WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
20 October 2004 
 (04-4438) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF CONTACT POINTS  
UNDER ARTICLE 69 OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
Note by the Secretariat  
 
Revision  
 
  At its meeting of 21 September 1995, the Counc il for TRIPS agreed to invite each Member to 
notify, by 1 January 1996, information relating to th e contact point, or each of the contact points, 
established for the purposes of Ar ticle 69 of the Agreement, in part icular the name(s), address(es), 
telephone and telefax number(s) and, where appropriate, E-mail referenc e(s), of the authorit(y)(ies) in 
question, including, where appr opriate, the contact official  at each contact point.   
  The present revised document compiles the info rmation received to da te and contained in 
documents IP/N/3/Rev.7 and Addenda 1-3 and the cont act point subsequently notified by the delegation 
of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as  well as updated information received from the 
delegation of Madagascar concerning their contact points.  Future upda tes will be circulated through 
addenda and corrigenda to the pres ent document or further revisions. 
  In each case where a Member has not supplied information on its  contact point(s), this is 
reflected in the present document as well. 
 
_______________ 
 
 
ALBANIA  
 Ministria e Bashkepunimit Ekonimik dhe Tregtise 
 Sekretariati i Perhershem Shqipt ar per Marredheniet me OBT-ne 
 Bulevardi Zhan d'Ark, Nr. 2  Tirana  
 Telephone:  +355 4 36 25 81 
    +355 4 22 26 52  Telefax:  +355 4 36 25 81  E-mail:   obt@albaniaonline.net
 
 
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 2  
 
ANGOLA 
 Contact point for issues related to trade in general  
 M. João Lusevlkueno  Directeur national 
 Cabinet de coopération internationale  Ministère du commerce  Largo 4 de Fevereir o (Palácio de Vidro) 
 Luanda 
 
 Telephone:  +24 42 31 11 95     +24 42 31 11 91  Telefax:   +24 42 31 11 95     +24 42 31 11 91 
 E-mail:   gab-mi n.com@ebonet.net 
 
Contact point for issues related to industrial property 
 
 Mme Antónia Bandeira 
 Directrice 
 Institut angolais de la pr opriété industrielle (IAPI) 
 Ministère de l'industrie  Rua Cerqueira Lukoki 25   CP 594  Luanda 
 
 Telephone:  +24 42 33 29 74  Telefax:  +24 42 39 24 00  E-mail:   iapidg@ebonet.net
 
 
Contact point for issues related to copyright 
 
 M. João Manuel Francisco  Directeur  Direction nationale des dr oits d'auteur et connexes 
 Ministère de la culture 
 Rua Cirilo da Conceição e Silva Nº 7, 3º andar 
 C.P. 1252   Luanda   Telephone:  +24 42 33 83 74  Telefax:  +24 42 33 38 41 
 E-mail:   joaopinto@uni.pt 
  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 3 
 
 
Contact point for issues related to customs tax measures  
 
 M. Sílvio Burity  Directeur  Direction nationale des douanes 
 Ministère des finances 
 Rua Teresa Afonso Nº 2  CP 1254  Luanda  
 Telephone:  +24 42 33 94 95 
    +24 42 37 26 00  Telefax:  +24 42 33 94 90     +24 42 37 26 13  E-mail:   alfandegasdeangola@hotmail.com 
 
 
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA  
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]   
ARGENTINA 
 Contact point for trade in general  
 
 Secretaría de Comercio e Inversiones 
 Lic. Marcelo Regúnaga (Secretario) 
 H. Yrigoyen 250, 5
° Piso, Of. 526 
 Buenos Aires  
 Telephone:  +54 1 349 5414 
    +54 1 349 5416  Telefax:   +54 1 349 5422  
Contact point for border measures 
 
 Administracíon Nacional de Aduanas 
 Lic. Walter Defortuna (Administrador)  Azopardo 350, 1er Piso  Buenos Aires  
 Telephone:  +54 1 331 7635 
    +54 1 331 7606  Telefax:   +54 1 334 5044  
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 4  
 
ARMENIA 
 
 1. Agency of Intellectual Property 
  Ministry of Trade and Economic Deve lopment in the Republic of Armenia, 
  Governmental house 3 
  Glkhavor Avenue 
  Yerevan-375010    Telephone:  +3741 563 258   Telefax:  +3741 543 467 
  E-mail:    armpat@cornet.am
 
   Internet:   http://www.armpatent.org    
 
 2. World Trade Organization Notification Agency in the Republic of Armenia,  
  Mher Mkrtchian 5 
  Yerevan-375010  
 
  Telephone:  +3741 543 981 
  Telefax:  +3741 543 983   E-mail:    wtonc@wtonc.am
 
 
 
AUSTRALIA  
 The Director 
 Intellectual Property and Investment Section 
 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 
 Canberra, ACT   Telephone:  +61 6 261 2470  Telefax:   +61 6 261 3514   AUSTRIA  General contact point  
  Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs 
 European Integration and Multilateral Trade Affairs 
 Division I/6 - WTO  Stubenring 1  A - 1011 Vienna  
 Telephone:  +43 1 71 100 5320 
 Telefax:   +43 1 71 596 51   IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 5 
 
 
Contact point for industrial property 
 
 Austrian Patent Office 
 Dresdner Strasse 87  A - 1200 Vienna 
 
 Telephone:  +43 1 53 424 0  Telefax:   +43 1 53 424 520  E-mail:   info@patent.bmvit.gv.at 
Contact point for border measures  
 Federal Ministry of Finance 
 Integration and Customs  Division III.3a - Prohibitions and Restrictions 
 Himmelpfortgasse 4-8 
 A - 1015 Vienna   Telephone:  +43 1 51 433 1215  Telefax:   +43 1 51 209 27  
 This contact point is an additional contact poi nt for special requirem ents related to border 
measures (concerning e.g. the importation of pirated goods). 
  
BAHRAIN 
 
 1. Ministry of Commerce    Agencies and Industria l Property Directorate 
  Industrial Property Office   P.O. Box 5479 
  M a n a m a  
   a) Mr. Mohamed Dhrar Al-Shaer    Acting Director of Agen cies and Industrial Property 
 
   Telephone:  +973 53 03 35 
   Telefax:   +973 53 64 79  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 6  
 
  b) Miss Lona Abdulla Al-Moataz    Head of Industrial Property     Telephone:  +973 52 29 00    Telefax:   +973 53 64 79 
 
 2. Customs & Port Affairs    Directorate General of Customs   Mr. Ali Ibrahim Al-Mahmeed 
  P.O. Box 15 
  M a n a m a     Telephone:  +973 72 93 47   Telefax:   +973 82 73 12 
 
  
3. Mr. Jamal Dawood 
  Acting Director of Publication   Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and Information   P.O. Box 253 
  M a n a m a  
    Telephone:  +973 29 29 77   Telefax:   +973 29 26 78   BANGLADESH  National enquiry point  
 Ministry of Commerce   Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh 
 Bangladesh Secretariat  Dhaka   Contact official:  Mr. Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Joint Secretary 
 Telephone:  +88 02 861 95 08 (Off.) 
    +88 02 913 15 81 (Res.)  Telefax:  +88 02 861 57 41 (Off.)  E-mail:   mincom@bdonline.com
 
 
 
BARBADOS 
 
 The Ministry of International Trade and Business 
 Permanent Secretary  Nº 1 Culloden Road 
 St. Michael 
  
  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 7 
 
 
BELGIUM 
 Contact point for Part II, Sections 2-8,  a nd Part III, Section 4 of the TRIPS Agreement  
 
 Office de la propriété industrielle 
 Bd E. Jacqmain 154 
 B - 1210 Bruxelles   Telephone:  +32 2 206 48 19/18  Telefax:   +32 2 206 57 50 
 
Contact point for Part II, Section 1,  and Part III,  Sections 1, 2, 3 and 5 of the TRIPS Agreement  
 
 Ministère de la justice  Administration de la législ ation civile et des cultes 
 Bd de Waterloo 115 
 B - 1000 Bruxelles   Telephone:  +32 2 542 67 44  Telefax:   +32 2 542 70 06  
Both the above-mentioned authorities have been desi gnated as contact points for the remaining Parts of 
the TRIPS Agreement (Parts I and IV to VII).  A fi nal decision as to the authority responsible will be 
made case by case according to the nature of the provisions concerned.  
 
BELIZE 
 
 Mr. Elson Keseke 
 Office of Chief Parliamentary Counsel  Attorney General's Ministry  East Block 
 Belmopan 
  Telephone:  +501 8 231 95  Telefax:   +501 8 231 98  E-mail:   parliament@btl.net   BENIN  [No information on contact point(s) supplied.]   
BOLIVIA 
 
 Sr. Michael Meyer 
 Director  Servicio Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual 
 Av. Camacho 1488, esq. Bueno 
 La Paz   Telephone:  +591 2 37 20 47  Telefax:   +591 2 37 20 47  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 8  
 
 
BOTSWANA  [No information on contact point(s) supplied.]   
BRAZIL  
 Main contact point  
 
 Divisão de Novos Temas (DNT) 
 (New Issues Division) 
 Ministério das Relações Exteriores 
 Anexo I, 5 ° andar, Sala 536 
 70170-900 Brasília (DF) 
 
 Telephone:  +5561 411 65 97     +5561 411 68 26     +5561 411 69 68  Telefax:   +5561 411 65 55  E-mail:   dnt@mre.gov.br
 
  
 Contact official:  Counsello r Elza Marcolino de Castro 
  
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM  
  Attorney General Chambers 
 Prime Minister's Office  The Law Building  Bandar Seri Begawan BA 1910 
 
 Telephone:  +673 2 244 872  Telefax:   +673 2 226 100     +673 2 222 720   Contact official:  Mr. Kifrawi Kifli 
    Attorney General 
 
  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 9 
 
 
BULGARIA 
 Main contact point  
 
 Ministry of Economy 
 Multilateral Trade and Economic Policy Directorate 
 Division WTO and Other Intern ational Economic Organizations 
 Slavyanska Str. 8  1046 Sofia  
 Telephone:  +359 2 981 46 51 
    +359 2 987 34 92  Telefax:   +359 2 981 99 70     +359 2 981 49 15  E-mail:   t.petrova@mi.government.bg
 
    r.stoianova@mi.government.bg  
 
Contact point for issues related to copyright and neighbouring rights  
 
 Ministry of Culture  Copyright and Related Rights Department 
 Alexander Stamboliisky Blvd. 17 
 1000 Sofia   Telephone:  +359 2 988 19 66     +359 2 981 22 97 
    +359 2 989 48 38 / 210, 271 
 Telefax:   +359 2 981 81 45  
Contact point for issues related to patents, trademark s, industrial designs, geographical indications and 
integrated circuits  
  Patent Office of th e Republic of Bulgaria 
 Dr. G.M. Dimitrov Blvd. 52B  1797 Sofia   Telephone:  +359 2 71 01 34 
 Telefax:   +359 2 70 83 25 
 E-mail:   bpo@bpo.bg
 
 
Contact point for issues related to undisclosed information 
 
 Commission for the Protection of Competition 
 Vitosha Blvd. 18 
 1000 Sofia   Telephone:  +359 2 986 09 58  Telefax:   +359 2 980 73 15 
 E-mail:   cpcadmin@cpc.bg
 
  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 10  
 
Contact point for issues related to border measures  
 
 Ministry of Finance  General Customs Directorate  Aksakov Str. 1 
 1040 Sofia 
  Telephone:  +359 2 980 76 60  Telefax:   +359 2 980 68 97  E-mail:   Rozanela.Anguelova@customs.government.bg
 
 
 
BURKINA FASO [No information on contact point(s) supplied.]  
 
