RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/261
9 May 2001
(01-2388)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
REVIEW OF LEGISLATION
Questions posed by Canada
By means of a communication from the Permanent Mission of the Canada, dated 4 May 2000,
the Secretariat has received a copy of the following questions that Canada has communicated toAlbania, Argentina, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahrain, Botswana, Cost a Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Fiji, Georgia,  Ghana, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Mauritius,
Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, the Philippines, Saint Kitts and Nevis and the United Arab Emirates,
respectively.
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ALBANIA
1. What recourse do right-holders have in respect of wilful trademark counterfeiting or
copyright piracy on a commercial scale, as required by Article 61 of the TRIPS Agreement andthroughout?
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement and
throughout) have been implemented
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
ARGENTINA
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement and
throughout) have been implemented.
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
BAHRAIN
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement and
throughout) have been implemented.IP/C/W/261
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2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
BOTSWANA
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement and
throughout) have been implemented.
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
COSTA RICA
1. What recourse do right-holders have in respect of wilful trademark counterfeiting or copyright
piracy on a commercial scale, as required by Articles 61 of the TRIPS Agreement and throughout?
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement
and throughout) have been implemented.
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
CROATIA
1. What recourse do right-holders have in respect of wilful trademark counterfeiting or
copyright piracy on a commercial scale, as required by Articles 61 of the TRIPS Agreement and
throughout?
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
DOMINICA
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement
and throughout) have been implemented.
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement
and throughout) have been implemented.
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
EGYPT
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement
and throughout) have been implemented.
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?IP/C/W/261
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FIJI
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement
and throughout) have been implemented.
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
GEORGIA
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement
and throughout) have been implemented.
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
GHANA
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement
and throughout) have been implemented.
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
HONDURAS
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement
and throughout) have been implemented.
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
JAMAICA
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement
and throughout) have been implemented.
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
KENYA
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement
and throughout) have been implemented.
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
MAURITIUS
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement
and throughout) have been implemented.
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
MOROCCO
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement
and throughout) have been implemented.IP/C/W/261
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2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
NICARAGUA
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligati ons (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement and
throughout) have been implemented.
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
OMAN
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement
and throughout) have been implemented.
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
THE PHILIPPINES
1. What recourse do right-holders have in respect of wilful trademark counterfeiting or
copyright piracy on a commercial scale, as required by Articles 61 of the TRIPS Agreement and
throughout?
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement
and throughout) have been implemented.
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
1. Please describe how the enforcement obligations (Articles 41-61 of the TRIPS Agreement
and throughout) have been implemented.
2. What protection does your Copyright legislation afford to “foreign works”?
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