Explain the main principles and provisions of the Paris Convention 1883.

(as revised 1971) The industrial property's constitution: the UNION's creation (the member-states' club); the twin pillars — the NATIONAL TREATMENT (the foreigners' equality (the own-nationals' treatment)) + the RIGHT OF PRIORITY (the first filing's 12-month window for patents (6 months for marks-and-designs) — the subsequent filings' back-dating (the whole international-filing system's foundation)); the common rules (the patents' independence (the one-state's grant/refusal no other's effect); the compulsory-licensing-and-forfeiture disciplines; the marks' protection + the well-known marks' Article 6bis protection (the unregistered-famous mark's defence)); the unfair-competition's duty (Article 10bis). Nepal: a member (in force since 22 June 2001).