BURUNDI  
 Ministère du commerce, de l'industrie et du tourisme 
 Département du commerce extérieur  B.P. 492 
 Bujumbura 
  Telephone:  +257 22 49 35  Teleax:   +257 22 55 95  E-mail:   comext@cbinf.com
 
  CAMBODIA [No information on contact point(s) supplied.]   
CAMEROON  
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]   CANADA 
  Director 
 Information and Technology Tr ade Policy Division (EBT)  
 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade  Lester B. Pearson Building   125 Sussex Drive 
 Ottawa, Ontario 
 Canada K1A OG2   Telephone:  +1 613 944 2014  Telefax:   +1 613 944 0066 
 E-mail:   catherine.dickson@dfait-maeci.gc.ca
 
  
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC  
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.] 
  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 11 
 
 
CHAD 
 
 Structure nationale de liaison avec l'OAPI 
 B.P. 424  N'Djaména 
 
 Telephone:  +235 52 27 33  Telefax:  +235 52 27 33   It should be noted, however, that the said contact point does not cover the works of 
performers, producers of phonograms and broadcasti ng organizations such as radio and television. 
 
 CHILE  
 Servicio Nacional de Aduanas 
 Enrique Fanta Ivanovic  Director Nacional  Plaza Sotomayor Nº 60  Casilla 1720  Valparaiso 
 
 Telephone:  +56 32 200 500  Fax:   +56 32 212 819     +56 32 212 841   CHINA  
 Department of Treaty and Law 
 Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC) 
 2 Dong Chang An Avenue 
 Beijing 100731 
  Telephone:  +86 10 6519 8751     +86 10 6519 8761  Telefax:  +86 10 6519 8905 
 E-mail:   tf_maoyi@moftec.gov.cn
 
 
 COLOMBIA  Contact point for copyright  
 
 Sr. Fernando Zapata López  Director General  Dirección Nacional de Derechos de Autor  Carrera 13 Nº 27-00, Oficina 617 
 Santafé de Bogotá 
  Telephone:  +57 1 341 8177  Telefax:   +57 1 286 0813  E-mail:   uac-dnda @  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 12  
 
Contact point for industrial property  
 
 Sr. Giancarlo Marcenaro Jiménez  Superintendente Delegado (E)   Superintendencia Delegada pa ra la Propiedad Industrial 
 Carrera 13 Nº 27-00, Piso 5 
 Santafé de Bogotá   Telephone:  +57 1 341 8177  Telefax:   +57 1 286 0813 
 
Contact point for plant varieties  
 
 Sr. Miguel Diago Ramírez  Gerente General 
 Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario 
 Calle 37 Nº 8-43, Piso 5  Santafé de Bogotá   Telephone:  +57 1 232 2181  Telefax:   +57 1 288 4169 
 
 
CONGO 
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]  
 
COSTA RICA  
 1. Ministerio de Comercio Exterior 
  Dirección General de Comercio Exterior   Avenida 1 y 3, Calle 40, Paseo Colón 
  San José 
   Telephone:  +506 256 71 11   Telefax:  +506 255 32 81   E-mail:    info@comex.go.cr
 
 
   2. Registro de la Propiedad Industrial   Edificio del Registro Nacional   Zapote   San José 
 
  Telephone:  +506 234 15 37   Telefax:  +506 234 15 37   IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 13 
 
 
 3. Registro Nacional de Derec hos de Autor y Derechos Conexos 
  Edificio del Registro Nacional   Zapote   San José  
  Telephone:  +506 280 77 94 
  Telefax:  +506 280 77 94   4. Dirección General de Aduanas   Frente al Ministerio de Educación Pública 
  San José 
   Telephone:  +506 233 95 25   Telefax:  +506 223 73 34 
 
 
CÔTE D'IVOIRE   
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]   CROATIA 
 
Contact point for issues related to intellectual property rights 
 
 State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia 
 Ulica grada Vukovara 78 
 10000 Zagreb 
  Telephone:  +385 1 610 61 00  Telefax:  +385 1 611 20 17  E-mail:   ip.croatia@patent.tel.hr
 
 
 Contact official:  Mr. Nikola Kop čić 
    D i r e c t o r  G e n e r a l   
Contact point for issues related to border measures 
 
 Ministry of Finance 
 Customs Administration of the Republic of Croatia  Humboldtova 4A  10000 Zagreb   Telephone:  +385 1 610 24 61 
 Telefax:  +385 1 615 52 80 
 E-mail:   ured-ravnatelja@carina.hr
 
  Contact official:  Mrs. Katarina Bakija     D i r e c t o r    IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 14  
 
CUBA 
 Contact point  for industrial property  
 
 Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial (OCPI) 
 Picota Nº 15 entre Luz y Acosta 
 La Habana Vieja   Ciudad de La Habana   CP 101000 Cuba  
 Telephone:  +537 61 01 85 
    +537 61 36 02     +537 62 43 95     +537 62 43 79      +537 62 97 71 
 Telefax:  +537 33 82 37 (M inisterio de Ciencia, T ecnología y Medio Ambiente) 
 
Contact point  for copyright  
 
 Centro Nacional de Derecho de Autor (CENDA)  Calle 15 Nº 604 entre B. y C. Vedado 
 Plaza de la Revolución  
 Ciudad de La Habana  CP 10400 Cuba   Telephone:  +537 832 35 71-73 (Switchboard) 
    +537 830 64 65  (Director’s Office) 
 Telefax:   +537 66 20 30  E-mail:   cenda@cubarte.cult.cu
 
 Internet:  http://www.cenda.cu  
    http://www.cenda.cult.cu  
 
 Contact official:  Miguel Jiménez Aday, 
    D i r e c t o r  G e n e r a l   
 
CYPRUS 
 
Contact point for copyright and industrial property  
 
 Mrs. Maria A. Kyriacou  Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver  Ministry of Commerce,  Industry and Tourism 
 Department of Registrar of Companies & Official Receiver 
 Corner Makarios Av. & Karpenissiou Street  Xenios Building  CY - 1427 Nicosia  
 Telephone:  +357 2 302 133 
    +357 2 302 317  Telefax:   +357 2 302 687    IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 15 
 
 
CZECH REPUBLIC 
 Contact point for issues related to copyright and related rights  
 
 Ministry of Culture 
 Copyright Department 
 Milady Horákové 139  160 41 Praha 6   Telephone:    +420 2 57 08 53 55 
 Telefax:   +420 2 24 32 45 86 
 E-mail:   masopush@mkcr.cz
 
  Contact official:  Ms. Hana Masopustová 
 Contact point for issues related to trademarks, app ellations of origin, patents, industrial designs and 
topographies of semiconductor products  
 
 Industrial Property Office  International and European  Integration Department 
 Antonína Čermáka 2a 
 160 68 Praha 6 – Bubene č 
  Telephone:  +420 2 20 38 33 12  Telefax:   +420 2 24 32 47 18  E-mail:   mhujerova@upv.cz
 
 
 Contact official:  Ms. Marcela Hujerová  
Contact point for issues related to border meas ures and questions on trade in infringing goods  
 
 Ministry of Finance 
 General Directorate of Customs 
 Customs Legal Department  P.O. Box 12  Bud ĕjovická 7 
 140 96 Praha 
 
 Telephone:  +420 2 61 33 21 43  Telefax:   +420 2 61 33 21 00  E-mail:   klucar@cs.mfcr.cz
 
  Contact official:  Mr. Vojt ĕch Klučar 
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 16  
 
Contact point for issues related to plant   varieties and geographical indications  
 
 Ministry of Agriculture  Industrial Property Protection Department 
 T ĕšnov 17 
 117 05 Praha 1 
  Telephone:    +420 2 21 81 22 97  Telefax:    +420 2 24 81 04 68  E-mail:   michajlovova@mze.cz
 
 
 Contact official:  Ms. Eva Michajlová 
 
 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.] 
  DENMARK  
 The Danish Patent Office  Helgeshøj Allé 81 
 DK - 2630 Taastrup   Telephone:  +45 43 50 80 00  Telefax:   +45 43 50 80 01 
 Telex:   16046 DPO DK 
 E-mail:   X400
:  S-patentdirektoratet;  P=dkpto;  A=dk400;  C=dk 
    I n t e r n e t :  patentdirektoratet@dkpto.dk400.dk  
  
DJIBOUTI 
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.] 
  DOMINICA   
 Permanent Secretary 
 Ministry of Legal Affairs, Immigration and Labour  Government Headquarters  Kennedy Avenue   Roseau   DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  
 Secretaría de Estado de Industria y Comercio 
 Ave. México, esq. Leopoldo Navarro 
 Santo Domingo 
  Telephone:  +1 809 685 5171     +1 809 688 9685  Telefax:   +1 809 686 1973 
  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 17 
 
 
ECUADOR  
 
 1. Dr. Nelson Ve lasco Izquierdo 
  Presidente del Instituto Ecuatoriano de Propiedad Intelectual   Av. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas,  Edificio MICIP, 2º piso 
  Quito 
 
  Telelephone:  +593 2 543 894 
  Telefax:   +593 2 507 549  
 2. Dr. Mauricio Sánchez Ponce 
  Director de Propiedad Industrial, Encargado   Av. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas,  Edificio MICIP, 2º piso 
  Quito 
 
  Telephone:  +593 2 543 894 
  Telefax:   +593 2 507 549 
 
 EGYPT  
 
Main contact point  
 
 Authority for Protecting Intellectual Property Rights 
 Fair Ground, Gate 5  Nasr City 
 Cairo  
  Telephone:  +202 405 04 07  Telefax:   +202 405 04 09  
 
EL SALVADOR 
 
 Ministerio de Economía 
 Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales  Plan Maestro – Centro de Gobierno, Edificio C. 
 Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe 
 San Salvador  El Salvador, C.A.   Telephone:  +503 231 57 88  Telefax:   +503 231 57 89 
 
 Contact person:  Lic. René Salazar     Director de Administra ción de Tratados Comerciales 
    E-mail:  rsalazar@minec.gob.sv  
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 18  
 
ESTONIA 
 Contact points for issues related to industrial property  
 
 1. Mr. Matti Päts 
  D i r e c t o r  G e n e r a l   
  Estonian Patent Office    Toompuiestee 7   15041 Tallinn  
  Telephone:  +372 627 79 00 
  Telefax:   +372 645 13 42   E-mail:   Patendiamet@epa.ee
 
