WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/N/1/MUS/3 
29 April 2008 
 (08-2057) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects  
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER  
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
MAURITIUS 
 
  The following communication, dated 16 January 2 008, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Mauritius.  
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  In accordance with Article 63.2 of the Agreem ent on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual 
Property Rights (TRIPS), laid down  by the Council for trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property 
Rights in November 1995, the Government of Mauritiu s namely though the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 
International Trade and Cooperation, hereby notifies to  the Council laws and re gulations related to the 
fields covered by the Agreement as follows:  
- The main Laws and Regulati ons are listed in Annex I. 
 
- Other Regulations are listed in Annex II. IP/N/1/MUS/3 
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ANNEX I 
 
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROP ERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
 
 The Copyright Act 1997
.1 
 
- No amendment , but will be amended shortly. 
 The Patents, Industrial Designs and Trade Marks Act 2002
. 2 
 
- Act No. 25 of 2002 proclaimed on 6 January 2003. 
 - No amendments. 
 
Patents, Industrial Designs and Trademark Regulations 2004
.3 
 
- Governments Notice 45 of 2004. 
 
- No amendments. 
 
The Protection Against Unfair Practices (Industrial Property Rights) Act 2002 .4 
 
- Act 22 of 2002 proclaimed on 6 January 2003 
 
- No amendments. 
 
The Geographical Indications Act, 2002 .5, 6 
 The Layout-Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits Act 2002
.6, 7 
 The Police Act of 1982
.2 
 The Criminal Code Act
.2 
   
 
 
                                                     
 
1 See document IP/N/1/MUS/C/1. 
2 No text has been received at the WTO Secretariat as yet. 
3 See document IP/N/1/MUS/I/3. 
4 See document IP/N/1/MUS/I/4. 
5 See document IP/N/1/MUS/G/2. 
6 Not yet proclaimed. 
7 See document IP/N/1/MUS/L/2.  IP/N/1/MUS/3 
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ANNEX II  
 
 
LIST OF OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
 
 
 
TITLE  
  
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 
The Patents. Industrial Designs & Trademarks 
Regulations 2004 . 
 Entry into force: 6 January 2003  The Regulations prescribe the Forms, the fees and 
the procedures to be followed for - the grant of a patent - registration of a mark(collective mark - registration of an industrial design and all other 
procedures for the implementation of the Patents, 
Industrial Designs & Trademarks Act, 2002.   
Copyright Act 1997  
 Section 3 - Protection of works.  All artistic, 
literacy and scientific work are entitled to 
protection. 
 Section 28: Marks of Protection (i) where a copy of a sound recording is made 
for commercial purposes, there shall be 
printed on the label or its container a notice 
consisting of:      
(a)  the symbol P and (b)  the year in which the sound recording was first published, place in such a manner as to give 
reasonable notice of a claim to protection of the 
rights of the producer.   
The Patents, Industrial Designs & Trade Marks Act 
2002 Act No. 25 of 2002 . 
 
Proclaimed on 6 January 2003.  Section 21 - Rights conferred by Patents. 
Section 32 - Rights conferred by registration or 
industrial designs. 
Section 36 - The exclusive right to any mark, shall be acquired by registration in accordance with the provisions of this Act.  
 
 
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