Laws jurisdiction of the court of first instance, provided that each of the co-authors has the right to file lawsuits when any infringement of copyright occurs. Article 26 If several persons co-author a work, so that the role of each of them in this joint work can be separated, each of them shall have the right to benefit from the part that he/ she contributed separately, provided that this does not harm the exploitation of this joint work, unless otherwise agreed upon. Article 27 The collective work is the work that is co-created by a group by their will and under the direction of a natural or legal person, and the work’s co-authors shall be integrated into the general idea directed by this natural or legal person, so that it is not possible to separate and distinguish the work of each of the co-authors separately. The natural or legal person who directs and organizes the creation of this work shall be considered author, and he/ she alone shall have the right to exercise the copyright. Article 28 In the works bearing a pseudonym, it shall be assumed that the author has authorized the publisher of them to exercise the rights recognized in this law, until the author declares his/ her personality and proves his/ her capacity, and this declaration may be made by way of a will. Official Gazette of Iraqi Issue No. (1957) 10 Date: 21/01/1971