  2. Ms. Anneli Andresson 
  Executive Officer 
  Ministry of Economic Affairs   Harju 11   15072 Tallinn    Telephone:  +372 625 64 05 
  Telefax:  +372 631 36 60 
  E-mail:   aandresson@mineco.ee
 
 
Contact point for issues related to copyright and related rights 
 
 Ms. Kärt Hinnok 
 Senior Specialist on Copyright Issues  Ministry of Culture  Suur-Karja 23  15076 Tallinn  
 Telephone:  +372 628 22 49 
 Telefax:  +372 628 22 00  E-mail:   hinnok@kul.ee
 
 
Contact point for issues related to plant varieties 
  Ms. Pille Ardel 
 Head of Variety Protection Department  Plant Production Inspectorate  71024 Viljandi  
 Telephone:  +372 43 34 650 
 Telefax:   +372 43 34 650  E-mail:   pille@matti.ee
 
  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 19 
 
 
Contact points  for issues related to en forcement concerning intellectual property 
 
 1. Mr. Ivar Kasema 
  Senior Specialist   Control Division 
  Enforcement Department 
  Estonian Customs Board   Lõkke 5   15175 Tallinn  
  Telephone:  +372 696 78 14 
  Telefax:  +372 696 77 73   E-mail:   ivar.kasema@customs.ee
 
  2. Ms. Ülle Raig 
  Councillor 
  Penal Law Department   Ministry of Justice   Tõnismägi 5a   15191 Tallinn  
  Telephone:  +372 620 82 24 
  Telefax:  +372 620 81 09   E-mail:   ylle@just.ee
 
  3. Ms. Kai Kullerkupp 
  Councillor 
  Tartu Department   Ministry of Justice   Raekoja Plats 12   51004 Tartu  
  Telephone:  +372 744 13 90 
  Telefax:  +372 744 18 65   E-mail:   kai@tartuos.just.ee
 
 
Contact points  for issues related to competition concerning intellectual property 
 
 1. Ms. Kristi Reitsak   Deputy Head of External a nd Public Relations Department 
  The Competition Board   Kohtu Street 8   15184 Tallinn 
 
  Telephone:  +372 611 39 61   Telefax:  +372 611 39 43   E-mail:   kristi.reitsak@konkurentsiamet.ee
 
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 20  
 
 2. Ms. Evelin Kuuse   Chief Specialist of External and Public Relations Department 
  The Competition Board   Kohtu Street 8   15184 Tallin 
 
  Telephone:  +372 611 39 61   Telefax:  +372 611 39 43     E-mail:   evelin.kuuse@konkurentsiamet.ee
 
 
 
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
 
 Mr. Paul Vandoren 
 Head of Unit 
 European Commission 
 DG I/D-3  200, rue de la Loi  B - 1049 Brussels   Telephone:  +32 2 299 24 36 
 Telefax:   +32 2 299 05 86 
 E-mail:   dorenpa@dg1.cec.be
 
    Paul.Vandoren@dg1.cec.be  
  FIJI  Contact point for issues related to copyright  
 Attorney-General's Chambers 
 P.O. Box 2213 
 Government Buildings 
 Suva   Telephone:  +679 211 760 (State Solicitor)     +679 211 581  (Solicitor-General) 
    +679 211 580  (Attorney-General) 
 Telefax:  +679 302 404  (Office of the Solicitor-General)     +679 305 421 (Attorney-General's Chambers)   Contact Official: Mr. S. Banuve     State Solicitor 
    Office of the Solicitor-General 
  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 21 
 
 
Contact point for issues related to all other intellectual property rights 
 
 Ministry of Justice  G.P.O. Box 11869  or  Government Buildings  Suva      Victoria Parade 
       S u v a  
  Telephone:  +679 211 404     +679 211 494  Telefax:  +679 303 676 
 
 Contact Official: Mr. Alipate Qetaki     Secretary of Justice  
 
 
FINLAND 
 Contact point for copyright and related rights  
 
 Ministry of Education and Culture  Meritullinkatu 10 
 P.O. Box  293 
 FIN - 00171 Helsinki   Telephone:  +358 0 134 171  Telefax:   +358 0 1359 335 
 
Contact point for trademarks, geographical indicati ons, industrial designs, patents, layout-designs 
(topographies) of integrated circuits and  protection of undisclosed information  
 
 Ministry of Trade and Industry  Industry Department 
 Aleksanterinkatu 4 
 P.O. Box 230  FIN - 00171 Helsinki   Telephone:  +358 0 1601 
 Telefax:   +358 0 160 3666 
  
FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA  
 
 State Office of Industrial Property 
 Ilindenska bb 
 1000 Skopje   Telephone:  +3892 311 63 79  Telefax:  +3892 311 60 41 
 
 Contact officials: 1. Ms. Marija Kostovska      Head of Department      Department for Interna tional Cooperation and Legal Affairs 
     E-mail:  marijak@ippo.gov.mk 
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 22  
 
    2. Ms. Liljana Varga      Deputy Head of Department      Department for Interna tional Cooperation and Legal Affairs 
     E-mail:  lilev@ippo.gov.mk  
 
FRANCE 
 
 1. Ministère de l'économie et des finances 
  - DREE (M. de Ricolfis) 
  139, rue de Bercy 
  75572 Paris Cedex 12    Telephone:  +33 1 53 18 82 71   Telefax:   +33 1 53 18 96 01 
 2. Ministère de l'agriculture, de la pêche et de l'alimentation 
  - DPE/SRI (Mme Legendre)   3, rue Barbet de Jouy   75700 Paris    Telephone:  +33 1 49 55 45 03 
  Telefax:   +33 1 49 55 55 04 
  3. Ministère de l'industrie, des postes et té lécommunications 
  - INPI (Mme Lightbourne)   26 bis, rue de Saint-Petersbourg 
  75800 Paris Cedex 08 
   Telephone:  +33 1 42 94 57 09   Telefax:   +33 1 43 87 74 68   4. Ministère de la culture 
  - DAG (Mme de Montluc) 
  4, rue d'Aboukir   75002 Paris    Telephone:  +33 1 40 15 77 78 
  Telefax:   +33 1 40 15 77 79 
  
GABON 
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]  
 
THE GAMBIA [No information on contact point(s) supplied.]    IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 23 
 
 
GEORGIA  
 
 Georgian National Intellectual Property Centre “Sakpatenti”  Chavchavadze Avenue 61  380079 Tbilisi 
 
 Telephone:  +99532 25 17 62     +99532 25 17 60  Telefax:  +99532 98 84 26  E-mail:   saqpatenti@global-erty.net
 
 Internet:  http://www.global-erti.net/saqpatenti  
 
 GERMANY 
 
Contact point for TRIPS related questions of a general nature 
 
 Bundesministerium der Justiz  Referat III B 5  11015 Berlin  
 Telephone:  +49 30 2025 9325 
 Telefax:   +49 30 2025 9339  
Contact point for Technical Cooperation: 
  Bundesministerium der Justiz 
 Referat III B 5  11015 Berlin   Telephone:  +49 30 2025 9325  Telefax:   +49 30 2025 9339 
 
Contact point for questions on trade in infringing goods  
 
 Bundesministerium der Finanzen  Referat III B 7 
 53117 Bonn 
  Telephone:  +49 228 682 2391  Telefax:   +49 228 682 2555  
 
Contact point for issues related to border measures 
  Oberfinanzdirektion Nürnberg 
 -Zentralstelle Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz-   Sophienstrasse 6  80333 München 
 
 Telefax:  +49 89 5995 2317   Contact officials: 1. Mr. Klaus Hoffmeister      Telephone: +49 89 5995 2313 
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 24  
 
    2. Mr. Rolf Brormann      Telephone: +49 89 5995 2314       3. Mr. Günther Häring      Telephone: +49 89 5995 2343 
 
4. Mr. Roland Koller 
Telephone: +49 89 5995 2344 
     
5. Mr. Christian Friedl 
Telephone: +49 89 5995 2347 
 
 
GHANA  
Contact point for issues related to patents 
 
 The Registrar-General 
 Registrar-General's Department  P.O. Box 118  Accra 
 
 Telephone:  +233 21 664 691  Telefax.  +233 21 228 290  
Contact point for issues related to copyright 
  The Copyright Administrator 
 Copyright Office   P.O. Box Private Mail Bag  Ministries Post Office   Accra 
 
 Telephone:  +233 21 229 190     +233 21 224 282     +233 21 228 447  Telefax:  +233 21 224 282 
    +233 21 223 646 
 
 GREECE  
 1. Ministère des finances   DG des douanes et accises 
  19ème Direction des procédures douanières   Section A   10, rue Karag. Servias   101 84 Athènes 
 
  Telephone:  +30 1 3313400  (ext. 205 and 206)      +30 1 3232305  (direct)   Telefax:   +30 1 3232927  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 25 
 
 
  2. Ministère du développement   ( C o m m e r c e )    Direction de la propriét é industrielle et commerciale 
  Place de Kaning 
  101 81 Athènes 
   Telephone:  +30 1 3821717   Telefax:   +30 1 3842642  
 3. Industrial Prop erty Organization 
  5, rue Pantanassis   151 25 Paradissos Amaroussiou   A t h e n s    
  Telephone:  +30 1 6183500 
     +30 1 6183599      +30 1 6183598   Telefax:   +30 1 6819231   4. Copyright Organisation 
  5, rue Metsovou 
  106 82 Athens     Telephone:  +30 1 8253731      +30 1 8253715 
  Telefax:   +30 1 8253732 
 
 
GRENADA  
 
The Registrar 
Supreme Court Registry 
 Church Street  St. George’s   Telephone:  +473 440 20 30 
 Telefax:  +473 440 66 95 
 
 GUATEMALA  
 
 Registro de la Propiedad Indus trial del Ministerio de Economía 
 7ª Avenida 7-61 Zona 4  
 Ciudad de Guatemala   Telephone:  +502 332 01 11     +502 332 01 12 
    +502 332 01 13 
    +502 332 01 14  Telefax:   +502 332 77 07   Contact official:  Lic do. Javier Guzmán Ulloa  
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 26  
 
 
GUINEA  
 Service guinéen de la pr opriété industrielle (SPI) 
 B.P. 468  
 Conakry 
  Telephone:  +224 41 17 20  Telefax:   +224 41 25 42   GUINEA BISSAU [No information on contact point(s) supplied.]   
GUYANA  
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]   HAITI  
 Direction des affaires juridiques 
 Ministère du commerce  et de l'industrie 
 8, rue Légitime  Port-au-Prince  
 Telephone:  +509 22 82 50 
    +509 22 24 99  Telefax:   +509 23 84 02     +509 23 59 50  
 
HONDURAS 
 
 Dirección General de Propiedad Intelectual  
 Secretaría de Economía y Comercio  Edificio Tan, tercer piso 
 Calle Peatonal 
 Tegucigalpa   Telephone:  +504 38 4258     +504 38 4262     +504 38 4268 
 Telefax:   +504 38 4267 
  The Directorate-General of Intellectual Proper ty is a dependency of the Ministry of the 
Economy and Trade, and consists of the Admi nistrative Office for Copyright and Related 
Rights and the Industrial Property Registry Office. 
 
