LEGAL
FRAMEWORK
Applicable legal framework
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Applicable legal framework
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National
International
- Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
- Act Approving the World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) (1966). Published in the Official Gazette of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, No. 5754 (Special Edition), dated January 3, 2005
- Act Enacting the World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty (WCT) (1996). Published in the Official Gazette of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, No. 5754 (Special Edition), dated December 23, 2004
Normas nacionales generales aplicables
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- Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
- Organic Tax Code
- Commercial Code
- Civil Code
- Penal Code
- Organic Law on Administrative Procedures
- Law on the Simplification of Administrative Procedures
- Organic Law on the Streamlining and Optimization of Administrative Procedures
- Organic Law on Public Administration
- Law on the Promotion and Development of New Businesses
- Organic Law on Science, Technology, and Innovation
- Regulations under the Organic Law on Science, Technology, and Innovation Concerning Contributions, Funding, and Outcomes, and Ethics in Research, Technology, and Innovation
Normas internacionales generales aplicables
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Current national agreements and international memorandums of understanding
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Convenios nacionales
- Framework Agreement on Inter-institutional Cooperation between the Ministry of Popular Power for Defense and the Ministry of Popular Power for Industry and Domestic Trade, signed on December 30, 2025.
- Framework Agreement on Inter-institutional Cooperation between the Ministry of the People’s Power for Industry and Domestic Trade, through its decentralized agency, the Autonomous Intellectual Property Service (SAPI), and the National Institute of Tourism (Inatur), signed on November 29, 2025.
- Convenio Marco de Cooperación Interinstitucional entre el Servicio Desconcentrado de Normalización, Calidad, Metrología y Reglamentos Técnicos (Sencamer) y el Servicio Autónomo de la Propiedad Intelectual (SAPI), suscrito el 05 de septiembre de 2025.
- Framework Agreement on Academic and Interinstitutional Cooperation between the Ministry of Popular Power for Industry and Domestic Trade and Santa María University, signed on November 27, 2024.
- Framework Agreement on Inter-institutional Cooperation between the Autonomous Intellectual Property Service (SAPI) and the Foundation of the National Experimental University of Security (Fundaunes), signed on April 27, 2023.
- Framework Agreement on Inter-institutional Cooperation between the Ministry of Popular Power for University Education, through its affiliated entity, the Misión Sucre Foundation, and the Ministry of Popular Power for Industry and Domestic Trade, through its decentralized agency, the Autonomous Intellectual Property Service (SAPI), signed on September 17, 2020
Memorándums de entendimiento internacional
- Memorandum of Understanding between the Autonomous Intellectual Property Service (SAPI) of the Ministry of Popular Power for Industry and Domestic Trade of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the National Center for Copyright and Performing Artists (Cendaai) of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Cuba. Year 2025.
- Memorandum of Understanding between the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Autonomous Intellectual Property Service (SAPI) on the Promotion of Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods. Year 2024
- Memorándum de Entendimiento entre el Servicio Autónomo de la Propiedad Intelectual (SAPI) de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela y el Servicio Federal de la Propiedad Intelectual (Rospatent) de la Federación de Rusia. Año 2023.