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In any foreign market companies should consider several general principles for effective protection of their intellectual property. For background, link to our article on Protecting Intellectual Property and Stopfakes.gov for more resources. Under the US.-Bahrain FTA, the Bahraini government committed to enforcing world-class intellectual property rights (IPR) protections. The Bahraini government has signed the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. The Bahraini government ratified revised legislation to implement Bahrain's obligations under the WTO/TRIPS Agreement in 2006. The Bahraini government has joined the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty and was ranked as the 73rd most competitive country on the World Economic Forum's 2020 Global Competitiveness Index. The Bahraini government has also passed laws designed to bring Bahrain's local legislative framework into compliance with its Paris Convention commitments