  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 27 
 
 
HONG KONG, CHINA 
 
 Head of the Intellectual Property Investigation Bureau  Customs and Excise Department  M/F, 2 Rumsey Street 
 Central 
 Hong Kong   Telephone:  +852 2851 1611  Telefax:   +852 2850 6415 
 
 
HUNGARY  General contact point  
 
 Mr. László Várkonyi  Director General  Ministry of Foreign Affairs  Department of Multilateral Trade Policy  Bem rakpart 47 
 H - 1394 Budapest 
  Telephone:  +36 1 458 35 43  Telefax:   +36 1 356 73 73  E-mail:   LVarkonyi@kum.hu
 
 
Contact point for national legislation  
 
 Ms. Anita Németh  Head of Department  European Community Law Department 
 Ministry of Justice 
 Kossuth Lajos tér 4  H - 1055 Budapest   Telephone:  +36 1 441 37 85 
 Telefax:   +36 1 441 37 82 
 E-mail:   Anita.Nemeth@im.gov.hu
 
 
Contact point for Part II, Sections 2 to 6  
 
 Mr. Mihály Ficsor 
 Head of Department 
 Legal and International Department  Hungarian Patent Office  Garibaldi u. 2  H - 1054 Budapest 
 
 Telephone:  +36 1 474 57 63     +36 1 312 44 00  Telefax:   +36 1 447 59 36  E-mail:   FicsorM@hpo.hu
 
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 28  
 
Contact point for copyright and related rights  
 
 Dr. Péter Gyertyánfy, Director General  Dr. Gábor Faludi , Legal Director 
 ARTISJUS Bureau for the Pr otection of Author's Rights 
 Mészáros u. 15-17 
 H - 1016 Budapest   Telephone:  +36 1 212 15 43  Telefax:   +36 1 212 15 44 
 E-mail:   PGyertyanfy@artisjus.com
 
 
 
ICELAND  
Contact point for copyright and related rights  
 
 Ministry of Culture and Education  Attn. Ms. Thorunn Hafstein  Sölvhólsgötu 4  150 Reykjavík 
 
 Telephone:  +354 560 9508  Telefax:   +354 562 3068  
Contact point for other TRIPS-related questions 
  Einkaleyfastofan (Icela ndic Patent Office) 
 Lindargötu 9  150 Reykjavík   Telephone:  +354 560 9450 
 Telefax:   +354 562 9434 
 E-mail:   asta.valdimarsdottir@els.stjr.is
 
 
 
INDIA 
  Shri A.K. Pande 
 Director General  Directorate General of  Revenue Intelligence 
 7th Floor, I.P. Bhavan, I.P. Estate  New Delhi 110002 
 
 Telephone:  +91 11 331 9465     +91 11 331 1382  Telefax:   +91 11 331 2297     +91 11 331 9660    IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 29 
 
 
INDONESIA 
 
 Director General of In tellectual Property Rights 
 Department of Justice and Human Rights Affairs  Jl. Daan Mogot km. 24 
 Tangerang 15119 
  Telephone:  +62 21 552 49 92  Telefax:   +62 21 552 53 66   IRELAND  
 1. Intellectual Property Unit 
  Department of Enterprise and Employment 
  Kildare Street 
  Dublin 2    Telephone:  +353 1 661 44 44   Telefax:   +353 1 676 26 54  
  Contact person:  Mr. Jack Thompson 
  2. For Customs Aspects:    Customs Procedures A Branch 
  Revenue Commissioners 
  C a s t l e  H o u s e    South Great Georges Street   Dublin 2    Telephone:  +353 1 679 27 77 
  Telefax:   +353 1 671 87 19 
   Contact person:  Mr. Anthony Murphy  
 
ISRAEL 
 Contact point for trade in general  
 
 Mr. Yoram Zara  Director 
 Multilateral Agreements Division 
 Foreign Trade Administration 
 Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor  5, Bank Israel Street  POB 3166 
 Jerusalem 91036 
  Telephone:  +972 2 666 26 79  Telefax:   +972 2 666 29 41  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 30  
 
Contact point for industrial prop erty, copyright and related rights  
 
 Commissioner of Patents, Designs and Trademarks  11, Beit Hadefus Street   Lev Hagifa Building 
 Givat Schaul 
 Post Office Box 34255  Jerusalem 91341   Telephone:  +972 2 531 66 43 
 Telefax:   +972 2 531 67 64 
 
Information regarding a contact point relating to bo rder measures and custom authorities will  
be submitted in the near future.  
 
 
ITALY  
 1. Office du Délegué Accords de propriété intellectuelle 
  Responsable pour les Accords de propriété intellectuelle 
 
  Ministère des Affaires étrangères 
  Piazzale della Farnesina 1   00194 Rome    Telephone:  +39 6 36912279 
  Telefax:   +39 6 36912277 
   Contact person:  Tommaso Troise   2. Office du Délegué Accords de propriété intellectuelle 
  Responsable pour les Accords de propriété intellectuelle 
  Droits d'auteur et voisins 
   Ministère des Affaires étrangères   Piazzale della Farnesina 1   00194 Rome 
 
  Telephone:  +39 6 4698304   Telefax:   +39 6 36912277    Contact person:  C ons. Raffaele  Foglia 
     Conseiller juridique 
  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 31 
 
 
 3. Office du Délegué Accords de propriété intellectuelle 
  Responsable pour les Accords de propriété intellectuelle 
  Propriété industrielle    Ministère des Affaires étrangères 
  Piazzale della Farnesina 1 
  00194 Rome    Telephone:  +39 6 38762930   Telefax:   +39 6 36912277 
 
  Contact person:  Cons . Pasquale Iannantuono 
     Conseiller juridique   4. Service des douanes 
  Ministère des finances 
  Département des douanes   Division XII   Via Mario Carucci 71   00143 Rome  
  Telephone:  +39 6 50242015 
  Telefax:   +39 6 50957300    Contact person:  Dr. Gerardo Servello      D i r e c t e u r  d e  l a  D i v i s i o n  
 
 5. Préparation des lois civiles et pénales   Ministère des grâces et de la justice   Bureau législatif   Via Arenula   00186 Rome 
 
  Telephone:  +39 6 68300102   Telefax:   +39 6 6864324    Contact person:  Cons. Vittorio Ragonesi 
 
 6. Responsable problèmes agricoles (communautaires et internationaux) 
  Ministère des ressources agricoles   Direction générale Politiques communautaires et internationales – Div. II   Via XX Settembre 20   00187 Rome 
 
  Telephone:  +39 6 4665453      +39 6 46654053   Telefax:   +39 6 4743971  
  Contact person:  Dr. Angelo Innamorati 
 
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 32  
 
JAMAICA 
 
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade 
 21, Dominica Drive  Kingston 5 
 
 Telephone:  +1 809 929 6890  Telefax:   +1 809 929 6733  
 
JAPAN 
 
 1. Mr. Hideo Mitsuhashi 
  Special Officer for Intellectual Property Rights   Customs Clearance Division 
  Customs and Tariff Bureau 
  Ministry of Finance   3-1-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku   Tokyo   100 Japan  
  Telephone:  +81 3 3581 3041 
  Telefax:   +81 3 5251 2125   2. Mr. Noriaki Oka   Assistant Director 
  International Trade Organizations Division 
  Customs and Tariff Bureau   Ministry of Finance   3-1-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku   Tokyo   100 Japan 
 
  Telephone:  +81 3 3581 3825   Telefax:   +81 3 5251 2123   3. Mr. Koji Minamino 
  Assistant Director 
  Customs Clearance Division   Customs and Tariff Bureau   Ministry of Finance   3-1-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku   Tokyo 
  100 Japan 
   Telephone:  +81 3 3581 3041   Telefax:   +81 3 5251 2125   IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 33 
 
 
 4. Mr. Kazuhiro Itaya   Assistant Director   First International Organizations Division   Economic Affairs Bureau   Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
  2-2-1,  Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku 
  Tokyo   100 Japan    Telephone:  +81 3 3581 3813 
  Telefax:   +81 3 3581 9470 
  
JORDAN 
 
 Mr. Samer Tarawneh 
 Directorate for the Protection of Industrial Property  Ministry of Industry and Trade   Telephone:  +9626 568 14 27 (ext. 710)  Telefax:  +9626 560 37 21 
 E-mail:   samert@mit.gov.jo
 
  
KENYA 
 
Contact point for industrial property  
 
 The Director  Kenya Industrial Property Office  P. O. Box 51648  Nairobi 
 
 Telephone:  +254 2 332648      +254 2 332336-9  Telefax:   +254 2 219430  
 Director:  Prof. Norah K. Olembo 
 
Contact point for copyright  
 
 Registrar General  Department of the Registrar General 
 Attorney General Chambers 
 P. O. Box 30031  Nairobi   Telephone:  +254 2 227461 
 Telefax:   +254 2 211082  
    +254 2 336499   Registrar General: Mr. Paul Omondi Mbago 
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 34  
 
KOREA, Republic of 
 General contact point  
 
 World Trade Organization Team 
 Multilateral Trade Bureau 
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade  First Government Complex  77 Sejongro, Chongro-Gu  Seoul 
 
 Telephone:  +82 2 720 2188  Telefax:   +82 2 738 9726  
Contact point for copyright and related rights  
 
 Copyright Division  Cultural Policy Bureau  Ministry of Culture and Tourism  82-1 Sejongro, Chongro-Gu  Seoul 
 
 Telephone:  +82 2 720 3151  Telefax:   +82 2 723 9599  
Contact point for industrial property rights  
 
 International Cooperation Division  Korean Industrial Property Office  Government Complex-Taejon  920 Dunsan-Dong, So-Gu  Taejon Metropolitan City, 302-122 
 
 Telephone:  +82 42 481 5064-72  Telefax:   +82 42 472 3459  
Contact point for border measures  
 
 Trade Cooperation Division  Korea Customs Service  Government Complex-Taejon  920 Dunsan-Dong, So-Gu  Taejon Metropolitan City, 302-122 
 
 Telephone:  +82 42 472 1961-66  Telefax:   +82 42 481 1969    IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 35 
 
 
KUWAIT 
 Contact point for general issues  
 
 Ministry of Trade and Industry 
 P.O. Box 2944 
 Safat  13030 Kuwait   Telefax:   +965 246 2798 
 
Contact point for copyright  
 
 Ministry of Information   P.O. Box 193 
 Safat 
 13002 Kuwait   Telefax:   +965 246 2798   KYRGYZ REPUBLIC 
 
