Format Recognition and Protection Association

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The Format Recognition and Protection Association (FRAPA) is a trade association that seeks to create and enforce legal protection for television formats as intellectual property, and to mediate industry disputes. [1]

FRAPA co-sponsors the C21 Media International Format Awards. [2]

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References

  1. "FRAPA official site" . Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  2. "C21 Media International Format Awards". C21 Media. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.