WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/N/3/Rev.8/Add.2 
26 January 2005 
 
 (05-0311) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights  
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF CONTACT POINTS 
UNDER ARTICLE 69 OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
Note by the Secretariat  
 
Addendum  
   At its meeting of 21 September 1995, the Council 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 Article 69 of the Agr eement, in particular 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 a ppropriate, the contact offici al at each contact point. 
  The present addendum concerns updated informa tion on the contact points of Albania, Bulgaria, 
the Slovak Republic and the Un ited States of America. 
  
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ALBANIA  
 Ministry of Economy 
 Albanian Secretariat for WTO Re lations and Economic Integration 
 Bulevardi Zhan D'Ark No. 2 
 Tirana   Telephone:  +355 4 36 25 81     +355 4 22 26 52 
 Telefax:  +355 4 36 25 81 
 E-mail:   obtminek@yahoo.com
 
  Contact Official: Mr. Agron Agalliu  
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 BULGARIA 
 Main contact point  
 
 Ministry of Economy 
 Foreign Economic and Tr ade Policy Directorate 
 Division WTO and Other Intern ational Economic Organizations 
 Alexander Batenberg Str. 12  1000 Sofia  
 Telephone:  +359 2 940 77 61 
    +359 2 940 77 24  Telefax:   +359 2 981 49 15  E-mail:   d.naidenova@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 Directorate  Alexander Stamboliisky Blvd. 17 
 1000 Sofia 
  Telephone:  +359 2 940 08 21     +359 2 940 08 12     +359 2 940 09 26 
 Telefax:   +359 2 981 81 45 
 E-mail:   G.Damyanov@culture.government.bg
 
 
Contact point for issues related to patents, trademark s, industrial designs, geographical indications and 
integrated circuits  
  Patent Office 
 Dr. G.M. Dimitrov Blvd. 52B  1113 Sofia   Telephone:  +359 2 970 13 55 
 Telefax:   +359 2 971 46 53 
 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
 
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 Contact point for issues related to border measures  
 
 Ministry of Finance  Customs Agency  Rakovski Str. 47 
 1202 Sofia 
  Telephone:  +359 2 985 94 528  Telefax:   +359 2 980 68 97  Telex:   22656 FRELIN BG 
 
 
SLOVAK REPUBLIC  Contact point for issues related to industrial property rights  
 
 Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic  Švermova 43  974 05 Banská Bystrica 4   Telephone:  +421 48 430 01 66 
    +421 48 430 01 25 
 Telefax:   +421 48 413 25 66   Contact official:  Mrs. Zdenka Valtýniová,      Director of International Affairs, EI Department 
 
Contact point for issues related to copyright and related rights  
 
 Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  Legal Department  Nám. SNP 33 
 813 31 Bratislava 1 
  Telephone:  +421 2 5939 1222  Telefax:   +421 2 5939 1273  
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
 Main contact point  
 
 Brian Peck 
 Senior Director for Intellectual Property 
 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  IP/N/3/Rev.8/Add.2 
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 Alternative  contact points  
 
 1. Lois Boland   Director   Office of International Relations 
  United States Patent and Trademark Office 
  P.O. Box 1450   Alexandria, VA  22313-1450    Telephone:    +1 571 272 93 00 
  Telefax:    +1 571 273 00 85 
  2. Jon Santamauro   Intellectual Property Attaché   United States Mission to the World Trade Organization 
  Route de Pregny 11 
  1292 Chambésy   Switzerland    Telephone:    +41 22 749 52 81   Telefax:    +41 22 749 53 08 
 
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