General contact points 
 
 1. Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry  
  Mr. Arzymat Japarovich Sulaimankulov 
  Vice Prime Minister/Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry    106 Chui Prospect   720002 Bishkek    Telephone:  +996 312 22 38 66  
     +996 312 66 19 48  
  Telefax:   +996 312 66 34 98   2. Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry   Department of Foreign Economic Relations and WTO   
  Mrs. Anarhan Rahmanovna Rahmanova  
  Director of the Department of  Foreign Economic Relations and WTO 
  106 Chui Prospect   720002 Bishkek    Telephone:  +996 312 22 15 96 
     +996 312 66 18 71 
  Telefax:   +996 312 66 34 98      +996 312 66 30 24       IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 36  
 
Contact Points for issues related to intellectual property 
 
1. State Agency of Science and Intellectual Property (Kyrgyzpatent). 
  Mr. Roman Omorovich Omorov 
Director of the State Agency of Science and Intellectual Property (Kyrgyzpatent) 
 62 Moskovskaya Str. 
 720021 Bishkek   Telephone:  +996 312 68 08 19  Telefax:   +996 312 68 17 03 
 
2. State Agency of Science and Intellectual Property (Kyrgyzpatent)  Department on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights   Ms. Omurgul Sagynalievna Balpanova  Head of the Department on Enforcemen t of Intellectual Property Rights  
 62 Moskovskaya Str. 
 720021 Bishkek   Telephone:  +996 312 68 16 53 
  Telefax:   +996 312 68 17 03   E-mail:   kirgyzpatent@infotel.kg
 
 
 
LATVIA 
 
 Copyright and Neighbouring Right Division  Ministry of Culture 
 Krisjana Valdemara Str. 11a  LV-1364 Riga   Telephone:  +371 721 25 54  Telefax:  +371 722 79 16 
 E-mail:   copyright@km.gov.lv  
  
LESOTHO  
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.] 
 
 LIECHTENSTEIN  
 Office of National Economy 
 Kirchstrasse 7 
 9490 Vaduz 
  Telephone:  +41 75 236 68 71  Telefax:   +41 75 236 68 89  
  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 37 
 
 
LITHUANIA 
 Contact point for issues related to industrial property  
 Mrs. Lina Mickienè  State Patent Bureau  
 Kalvarij ų Str. 3 
 2600 Vilnius   Telephone:  +3702 78 02 52 
 Telefax:  +3702 75 07 33 
 E-mail:   lina.mickiene@vpb.lt
 
 
Contact point for issues related to copyright and related rights 
  Mrs. Nijolè Matulevi čienè 
 Ministry of Culture  J. Basanavi čiaus Str. 5 
 2600 Vilnius   Telephone:  +3702 62 00 11 
 Telefax:  +3702 62 31 20 
 E-mail:   nijole.matuleviciene@muza.lt
 
  
LUXEMBOURG 
  Ministère de l'économie 
 Service de la propriété intellectuelle  19-21, boulevard Royal  L - 2449 Luxembourg  
 Telephone:  +352 478 41 10 
 Telefax:  +352 46 04 48 
 
 MACAO, CHINA 
  Macao Economic Services 
 1-3, Rua Dr. Pedro José Lobo, 25th floor  Macao, South East Asia   Telephone:  +853 38 69 37 
 Telefax:   +853 59 03 10 
 E-mail:   wto@economia.gov.mo   IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 38  
 
MADAGASCAR 
 Main contact point, in charge of notifications under the TRIPS Agreement 
 
 Ministère de l'industrialisation, du commerce et du développement du secteur privé  Direction des relations internationales 
 B.P. 454  Antananarivo 101   Telephone:  +261 20 22 261 40 
    +261 20 22 322 51 
 Telefax:  +261 20 22 280 25     +261 20 22 264 26  
Contact point for issues related to border measures 
 
 Ministère de l'économie, des finances et du budget  Direction des enquêtes et de la surveillance douanière  B.P. 262  Antananarivo 101  
 Telephone:  +261 20 22 253 22 
 Telefax:  +261 20 22 203 65  
Contact point for issues related to industrial property 
  Office malgache de la pr opriété industrielle (OMAPI) 
 Bâtiment de la Directi on générale de l'artisanat 
 Rue Agosthino Neto 67 ha - Sud  B.P. 8237  Antananarivo 101  
 Telephone:  +261 20 22 659 75 
 Telefax:  +261 20 22 659 79   
Contact point for issues related to copyright and related rights 
 
 Office malagasy du droit d'auteur (OMDA)  Direction générale  Lot II F 62, Rue Fredy Rajaofera  B.P. 17 bis 
 Antaninandro – Antananarivo 101 
 
 Telephone:  +261 20 22 308 53  Telefax:  +261 20 22 294 97 
 
  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 39 
 
 
MALAWI 
 
Main contact point 
 
 The Secretary for Commerce and Industry 
 P.O. Box 30366 
 Lilongwe 3   Telephone:  +265 01 770 337     +265 01 770 244 
    +265 01 774 679 
    +265 01 770 647  Telefax:   +265 01 770 680  E-mail:   minci@malawi.net
 
 
 Contact official:  Ms. Colleen Zamba, Principal Secretary 
  
MALAYSIA 
 
 Ministry of Domestic Tr ade and Consumer Affairs 
 Intellectual Property Division 
 22nd Floor, Menara Maybank  100 Jalan Tun Perak  50050 Kuala Lumpur  
 Telephone:  +60 3 232 9955 
 Telefax:   +60 3 201 2618  
 
MALDIVES  
 Ministry of Trade and Industries 
 Ghaazee Building  Ameeru Ahmed Magu  Malé 20-05  
 Telephone:  +960 32 36 68 
    +960 32 52 05  Telefax:   +960 32 38 40  E-mail:   trademin@dhivehinct.net.mv
 
 
 
MALI 
 
 Cellule OMC-CNUCED 
 Direction nationale du commerce et de la concurrence  Ministère de l'industrie, du commerce et des transports 
 
 Telephone:  +223 21 23 14      +223 21 49 18     +223 21 35 77  Telefax:  +223 21 80 46 
 E-mail:   dnae@datatech.toolnet.org
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 40  
 
MALTA 
 
 1. Industrial Property Office 
  L a s c a r i s    V a l l e t t a  
 
  Contact official:  Mr. Anthony Camenzuli      Controller of Industrial Property       Telephone: +356 232 718  (Office) 
       +356 242 270/7 (Department) 
     Telefax:  +356 246 800   2. Customs Department   Customs House 
  V a l l e t t a  
   Contact official:  Mr . Joseph Galea Maucieri 
     H e a d ,  C e n t r a l  S e r v i c e s        Telephone: +356 233 824 (Office) 
       +356 235 721 (Department) 
     Telefax:  +356 246 150   
MAURITANIA  
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.] 
  MAURITIUS  
 The Permanent Secretary  Ministry of Trade and Shipping 
 New Government Centre, Level 4  Port Louis   Telelphone:   +230 201 1985 
 Telefax:    +230 212 6368 
  Contact official:   Mr. Narainduth Boodhoo    IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 41 
 
 
MEXICO 
 
 1. Dirección General del Derecho de Autor 
  Secretaría de Educación Pública   Mariano Escobedo 438 
  Col. Nueva Anzures 
  11590 México, D.F.    Telephone:  +52 5 250 02 91      +52 5 250 03 80 
  Telefax:   +52 5 250 75 73 
  2. Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial   Periférico Sur 3106   Col. Jardines del Pedregal 
  01900 México,  D.F. 
   Telephone:  +52 5 624 04 01      +52 5 624 04 02   Telefax:   +52 5 624 04 06  
 
MOLDOVA 
 Contact points for issues rela ted to technical cooperation 
  1. State Agency for Industrial Property Protection 
  24/1 A. Doga Street   MD-2024 Chisinau    Telephone:  +3732 44 32 53      +3732 49 31 86 
  Telefax:  +3732 44 01 19 
  E-mail:   office@agepi.md
 
  Internet:    http://www.agepi.md  
   Contact official:  Mr. Ion Daniliuc 
     D i r e c t o r  G e n e r a l ,  a . i .  
  2. State Agency for Copyright   55, Sciucev Street   MD-2012 Chisinau  
  Telephone:  +3732 22 60 94 
     +3732 22 26 53      +3732 22 35 42   Telefax:  +3732 22 60 94  
  Contact Official: Mr. Oleg Rotaru 
     Deputy Director General 
 
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 42  
 
MONGOLIA 
 
 Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia 
 Baga Toiruu 49  Ulaanbaatar 
 
 Telephone:  +976 1 32 74 56  Telefax:   +976 1 32 76 38  
 
MOROCCO 
 Contact point for industr ial property rights 
 
 Office marocain de la propriété industrielle 
 Route de Nouasser - R.S. 114, Km 9,500 
 Casablanca   Telephone:  +212 2 33 54 86  Telefax:   +212 2 33 54 86  Contact point for artistic and literary property rights  
 Ministère de la communication 
 Rue Beni Mellal  Rabat 
 
 Telephone:  +212 7 76 87 26      +212 7 76 65 91  Telefax:   +212 7 76 77 12  
TRIPS enquiry point  
 
 Ministère du commerce extérieur  63, avenue Moulay Youssef  Rabat  
 Telephone:  +212 7 70 33 63 
 Telefax:   +212 7 70 01 37 
 
 MOZAMBIQUE  
 Mr. Francisco Miguel Gundo 
 Head  Industrial Property Department  National Directorate of Industry  Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism 
 Av. 25 Septembro, Nº 27 447 
 Maputo   Telephone:  +258 1 42 56 40  Telefax:   +258 1 43 14 18 
  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 43 
 
 
MYANMAR 
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]   NAMIBIA 
 
Contact point for issues related to patents, trademarks and industrial designs 
 
 Permanent Secretary  Ministry of Trade and Industry 
 Directorate of Internal Trade 
 The Brendan Simbwaye Square  Goethe Street 11, Block B  Private Bag 13340  Windhoek 
 
 Telephone:  +264 61 283 7111  Telefax:  +264 61 220 227   Contact official:  Mr. E. Kamboua  Contact point for copyright and related rights 
 
 Permanent Secretary  Ministry of Information and Broadcasting  Directorate of Copyright Services 
 Private Bag 13344 
 Windhoek   Telephone:  +264 61 222 246  Telefax:  +264 61 220 177  E-mail:   nammines@iwwn.com.na
 
 
 Contact official:  Mr. T.H. Shinavene  
Contact point for plant and animal varieties 
  Permanent Secretary 
 Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development  Directorate of Extension and Engineering  Division of Law Enforcement  Government Office Park  Private Bag 13184 
 Windhoek 
  Telephone:  +264 61 202 2135     +264 61 208 7111  Telefax:  +264 61 235 672 
 E-mail:   agrlaw@iafrica.com.na
 
  Contact official:  Mr. G.B. Rhodes 
 
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 44  
 
NEPAL 
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]   NETHERLANDS 
 
Main contact point  
 
 Ministry of Economic Affairs  Legal Department/Division for Intellectual Property 
 Bezuidenhoutseweg 20 
 P.O. Box 20101  2500 EC The Hague   Telephone:  +31 70 3 796 514 
 Telefax:   +31 70 3 796 815 
 
