 50* | As in France | |||
| Algeria (Fr.) | See France | |||||
| Sierra Leone, etc. (Br.) 1887 |
See Gt. Brit. | Life + 7 or 42* | D (3)* | |||
| Liberia | Berlin | Indefinite | Without specific law | |||
| Congo Free State | Belg., Fr. (extradition) | Punishes fraud only | ||||
| So. Africa (Br.) | See Gt. Brit.* Aus.-Hung., excepted | |||||
| Cape Colony 1873–1895 |
Life + 5 or 30* | Registrar of Deeds D (4 within mo.)* |
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| Natal 1895–1898 |
Life + 7 or 42* | Colonial Sec., D (2 within 3 mos.)* | ||||
| Transvaal, etc. 1887 |
50 or life* | Registrator D (3 within 2 mos.)* |
Reserv. of playr. and trans. | Printing within colony* (? |
