North Korea’s leading university recently set up an intellectual property organization designed to file and protect copyright for brands and companies, Kim Il Sung University announced on its official website in mid-April.

The Ryongnamsan (Ryongnam Mountain) Organization for Copyrighted Works is now in charge of “patent and copyright licensing agency business” at the university, the announcement read. The institution is named after Mt. Ryongnam, where Kim Il Sung University is located.

The university said on April 13 that the organization “manages various forms of works created by professors, teachers, Ph.D. candidates and students in a comprehensive and unified manner.”

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