Specific contact points  
 
 1. Issues related to copyright, ne ighbouring rights and civil remedies:   
 
  Ministry of Justice 
  Directorate of Legislation   P.O. Box 20301   2500 EH The Hague  
  Telephone:  +31 70 3 707 911 
  Telefax:   +31 70 3 707 932   2. Issues related to patent s, trademarks, industrial desi gns and integrat ed circuits: 
   Netherlands Industr ial Property Office 
  Public Information Service 
  P.O. Box 5820   2280 HV Rijswijk    Telephone:  +31 70 3 98 66 99 
  Telefax:   +31 70 3 98 66 06 
  3. Issues related to border m easures and customs authorities: 
   Customs Authorities   P a r a l l e l w e g  2  
  3131 DG Vlaardingen 
  P.O. Box 1005   3130 EE Vlaardingen    Telephone:  +31 10 445 57 00 
  Telefax:   +31 10 434 10 20 
 
  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 45 
 
 
NEW  ZEALAND 
 
 The Director 
 Trade Negotiations Division  Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 
 Private Bag 18 901 
 Wellington   Telephone:  +64 4 494 8500  Telefax:   +64 4 494 8518  
 
 
NICARAGUA  
 
1. Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio 
Dirección General de Competencia y Transparencia de Mercados 
Colonial los Robles, II Etapa, Con tiguo a Intercontinental Metrocentro 
Managua  Telephone:  +505 267 27 20 Telefax:  +505 267 53 93 
E-mail:   julio.bendana@mific.gob.ni 
 Contact Official: Dr. Julio César Bendaña  
2. Registro de la Propiedad Intelectual 
Colonial los Robles, II Etapa, Con tiguo a Intercontinental Metrocentro 
Managua  Telephone:  +505 267 24 17 Telefax:  +505 267 53 93 E-mail:   Ambrosia.Lezama@mific.gob.ni
 
 
Contact Official: Dra. Ambrosia Lezama Zelaya, 
     D i r e c t o r a  G e n e r a l  
 
 
NIGER 
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]   NIGERIA  
 1. The Honourable Minister 
  Federal Ministry of  Commerce and Tourism 
  Commercial Law Department   P.M.B. 88   Federal Secretariat 
  A r e a  1  
  Garki, Abuja  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 46  
 
 2. The Director   National Office for Techno logy Acquisition and Promotion 
  109, Western Avenue (Iponri)   P.M.B. 12806   L a g o s  
 
  Telephone:  +234 1 801 4109   3. The Director   Nigerian Copyright Council 
  National Theatre Annex 
  16, Aloba Street   Ebute Metta   P.M.B. 12723   L a g o s  
 
  Telephone:  +234 1 583 0205  
 
NORWAY  
 Utenriksdepartementet (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 
 Handelspolitisk Avdeling  P.O. Box 8114 - Dep.  N - 0032 Oslo  
 Telephone:  +47 22 24 36 00 
 Telefax:   +47 22 24 95 80  E-mail:   postmottak@ud.dep.telemax.no
 
 
 
OMAN 
  Director General of Commerce 
 Ministry of Commerce and Industry  Muscat  
 Telephone:  +968 771 42 30 
 Telefax:  +968 771 20 30  E-mail:   fleyfel@hotmail.com
 
  Contact Official: Dr. Jaber bin Marhun Flaifil     Telephone: +968 771 62 41 
    Telefax: +968 771 20 30 
    E - m a i l :   fleyfel@hotmail.com
 
 
  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 47 
 
 
PAKISTAN 
 
 Economic Consultant 
 ITO Wing  Ministry of Commerce 
 State Life Building Nº 5 
 7th Floor  Blue Area  Islamabad   PANAMA  
 1. Dirección Nacional de Negociaciones Comerciales Internacionales (DINECI) 
  Viceministerio de  Comercio Exterior 
  Ministerio de Co mercio e Industrias 
  Edificio Plaza Edison, Piso Nº 3, Oficina DINECI   Ave. Tumba Muerto, Vía El Paical   Ciudad de Panamá   Apartado Postal 378   P a n a m á  1  
 
  Telephone:  +507 360 06 90       +507 360 06 00 (ext. 2323/2336)   Telefax:   +507 360 06 91   E-mail:   econcex@sinfo.net
 
     juconcex@sinfo.net  
   Contact officials: Licdo.  Samuel Moreno Peralta,  
     Negociador de Propiedad Intelectual      Licda. Rosario Tapia,      Negociadora de Propiedad Intelectual 
 
 2. Dirección General del Registro de  la Propriedad Industrial (DIGERPI) 
  Dirección Nacional de Comercio   Viceministerio de Comercio Interior   Ministerio de Co mercio e Industrias 
  Edificio Plaza Edison, Piso Nº 2, Oficina DIGERPI 
  V í a  E l  P a i c a l    Ciudad de Panamá   Apartado Postal 9658   P a n a m á  4   
  Telephone:  +507 360 07 05 
     +507 360 06 00 (ext. 2105/2348/2351/2353)   Telefax:   +507 321 02 66   E-mail:   digerpi@sinfo.net
 
 
  Contact officials: Lic do. Raúl Eduardo Molina, 
     D i r e c t o r  N a c i o n a l  d e  C o m e r c i o       Licda. Luz Celeste Ríos de Davis,      D i r e c t o r a  G e n e r a l   IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 48  
 
 3. Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor   Ministerio de Educación   Corozal, Villa Cárdenas, Edificio 6521   Corregimiento de Ancón   Ciudad de Panamá 
  Apartado Postal 2440 
  P a n a m á  3     Telephone:  +507 317 90 43      +507 315 73 00 
     +507 317 61 70 
  Telefax:   +507 317 61 70   E-mail:   panautor@orbi.net
 
   Contact official:  Licda. Angela J. Shelton López 
     Directora Nacional de Derecho de Autor 
  4. Departamento de Propiedad Intelectual   Dirección General de Aduanas   Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas   Curundú, Edificio 1009 
  Ciudad de Panamá 
  Apartado Postal 7304   P a n a m á  5     Telephone:  +507 232 59 80 
  Telefax:   +507 232 58 34 
  E-mail:   jmathieu@aduanas.gob.pa
 
     hyoung@mhyt.gob.pa  
   Contact officials: Li cdo. Herbert Young Rodrígue z, Asesor Ministerial 
     L i c d o .  J e a n  J o s p  M a t h i e u  Z . ,   
     Jefe del Departamento de Propiedad Intelectual 
  5. Departamento de Propiedad Intelectual   Administración de la  Zona Libre de Colón 
  Zona Libre de Colón 
  Edificio Harbor View, Piso Nº 3 
  Área segregada de la Zona Libre de Colón   Ciudad de Colón   Apartado Postal 1118   Zona Libre de Colón  
  Telephone:  +507 445 27 51 (ext. 115/179) 
     +507 445 10 33 (ext. 115/179)   Telefax:   +507 441 80 82      +507 445 21 65   
  Contact official:  Licda. Sae Ahn 
     J e f a  d e l  D e p a r t a m e n t o    IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 49 
 
 
 6. Fiscalía Décima de Circuito   Ministerio Público   Edificio AVESA, Piso Nº 3   V í a  E s p a ñ a    Ciudad de Panamá 
 
  Telephone:  +507 269 04 31   Telefax:   +507 269 04 31   E-mail:   jeapc@yahoo.com
 
     jeapc@pty.com  
 
  Contact official:  Lic do. José Ayu Prado Canals, 
     F i s c a l  D é c i m o  d e  C i r c u i t o    PAPUA NEW GUINEA  [No information on contact point(s) supplied.]   PARAGUAY  
 1. Subsecretaría de Estado de Comercio del Ministerio de Industria y Comercio 
  Ing. Darío Peralta Sosa   V i c e m i n i s t r o  de Comercio 
  España Nº 323 c/ EE.UU.   Asunción 
  
  Telephone:  +595 21 27 140      +595 21 212 844   Telefax:   +595 21 210 570   E-mail:   proyecto@vdimic.una.py
 
 
 2. Dirección de Comercio Interior 
  Dr. Vicente Renna   Director de Comercio Interior   España Nº 323 c/EE.UU.   Asunción 
 
  Telephone:  +595 21 204 638)      +595 21 204 791)  (ext. 34)      +595 21 204 797 )   Telefax:   +595 21 210 570   E-mail:   proyecto@vdimic.una.py
 
 
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 50  
 
PERU 
 
 Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de  
   Protección a la Propied ad Intelectual (INDECOPI) 
 Calle de la Prosa Nº 138 
 San Borja 
 Lima 41   Telephone:  +51 1 224 78 00  Telefax:   +51 1 224 03 48 
 
 - Oficina de Derechos de Autor (Matters  relating to copyright  and relate d rights) 
  - Oficina de Signos Distintivos (Matters re lating to trademarks, commercial names and 
slogans and indications of origin) 
 
 - Oficina de Invenciones y Nuevas Tecnologí as (Matters relating to patents, utility 
models, industrial designs, protected pl ant varieties and other new technologies) 
  
PHILIPPINES 
  Intellectual Property Office 
 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue 351  Makati City  
 Telephone:  +632 752 54 50-65 
 Telefax:   +632 897 17 24  E-mail:   carmen.peralta@ipophil.gov.ph
 
  Contact Official: Ms. Carmen G. Peralta,     D i r e c t o r ,   
    Documentation, Information and Technology Transfer Bureau 
  
POLAND 
 
Contact point for industriall y-related aspects of TRIPS  
 
 Patent Office of the Republic of Poland 
 Al. Niepodleglosci 188/192  00-950 Warsaw  
 Telephone:  +48 22 25 05 81 
 Telefax:   +48 22 25 05 81   Contact official:  Ms. Grazyna Lachowicz     C h i e f  E x p e r t  
    E x e c u t i v e  O f f i c e  
  The contact point will collaborate with the Polish customs authorities to be able to provide 
information on trade in counterfeit tr ademark goods and pirated copyright goods. 
  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 51 
 
 
 Contact point for copyright and neighbouring rights 
 
 Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Unity 
 Legal Office  Ministry of Culture and Art 
 Krakowskie Przedmiescie 15/17 
 00-071 Warsaw   Telephone:  +48 22 826 19 25  Telefax:  +48 22 827 34 58 
 
 Contact Official: Ms. Ewa Ziemiszewska     Deputy Director of Legal Office   The contact point will not be dealing with industrially-related aspects of TRIPS. 
 
