Ecuador Signs Marrakesh Treaty On Copyright Exceptions For Visually Impaired

Today at the World Intellectual Property Organization, Ecuador signed the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, which is administered by WIPO.

Andrès Ycaza, executive director of Ecuador’s intellectual property office, signed the Marrakesh Treaty on the side of an extraordinary session of the WIPO General Assembly, which reappointed Francis Gurry as the head of WIPO.

The signing takes the number of countries that have signed the Marrakesh Treaty to 65 of WIPO’s 187 members. The treaty will enter into force three months after 20 parties have deposited their instruments of ratification or accession, which none has done so far.