WORLD TRADE IP/N/1/MNG/1
9February 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0471)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2OFTHE AGREEMENT
Mongolia
Bymeansofacommunicationfromitspermanentmission,dated3February1998,thefollowing
notification under Article 63.2oftheAgreement hasbeenreceived from Mongolia.
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Inaccordance withArticle 63.2oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Aspects ofIntellectual
Property Rights (TRIPS) andtheprocedures laiddown bytheCouncil forTRIPS, Mongolia hereby
notifies totheCouncil lawsandregulations relating tothefields covered bytheAgreement.
Themain dedicated lawsandregulations aresubmitted inMongolian language aswellasin
anunofficial English translation aslisted inAnnex I.
"Other lawsandregulations" arelisted inAnnex II.
Anotification oflaws andregulations under Article 63.2 relating totheprovisions of
Articles 70.8and70.9iscontained inAnnex III.IP/N/1/MNG/1
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ANNEX I
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLE 63.2OFTHE AGREEMENT
MAIN DEDICATED LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Patent Law(1993)1
- Law(1996) Amending thePatent Law
Copyright Law(1993)2
- Law(1997) Amending theCopyright Law
Trademarks, Trade Names Law(1997)3
1Thetextofthislawincorporating thesubsequent amendments asnotified byMongolia iscontained indocument
IP/N/1/MNG/P/1.
2Thetextofthislawincorporating thesubsequent amendments asnotified byMongolia iscontained indocument
IP/N/1/MNG/C/1.
3Thetextofthislawasnotified byMongolia iscontained indocument IP/N/1/MNG/T/1 .IP/N/1/MNG/1
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ANNEX II
OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS
TITLE
DATE OFADOPTION AND
ENTRY INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
Constitution ofMongolia,
adopted 13January 1992, entry intoforce
12February 1992Lawproclamates thatintellectual value isa
property oftheauthor andisprotected by
law.
Civil Code ofMongolia,
adopted 1November 1994, entry intoforce
1January 1995Itdetermines whatisunderstood by
intellectual value, andregulates, withregard
toproperty, thepeculiarities ofownership,
exploitation andexpenditure. Andalsoit
determines thatexploitation ofintellectual
values shallbedoneunder acontract, that
contract should bemade inwritten form, and
items, price, content, liabilities afterthe
contract infringements tobeincluded inthe
contract.
Criminal LawofMongolia,
adopted 5December 1986, entry intoforce
1July1987Itdetermines whatincludes thecriminal cases
ofcopyright infringement, whatthepenalties
should beimposed tothose whoinfringe.
LawonUnfair Competition ofMongolia,
adopted 5July1993Lawforbids illegal useoftrademarks,
commercial names, labels ofothers, and
distribution andsaleofscientific technology,
know-how, commercial andindustrial secrecy
without authorization oftheauthor.
LawofMongolia onStamp-duty,
adopted 15July1993, entry intoforce
1September 1993Itdetermines feesandtheiramount for
services granting andextending thetermof
certificates forensuring intellectual property,
registering oflicenses. Itisdetermined by
thelawthatnofeesarerequired tosubmit
invoices tocourt withregard topatent and
copyright.
LawonIncome Taxation ofMongolia,
adopted 14December 1992, entry intoforce
1January 1993Itlegalizes theamount ofthetaxtobe
imposed fortheaward ofwork ofauthors of
scientific, literary andartistic work, patent
owners.
LawonForeign Investment ofMongolia,
adopted 10May1993, entry intoforce
1July1993Itislegalized bythelawthatintellectual
values tobeinvested inorder tocooperate
withlocaleconomic entities areconsidered as
"foreign investment", thattheyareoneofthe
typeofinvestment.IP/N/1/MNG/1
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TITLE
DATE OFADOPTION AND
ENTRY INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
LawonCompanies ofMongolia,
adopted 11May1995Itdetermines thatashareholding company
caninclude intellectual property intoitsassets
andforthisreason itcanhaveexperts '
evaluation ofintellectual property, andin
caseiftheevaluation doesnotcoincide with
theshare price, themargin maybepaidby
cash.
Amendments totheLawofMongolia onthe
Government, adopted 29July1996According tothese amendments, the
copyright andpatent, trademark matters
transferred tothedutyoftheMinister of
Justice.
Resolution No.40oftheParliament,
30August 1996TheResolution determines thestructure of
theGovernment, establishes theIntellectual
Property Office ofMongolia asan
implementing agency.IP/N/1/MNG/1
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ANNEX III
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLE 63.2OFTHE TRIPS AGREEMENT -RELATING TO
THE PROVISIONS OFARTICLES 70.8AND 70.9
With aview tomeet Mongolia 'sobligations under Articles 70.8and70.9oftheTRIPS
Agreement, Patent Lawwasadopted on25June1993, effective from 1September 1996.
LawAmendingPatentLawwasadoptedon19December1996,effectivefrom1February1997.
Parliament Resolution No.40adopted on30August 1996, established aunified Intellectual
Property Office asagovernment implementing agency inthefieldofintellectual property.
Inaccordance withtheseprovisions asfrom1September 1993theIntellectual Property Office
ofMongolia receives applications forpatents forpharmaceutical andagricultural chemical products
inaccordance withArticle 70.8oftheTRIPS Agreement and,ifthenecessary conditions aremet,
hastheauthority togrant exclusive marketing rights inaccordance withArticle 70.9ofthatAgreement.
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