 
PORTUGAL  Contact point for trademarks, geographical indicatio ns, industrial designs, patents and layout-designs 
(topographies) of integrated circuits 
 
 Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial 
 Campo das Cebolas  1100 Lisboa  
 Telephone:  +351 1 888 11 01 
 Telefax:   +351 1 886 00 66  E-mail:   inpi@mail.telepac.pt
 
 
Contact point for copyright and related rights 
  Gabinete do Direito de Autor 
 Av. Eng. Duarte Pacheco Nº 19 – 5º Esq.  1070 Lisboa   Telephone:  +351 1 381 30 10 
 Telefax:   +351 1 381 30 19 
 
Contact point for border measures 
 
 Direcção de Serviços de Regulação Aduaneira  Direcção-Geral das Alfândegas 
 Rua da Alfândega Nº 5 
 1194 Lisboa Codex   Telephone:  +351 1 886 81 85     +351 1 886 05 37 
 Telefax:   +351 1 888 09 79 
 
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 52  
 
QATAR 
 
 Department of Commerce 
 Ministry of Finance, Economy & Commerce  P. O. Box 22355 
 Doha 
  Telephone:  +974 43 21 03  Telefax:   +974 43 14 12   ROMANIA  Contact point for general issues  
 Ministerul Industriei si Comertului 
 (Ministry of Indus try and Commerce) 
 Department of Economic International Relations  Calea Victoriei Nº 152-154  Sector 1  Bucuresti 
 
 Telephone:  +40 1 315 07 57  Telefax:   +40 1 315 04 49  
Contact point for issues related to industrial property 
  Oficul de Stat pentru Inventii si Marci 
 (State Office for Inventions and Trademarks)  Str. Ion Ghica Nº 5  Sector 3  Bucuresti  
 
 Telephone:  +40 1 315 90 66     +40 1 315 19 66  Telefax:   +40 1 312 38 19  E-mail:   office@osim.ro
 
 
Contact point for issues related to copyright and related rights 
 
 Oficiul Roman pentru Drepturile de Autor 
 (Romanian Copyright Office)  Str. Matei Millo Nº 7 Et. 4 
 C.P. 1-716 
 70704 – Bucuresti 1   Telephone:  +40 1 310 25 06  Telefax:   +40 1 310 25 06  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 53 
 
 
 
Contact point for border measures - issu es related to trade in counterfeit goods  
 
 Ministerul Finantelor – Di rectia Generala a Vamilor 
 (General Customs Directorate) 
 Str. Matei Millo Nº 13 
 Sector 1  Bucuresti   Telephone:  +40 1 210 40 96 
    +40 1 210 40 93 
 Telefax:   +40 1 311 24 91   
RWANDA 
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.] 
  SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS [No information on contact point(s) supplied.]  
 
SAINT LUCIA  
1. Mr. Earl Huntley 
 Permanent Secretary 
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade 
 Greaham Louisy Administrative Building  Waterfront  Castries   Telephone:  +758 468 45 21 
    +758 468 45 02 
 Telefax:  +758 452 74 27  E-mail:   foreign@candw.lc
 
 2. Mr. Cosmos Richardson 
 Permanent Secretary 
 Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Consumer Affairs  Heraldine Rock Building  Waterfront  Castries  
 Telephone:  +758 452 26 27 
    +758 468 42 03  Telefax:  +758 453 73 47  E-mail:   mitandt@candw.lc
 
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 54  
 
3. Dr. Bernard La Corbiniere  Permanent Secretary  Ministry of Finance and Planning  Financial Centre  Bridge Street 
 Castries 
  Telephone:  +758 468 55 03     +758 468 55 02  Telefax:  +758 452 67 00 
 
Contact point for issues related to intellectual property 
 
 Honourable Petrus Compton 
 Attorney General 
 Attorney General's Chambers 
 Francis Compton Building  Waterfront  Castries   Telephone:  +758 458 11 70 
    +758 468 32 02 
 Telefax:  +758 458 11 31  E-mail:   atgen@candw.lc
 
  SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES [No information on contact point(s) supplied.]   SENEGAL  
 Direction du commerce extérieur 
 Rue Felix Eboué  Dakar   Telephone:  +221 821 57 25 
 Telefax:  +221 822 09 32 
 
 SIERRA LEONE  [No information on contact point(s) supplied.]  
  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 55 
 
 
SINGAPORE 
 
 The Chief Executive Officer 
 The Singapore Trade Development Board  230, Victoria Street 
 #09-00 
 Bugis Junction Officer Tower  Singapore 188024   Telephone:  +65 337 6628 
 Telefax:   +65 337 6898 
 
 
SLOVAK REPUBLIC  
Contact point for issues related to technica l cooperation on industrial property rights  
 
 Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic  Švermova 43  974 05 Banská Bystrica  
 Telephone:  +421 88 430 01 66 
    +421 88 430 01 25  Telefax:   +421 88 413 25 66   Contact official:  Mr . Vladimír Banský,  
    Director of International Affairs, EI and PCT Department 
 
Contact point for issues related to copyright and related rights  
 
 Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  Legal Department 
 Dobrovi čova 12 
 813 31 Bratislava   Telephone:  +42 7 3066438  Telefax:   +42 7 3066459 
 
 
SLOVENIA 
 Contact point for issues related to intellectual property rights 
  Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Slovenia 
 Kotnikova 6  SI - 1000 Ljubljana   Telephone:  +386 1 478 30 00 
 Telefax:   +386 1 478 31 10 
 E-mail:   SIPO@sipo.mzt.si
 
  Responsible official: Mr. Erik Vrenko,     D i r e c t o r  
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 56  
 
Contact point for issues related to border measures 
 
 Ministry of Finance  Customs Administration of the Republic of Slovenia  Šmartinska 55 
 SI – 1523 Ljubljana 
  Telephone:  +386 1 478 38 00  Telefax:   +386 1 478 39 00  E-mail:   carina@gov.si
 
 
 Responsible official: Mr. Franc Košir,      D i r e c t o r    SOLOMON ISLANDS  [No information on contact point(s) supplied.]  SOUTH AFRICA  
 Registrar of Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright and Designs 
 Private Bag X400 
 Pretoria  0001 South Africa   Telephone:  +27 12 310 8700 
 Telefax:   +27 12 323 4257 
  
SPAIN 
 Principal contact point (general responsibilit y for notifications under the TRIPS Agreement)  
 
 Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda  Secretaría de Estado de Comercio, Turismo y Pequeña y Mediana Empresa  Secretaría General de Comercio Exterior  Subdirección General de Política Comercial de la Unión Europea 
 Paseo de la Ca stellana Nº 162 
 28071 Madrid    Telephone:  +34 91 349 36 70  Telefax:   +34 91 349 37 90  Additional contact point (Part II, Sections 2 to 8, and Parts IV to VII of the TRIPS Agreement)  
 
 Ministerio de Industria y Energía  Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas  Departamento de Coordinación Jurí dica y Relaciones Internacionales 
 C/Panamá Nº 1 
 28071 Madrid   Telephone:  +34 91 349 55 04     +34 91 349 55 80 
 Telefax:   +34 91 349 53 78  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 57 
 
 
SRI LANKA 
 
 Registry of Patents & Trade Marks of Sri Lanka 
 "Samagam Medura" 3rd floor  400, D.R. Wijewardena Mawatha 
 Colombo 10 
  Telephone:  +94 1 689367      +94 1 688768     +94 1 689368 
 Telefax:   +94 1 689367 
  Contact official:  Mr. G.D.D.K. Perera     Assistant Registrar of Patents & Trade Marks 
 
 
SURINAME 
 Mrs. Yvonne Roeplal-Soeratram 
 Ministry of Justice and Police  Bureau of Industrial Property  Gravenstraat Nº 1 
 Paramaribo 
  Telephone:  +597 47 58 05  Telefax:   +597 41 21 09 
 
 
SWAZILAND  
 
 The Registrar General  P.O. Box 460  Mbabane 
 
 Telephone:  +268 404 18 32  Telefax:  +268 404 35 31   Contact official:  Mr. Stephen Magagula  
  SWEDEN  
 Kommerskollegium 
 (National Board of Trade) 
 TRIPS Contact Point 
 Box 6803  S - 113 86 Stockholm   Telephone:  +46 8 690 48 00 
 Telefax:   +46 8 690 48 40 
  Contact official:  Mrs. Agnès Courades Allebeck     Telephone: +46 8 690 48 46     E - m a i l :   a g n e s . c ourades.allebeck@kommers.se 
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 58  
 
 
SWITZERLAND  Contact point for general matters  
  Secrétariat d'Etat à l'économie 
 Secteur OMC  Palais fédéral Est  3003 Berne  
 Telephone:  +41 31 322 22 10 
 Telefax   +41 31 323 95 25   Contact official:  Mme Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch  Contact point for issues related to intellectual property rights  
 
 Institut fédéral de la propriété intellectuelle  Droit et Affaires internationales  Einsteinstrasse 2  3003 Berne 
 
 Telephone:  +41 31 322 48 02  Telefax:   +41 31 324 10 45   Contact official:  M. Felix Addor 
 
Contact point for issues related to border measures 
 
 Direction générale des douanes 
 Division principale droit et redevances  Monbijoustrasse 40 
 3003 Berne 
  Telephone:  +41 31 322 65 98  Telefax:   +41 31 323 92 79  
 Contact official:  M. Jörg Haudenschild 
  
SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF  TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU  
 
 Multilateral Trade Affairs Division 
 Bureau of Foreign Trade 
 Ministry of Economic Affairs  1, Hu-Kou Street  Taipei, Taiwan, 100  
 Telephone:  +886 2 23 97 72 15 
 Telefax:  +886 2 23 21 64 45  
 
 TANZANIA 
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 59 
 
 
THAILAND 
 Department of Intellectual Property  
 
 Mr. Somboon Cheycharoen 
 Director  
 The Co-ordination Center for Suppression of IPR Violation 
 Department of Intellectual Property  Ministry of Commerce  44/100 Sanam Bin Nam Road 
 Muang Nonthaburi 11000 
  Telephone:  +66 2 547 47 01     +66 2 547 47 02  Telefax:   +66 2 547 47 05 
 
Royal Thai Police  
 
 1. Pol. Maj. Gen. Chaktip Kunjara   Deputy Commissioner   Metropolitan Police Bureau 
  Royal Thai Police 
  323 Wang-Parussakawan, Sri-Ayudhaya Road   Khwaeng Dusit, Bangkok 10300    Telephone:  +66 2 280 33 81 
  Telefax:   +66 2 280 50 88 
  2. Pol. Maj. Gen. Ekkarat Meeprecha   Assistant Commissioner   Central Investigation Bureau   Royal Thai Police 
  Henry Dunant Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330 
     Telephone:  +66 2 205 22 46   Telefax:   +66 2 251 42 15  
 3. Pol. Maj. Gen. Suchart Karnchanavises 
  Commander   Economic Crime Investigation Division   Central Investigation Police Bureau   Royal Thai Police   North Sathorn Road, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500 
 
  Telephone:  +66 2 235 30 48   Telefax:   +66 2 234 68 06  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 60  
 
 4. Pol. Col. Vuthichai Buspabutr   Superintendent of Sub-Division   Central Investigation Police Bureau   Royal Thai Police   North Sathorn Road, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500 
 
