RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/208
29 September 2000
(00-3973)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
REVIEW OF LEGISLATION
Questions posed by Japan
By means of communications from the Permanent Mission of the Japan, dated
20 September 2000, the Secretariat has received a copy of the following questions that Japan hascommunicated to Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Estonia, Guatemala, Kuwait, Paraguay, Peru, Qatar, Saint
Lucia and Turkey, respectively.
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CHILE
A. C
OPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the national treatment and most-favoured-nation
treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in Articles 3 and 4
of the TRIPS Agreement.
COLOMBIA
A. GENERAL
1. Please explain how Decisions 344, 345, 351 a nd 391 of the Commission of the Cartagena
Agreement are implemented in your country, indicati ng whether they are applied directly or through
national legislation.
B. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
2. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the national treatment and most-favoured-nation
treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in Articles 3 and 4
of the TRIPS Agreement.
C. INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
3. Please explain how Article 25.2 of the TRI PS Agreement which provides protection for
textile designs is implemented in your country, whereas Article 58 of Decision 344 stipulates that
"industrial designs relating to clothing shall not be registerable."
4. Please explain how Article 26.3 of the TRIPS Agreement which requires protection of
industrial design for at least 10 years is implemented in your country, whereas Article 65 of DecisionIP/C/W/208
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344 stipulates that the registration of an industrial design shall have a term of eight years counted
from the filing date of the application.
EGYPT
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the national treatment and most-favoured-nation
treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in Articles 3 and 4of the TRIPS Agreement.
ESTONIA
A. C
OPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the national treatment and most-favoured-nation
treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in Articles 3 and 4of the TRIPS Agreement.
GUATEMALA
A. C
OPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the national treatment and most-favoured-nation
treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in Articles 3 and 4of the TRIPS Agreement.
KUWAIT
A. C
OPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the national treatment and most-favoured-nation
treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in Articles 3 and 4
of the TRIPS Agreement.
PARAGUAY
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the national treatment and most-favoured-nation
treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in Articles 3 and 4
of the TRIPS Agreement.
PERU
A. GENERAL
1. Please explain how Decisions 344, 345, 351 a nd 391 of the Commission of the Cartagena
Agreement are implemented in your country, indicati ng whether they are applied directly or through
national legislation.IP/C/W/208
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B. COPYRIGHTS
2. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the national treatment and most-favoured-nation
treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in Articles 3 and 4
of the TRIPS Agreement.
C. INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
3. Please explain how Article 25.2 of the TRI PS Agreement which provides protection for
textile designs is implemented in your country, whereas Article 58 of Decision 344 stipulates that
"industrial designs relating to clothing shall not be registerable."
4. Please explain how Article 26.3 of the TRIPS Agreement which requires protection of
industrial design for at least 10 years is implemented in your country, whereas Article 65 of Decision
344 stipulates that the registration of an industrial design shall have a term of eight years counted
from the filing date of the application.
QATAR
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the national treatment and most-favoured-nation
treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in Articles 3 and 4of the TRIPS Agreement.
SAINT LUCIA
A. C
OPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the national treatment and most-favoured-nation
treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in Articles 3 and 4of the TRIPS Agreement.
TURKEY
A. C
OPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the national treatment and most-favoured-nation
treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in Articles 3 and 4
of the TRIPS Agreement.
B. PATENTS
2. Please explain how Article 73 of Decree-Law No.551 on the Protection of Patent Rights
complies with Article 28 of the TRIPS Agreement which provides that a patent shall confer exclusive
rights to prevent third parties from the acts of offering for sale a patented product or a product
obtained directly by a patented process.
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