COPYRIGHT
LAW
Panama’s
Copyright Law is regulated by means of Law No.
15 of August 8, 1994, which came into effect on
February 1995. This new law introduced the creation
of a specialized Copyright Law General Direction
(a branch of the Ministry of Education), which
was the entity in charge of regulating and creating
the necessary requisites to register, deposit
and inspect literary and artistic works of art.
The
requirements to record a work of authorship before
the Copyright Law General Direction are as follows:
Facts about the author: full name of
the author; identification number and place of
expedition; nationality; address, city and country
of residency; Age, as well as date of birth or
death;
Facts about the work to be recorded:
Name, and updates of the same; date of creation
or at least the year; date of first publication
or date in which the work was for the first time
made accesable to the public; country of origin
of first publication; indication whether it is
an original or derivative work; brief description
of the work;
Two (2) samples of the work is published
or one (1) sample if unpublished;
Power
of Attorney
*In
case of a literary work, the same must bear the
ISBN number (International Standard Book Number).
Requirements
to record an artistic or musical works:
Power
of Attorney
Power of Attorney, duly notarized and
legalized by the Seal of the Apostille or the
Panamanian Consulate;
Certificate of Good Standing of the
Company, duly legalized by the Seal of the Apostille
or the Panamanian Consulate;
Facts about the author: full name of
the author; identification number and place of
expedition; nationality; address, city and country
of residency; Age, as well as date of birth or
death;
Facts about the work to be recorded:
Name; date of creation or at least the year; date
of first publication; brief description of the
work;
Two (2) samples of the work if published
or one (1) sample if unpublished. *For the artistic
work, a technical drawing is accepted.
Requirements
to record software works:
Power
of Attorney
Power of Attorney, duly notarized and
legalized by the Seal of the Apostille or the
Panamanian Consulate;
Certificate of Good Standing of the
Company, duly legalized by the Seal of the Apostille
or the Panamanian Consulate;
Facts about the author: full name of
the author; identification number and place of
expedition; nationality; address, city and country
of residency; Age, as well as date of birth or
death;
Facts about the work to be recorded:
Name, and updates of the same; date of creation
or at least the year; date of first publication
or date in which the work was for the first time
made accesable to the public; country of origin
of first publication; indication whether it is
an original or derivative work; brief description
of the work;
Manual of the program and text of the
program written in computer language;
Two (2) samples of the work if published
or one (1) sample if unpublished
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