RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/CPV/9/Rev.2 
6 June 2007 
 
 (07-2355) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of Cape Verde Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF CAPE VERDE 
 
Action Plan on Trade-Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  
 
Revision  
  
 The following submission, dated 4 June 2007, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Republic of Cape Verde. 
  
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  WT/ACC/CPV/9/Rev.2 
Page 2 Part A – Industrial Property  
 
- Cape Verde is in the process of joinin g the Paris Convention, foreseeable in 2008 
 
Copyrights and Related 
Rights Laws and Regulations Calendar Comments 
Registered Trademarks, 
Geographic Indications, 
Industrial Designs, Patents, Integrated 
Circuits Diagrams, 
Confidential  Information Industrial Property Code, approved by Decree No. 30679 of 
24 August 1940, ordered applicable to Cape Verde by Ministerial 
Ordinance No. 17043 of 5 May 1959, published in the Supplement to Official Bulletin (Gazette) No. 19 of 15 May 1959 Since 1954 Obsolete; new law needs to be prepared. 
 Legislative authorization gran ted by Parliament – National 
Assembly Granted in 
February 2007 This authorization will permit the Council of 
Ministers to legislate on industrial property.  
 Updating of the Trademark Classification table to bring it in 
conformity with the NICE International Classification.  Concluded in 
April 2007 The concluded classification published in Official 
Bulletin (Gazette) No. 15 of 23 April 2007 
 Draft law on Industrial Property  – Final Version in conformity 
with Legislative authorization gr anted by the National Assembly.  December 2008  
 Discussion and approval by the Council of Ministers December 2008  
 Update of the Table of Fees to be paid by applicants for the 
registration of Industrial Property – Trademarks, Patents, models 
and industrial designs, etc. End of 2008 Current table is completely outdated 
 Training of personnel including customs officials and police 
agents involved in the protection of registered trademarks. End of 2008/ 
2009/2010 – The 
training should be 
continuing Technical assistance to guarantee continuity of 
training for the agents 
 Training of judges and lawyers End 2008/2009 Technical Assistance  
 Creation of a Registered Trademarks Data  Base End 2008-2009 Technical Assistance 
Others Reorganization and creation of the Industrial Property 
Departments End 2008 Technical Assistance  
Others Computerization of data for the Industrial Property Departments 2008 -2009 Technical Assistance 
Others Creation of Rules, Regulations and work (technical) manuals 2008-2009 Technical Assistance  
Others Training (enabling) the public regarding the protection of the 
Intellectual Property rights. Underway.  The 
training should be 
ongoing Technical Assistance 
 
  
   WT/ACC/CPV/9/Rev.2
 Page 3Part B - Copyright and Related Rights  
 
- Cape Verde acceded to the Berne Convention in 1996 
 
Copyrights 
and Related 
Rights Laws and Regulations addressing the subj ect matter Timeframe for Completion Remarks 
 Copyright Law contemplated in Decree No. 107/90 of 8 December 1990, published 
in Official Bulletin (Gazette) No. 49/1990 In effect Needs to be re vised to be WTO compliant 
 Revision of the Copyright Law  End 2008 Technical assistance 
 Preparation of the revised Copyrigh t Law End 2008 Technical assistance  
 Discussion and approval of the legislative authorization by the National Assembly Middle 2008  
 Discussion and approval by the Council of Ministers End 2008  
 Training of the personnel involved in the protection of copyright, customs 
personnel1 and police End 2008-2009 - Training 
should be ongoing Technical assistance 
 Training of judges and lawyers End 2008-2009 - Training 
should be ongoing Technical assistance 
 Creation of the Copyright Information Centre End 2008-2009 Technical assistance 
Others Reorganization and creation of the Copyright Department End 2008-2009 Technical assistance 
Others Computerization of the Copyrigh t Department 2009 Technical assistance 
Others Rules, regulations and technical (wor k) manuals 2009 - 2010 Technical assistance 
Others Training (enabling) the public regarding protection of intellectual property 
(copyrights). End 2008-2010 - Training 
should be ongoing Technical assistance 
 
Interpretation Note:  Total implementation of the WTO Trade Relate d Intellectual Property Agreemen t would be attained by Decemb er 2010 at the latest, in conformity 
with the implementation of the above plan.  
 
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1 This end-date includes special requisites related to the application of border protection.