  Telephone:  +66 2 235 28 10   Telefax:   +66 2 234 2810  
The Royal Thai Customs Department 
  1. Mrs. Chaweewon Kongchareonkitkul 
  D i r e c t o r    Planning and Policy International Affair Bureau   The Royal Thai Customs Department 
  Ministry of Finance 
  Sunthornkosa Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok10110    Telephone:  +66 2 240 26 17      +66 2 667 79 71   Telefax:   +66 2 249 40 16 
  
 2. Mr. Somsak Pojpatinya 
  Director of Land Enforcement Division   The Royal Thai Customs Department   Ministry of Finance 
  Sunthornkosa Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok10110 
   Telephone:  +66 2 667 77 00   3. Mr. Vichak Apirugnunchai   Chief of Land Suppression Sub-Division 
  The Royal Thai Customs Department 
  Ministry of Finance   Sunthornkosa Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok10110    Telephone:  +66 2 249 92 10   TOGO [No information on contact point(s) supplied.]    IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 61 
 
 
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 
 
 Intellectual Property Office 
 Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs  Huggins Building 3
rd Floor 
 South Quay 72-74 
 Port of Spain   Telephone:  +1 868 625 9972  Telefax:   +1 868 624 1221 
 E-mail:   mazina.kadir@ipo.gov.tt
 
    omed.joseph@ipo.gov.tt  
  Contact official:  Ms. Mazina Kadir     (Controller)    TUNISIA  Contact point for issues relating to c opyright protection of audiovisual works  
  Établissement de la radiodiffu sion télévision tunisienne (ERTT) 
    Contact officials: 1. Mme Sihem Ben Abderrahmen 
     Directeur des affaires juridiques      A v e n u e  d e  l a  l i b e r t é  7 1  
1002 Tunis 
       Telephone: +216 71 78 16 87      Telefax:  +216 71 78 12 97      E - m a i l  :   affaires.juridiques@artt.nat.tn
 
 
    2. Mme Hamida Ridane 
     Directeur adjoint de la publicité      Rue de la Palestine 116      1002 Tunis  
     Telephone: +216 71 78 16 15 
     Telefax:  +216 71 84 61 10      E - m a i l  :   D.Pubanpa@email.ati.tn
 
 
Contact point for issues related to the protection of  artistic and intellect ual property rights and 
copyright  
 
 Ministère de la Culture  Ave. du 2 mars    1934 La Casbah   
 Contact officials: 1. M. Moncef Chatti 
     Directeur de la coopérati on et des relations internationales 
     Telephone: +216 71 56 27 59      Telefax:  +216 71 56 38 16  
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 62  
 
    2. M. Kheireddine Abdel Ali 
    Directeur général de l' Organisme tunisien de protection des       droits d'auteur 
     Rue Mikhael Nouaima 37      1005 El Omrane Tunis 
     Telephone: +216 71 84 06 08 
     Telefax:  +216 71 84 71 25  
Contact point for issues related to the protection of  industrial property title s and the registration of 
licence contracts  
 
 Institut national de la normalisation et de la propriété in dustrielle (INNORPI) 
 Cité El Khadhra par Rue Alain Savary  1003 Tunis-Belvédère  PB 23-1012 Tunis Belvédère-Tunis 
 
 Telephone:  +216 71 785 922  Telefax:   +216 71 781 563  E-mail:   INORPI Email.ati.tn   Contact official:  M. Mohamed Chaouch 
 
 
TURKEY 
 Contact point for issues related to industrial property  
  
 Turkish Patent Institute  Hipodrom Cad. No. 115  06330 Yenimahalle  Ankara  
 Telephone:  +90 312 303 10 00-01 (Switch Board) 
 Telefax:   +90 312 303 14 50  Internet Home Page: http://www.turkpatent.gov.tr   Contact persons: 1. Mr. Yusuf Balci 
     P r e s i d e n t  
     Telephone:  +90 312 303 10 90-91      E-mail:   yb alci@turkpatent.gov.tr 
     2. Mr. Memduh Murat      V i c e  P r e s i d e n t  
     Telephone:  +90 312 303 14 00-02 
     E-mail:   mmurat@turkpatent.gov.tr   IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 63 
 
 
Contact point for issues related to copyright and neighbouring rights 
  
 Ministry of Culture  Directorate General of  Copyrights and Cinema 
 Necatibey Cad. Nº 55,  6th floor 
 06440 Sihhiye 
 Ankara   Telephone:  +90 312 230 83 26 (Director General)     +90 312 231 79 62 (Switch Board) 
 Telefax:   +90 312 231 96 94 
 
Contact point for issues related to border measures 
 
 Undersecretariat of Customs 
 General Directorate of Customs 
 Mr. H. Cahit Soysal  Deputy Director General  Hükümet Meydani Ulus  Ankara  
 Telephone:  +90 312 310 98 20 
 Telefax:   +90 312 324 59 79     +90 312 311 13 46  
 
 
UGANDA 
 
 Customs and Excise Department 
 Uganda Revenue Authority  Post Office Box Nº 7279  Plot 3, Parliament Avenue 
 Kampala 
  Telephone:  +256 41 243967      +256 41 230923  Telefax:   +256 41 236786 
 
 
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  
 Ministry of Economy and Commerce 
 World Trade Organization Division 
 P.O. Box 901 
 Abu Dhabi   Telephone:  +971 2 626 50 00  Telefax:   +971 2 626 00 00 
 E-mail:   economy@emirates.net.ae
 
 
 IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 64  
 
UNITED KINGDOM 
 
 Mr. Karl Whitfield 
 Intellectual Property Policy Directorate  The Patent Office 
 Cardiff Road 
 Newport  Gwent   NP9 1RH   Telephone:  +44 1 633 814 734 
 Telefax:   +44 1 633 814 504 
  
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
 
Main contact point  
 
 P. Claude Burcky  Deputy Assistant USTR for IPR  Office of the United States Trade Representative  Executive Office of the President 
 600 17th Street, NW 
 Washington, D.C. 20508   Telephone:  +1 202 395 68 64  Telefax:   +1 202 395 38 91 
 
Additional contact points for notifications  
 
 1. Robert Stoll   Administrator   Office of Legislative and International Affairs 
  Patent and Trademark Office 
  Box 4   Washington, D.C. 20231    Telephone:  +1 703 305 93 00 
  Telefax:   +1 703 305 88 85 
  2. David R. Nicholson   Attaché   United States Mission to the World Trade Organization   Avenue de la Paix 1-3 
  1202 Geneva 
  Switzerland    Telephone:  +41 22 749 52 81   Telefax:   +41 22 749 53 08  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 65 
 
 
 
Additional contact point for notifications relating to border enforcement  
 
 Dennis Sequeila  Director 
 International Organizations and Agreements Division 
 Office of International Affairs  U.S. Customs Service  Room 2118  1301 Constitution Ave., NW 
 Washington, D.C. 20229 
  Telephone:  +1 202 927 14 80  Telefax:   +1 202 927 68 97  
 
URUGUAY 
 Contact point for industrial property  
 
 Dirección Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial 
 Ministerio de Industr ia, Energía y Minería 
 Rincón 719  Montevideo   Telephone:  +598 2 93 09 23  
    +598 2 92 57 71 
 Telefax:   +598 2 93 11 40   Contact person:  Li c. Rosario Moreira 
 
 
VENEZUELA 
 
 1. Ministerio de Indus tria y Comercio (MIC) 
  Sr. Freddy Yépez   Director General Sectorial de Planificación Estratégica e Inversiones 
  Avenida Libertador 
  Centro Comercial Los Cedros - Pent House   Urbanización Florida     Caracas 1050    Telephone:  +58 2 761 89 85 
     +58 2 762 56 60 
  Telefax:   +58 2 762 56 60      +58 2 761 89 85  IP/N/3/Rev.8 
Page 66  
 
 2. Servicio Autónomo de la Propiedad Intelectual (SAPI)   Dr. Francisco Astudillo   Director General Sectorial    Centro Simón Bolívar, Torre Sur, Piso 7   Apartado Postal 1844 
  El Silencio 
  Caracas 1010    Telephone:  +58 2 481 30 63      +58 2 481 12 45 
     +58 2 483 24 77 
  Telefax:   +58 2 483 13 91   The new Servicio Autónomo de la Propieda d Intelectual (SAPI) (Autonomous Service for 
Intellectual Property) falls under the Ministerio de Industria y Comercio (Ministry of Industry and 
Trade) of Venezuela, and replaces the Instituto de Comercio Exterior  (Foreign Trade Institute), the 
Servicio Autónomo de la Propiedad Industrial (Aut onomious Service for Industrial Property) and the 
Dirección Nacional de Derecho de autor (Nati onal Copyright Office) as notified in 1996. 
 
 ZAMBIA 
  1. The Permanent Secretary 
  Ministry of Commer ce, Trade and Industry 
  P.O. Box 31968   Lusaka 
 
  Telephone:  +260 1 223617      +260 1 228301/9   Telefax:  +260 1 226727   2. Zambia Patent Office  
  M w a y i  H o u s e  
  Haile Selassie Avenue   P.O. Box 32075   L u s a k a   
  Telephone:  +260 1 225072 
     +260 1 255151   Cell:   +260 1 771 121   Telefax:   +260 1 227225    Contact Person:  Mr. M.C.J. Kunkuta, Registrar 
 
 3. The Registrar of Copyright   Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services   P.O. Box 51025   L u s a k a  
 
  Telephone:  +260 1 251773   Telefax:   +260 1 253456/7      +260 1 251766/7   IP/N/3/Rev.8 
 Page 67 
 
 
4. The Secretary 
  Zambia Copyright Society   c/o Ministry of Informa tion and Broadcasting Services 
  P.O. Box 51025   L u s a k a  
 
  Telephone:  +260 1 223707   Telefax:   +260 1 253456/7    
5. Zambia Revenue Authority 
  COMESA Centre-Customs and Excise   First Floor   Post Bag E635   L u s a k a  
 
  Telephone:  +260 1 222704      +260 1 777648   Telefax:   +260 1 221 923   E-mail:   muchindh@comesa.zra.org.zm
 
 
  Contact Official: Mr. Harrison Muchindu, Assistant Commissioner 
  6. Zambia Competition Commission   Main Post Office Building   Fourth Floor 
  P.O. Box 34919 
  L u s a k a     Telephone:  +260 1 222775   Telefax:   +260 1 222789   E-mail:   zcomp@zamtel.zm
 
 
  Contact  Official: Mr. George K. Lipimile, Executive Director    
ZIMBABWE 
  Controller of Patents, Trad e Marks and Industrial Designs 
 Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs  Electra House  Samora Machel Avenue 49  P.O. Box CY 177 
 Causeway 
 Harare   Contact official:  Mr. E. Munaiwa,     Controller of Patents, Tr ade Marks and Industrial Designs 
 
    Telephone: +263 4 77 56 02 
    Telefax:  +263 4 77 73 73     E - m a i l :   zimpat@gta.gov.zw
 
  
__________