澳门六合彩官网资料-WIPO cooperation agreement
The text:
Agreement Between the World Intellectual Property Organization and the World Trade Organization
Preamble
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (澳门六合彩官网资料),
Desiring to establish a mutually supportive relationship between them, and with a view to establishing appropriate arrangements for cooperation between them,
Agree as follows:
Article
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Abbreviated Expressions
For the purposes of this Agreement:
(i) “WIPO” means the World Intellectual Property Organization;
(ii) “澳门六合彩官网资料” means the World Trade Organization;
(iii) “International Bureau” means the International Bureau of WIPO;
(iv) “澳门六合彩官网资料 Member” means a party to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization;
(v) “the TRIPS Agreement” means the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Annex 1C to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization;
(vi) “Paris Convention” means the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of March 20, 1883, as revised;
(vii) “Paris Convention (1967)” means the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of March 20, 1883, as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967;
(viii) “emblem” means, in the case of a 澳门六合彩官网资料 Member, any armorial bearing, flag and other State emblem of that 澳门六合彩官网资料 Member, or any official sign or hallmark indicating control and warranty adopted by it, and, in the case of an international intergovernmental organization, any armorial bearing, flag, other emblem, abbreviation or name of that organization.
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Laws and Regulations
(1) [Accessibility of Laws and Regulations in the WIPO Collection by 澳门六合彩官网资料 Members and Their Nationals] The International Bureau shall, on request, furnish to 澳门六合彩官网资料 Members and to nationals of 澳门六合彩官网资料 Members copies of laws and regulations, and copies of translations thereof, that exist in its collection, on the same terms as apply to the Member States of WIPO and to nationals of the Member States of WIPO, respectively.
(2) [Accessibility of the Computerized Database] 澳门六合彩官网资料 Members and nationals of 澳门六合彩官网资料 Members shall have access, on the same terms as apply to the Member States of WIPO and to nationals of the Member States of WIPO, respectively, to any computerized database of the International Bureau containing laws and regulations. The 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat shall have access, free of any charge by WIPO, to any such database.
(3) [Accessibility of Laws and Regulations in the WIPO Collection by the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat and the Council for TRIPS]
(a) Where, on the date of its initial notification of a law or regulation under Article 63.2 of the TRIPS Agreement, a 澳门六合彩官网资料 Member has already communicated that law or regulation, or a translation thereof, to the International Bureau and that 澳门六合彩官网资料 Member has sent to the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat a statement to that effect, and that law, regulation or translation actually exists in the collection of the International Bureau, the International Bureau shall, on request of the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat, give, free of charge, a copy of the said law, regulation or translation to the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat.
(b) Furthermore, if, for the purposes of carrying out its obligations under Article 68 of the TRIPS Agreement, such as monitoring the operation of the TRIPS Agreement or providing assistance in the context of dispute settlement procedures, the Council for TRIPS of the 澳门六合彩官网资料 requires a copy of a law or regulation, or a copy of a translation thereof, which had not previously been given to the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat under subparagraph (a), and which exists in the collection of the International Bureau, the International Bureau shall, upon request of either the Council for TRIPS or the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat, give to the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat, free of charge, the requested copy.
(c) The International Bureau shall, on request, furnish to the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat on the same terms as apply to Member States of WIPO any additional copies of the laws, regulations and translations given under subparagraph (a) or (b), as well as copies of any other laws and regulations, and copies of translations thereof, which exist in the collection of the International Bureau.
(d) The International Bureau shall not put any restriction on the use that the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat may make of the copies of laws, regulations and translations transmitted under subparagraph (a), (b) or (c).
(4) [Laws and Regulations Received by the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat from 澳门六合彩官网资料 Members]
(a) The 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat shall transmit to the International Bureau, free of charge, a copy of the laws and regulations received by the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat from 澳门六合彩官网资料 Members under Article 63.2 of the TRIPS Agreement in the language or languages and in the form or forms in which they were received, and the International Bureau shall place such copies in its collection.
(b) The 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat shall not put any restriction on the further use that the International Bureau may make of the copies of the laws and regulations transmitted under subparagraph (a).
(5) [Translation of Laws and Regulations] The International Bureau shall make available to developing country 澳门六合彩官网资料 Members which are not Member States of WIPO the same assistance for translation of laws and regulations for the purposes of Article 63.2 of the TRIPS Agreement as it makes available to Members of WIPO which are developing countries.
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Implementation of Article 6ter
of the Paris Convention for the Purposes of the TRIPS
Agreement
(1) [General]
(a) The procedures relating to communication of emblems and transmittal of objections under the TRIPS Agreement shall be administered by the International Bureau in accordance with the procedures applicable under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention (1967).
(b) The International Bureau shall not recommunicate to a State party to the Paris Convention which is a 澳门六合彩官网资料 Member an emblem which had already been communicated to it by the International Bureau under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention prior to January 1, 1996, or, where that State became a 澳门六合彩官网资料 Member after January 1, 1996, prior to the date on which it became a 澳门六合彩官网资料 Member, and the International Bureau shall not transmit any objection received from the said 澳门六合彩官网资料 Member concerning the said emblem if the objection is received by the International Bureau more than 12 months after receipt of the communication of the said emblem under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention by the said State.
(2) [Objections] Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(a), any objection received by the International Bureau from a 澳门六合彩官网资料 Member which concerns an emblem that had been communicated to the International Bureau by another 澳门六合彩官网资料 Member where at least one of the said 澳门六合彩官网资料 Members is not party to the Paris Convention, and any objection which concerns an emblem of an international intergovernmental organization and which is received by the International Bureau from a 澳门六合彩官网资料 Member not party to the Paris Convention or not bound under the Paris Convention to protect emblems of international intergovernmental organizations, shall be transmitted by the International Bureau to the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Member or international intergovernmental organization concerned regardless of the date on which the objection had been received by the International Bureau. The provisions of the preceding sentence shall not affect the time limit of 12 months for the lodging of an objection.
(3) [Information to Be Provided to the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat] The International Bureau shall provide to the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat information relating to any emblem communicated by a 澳门六合彩官网资料 Member to the International Bureau or communicated by the International Bureau to a 澳门六合彩官网资料 Member.
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Legal-Technical Assistance and Technical Cooperation
(1) [Availability of Legal-Technical Assistance and Technical Cooperation] The International Bureau shall make available to developing country 澳门六合彩官网资料 Members which are not Member States of WIPO the same legal-technical assistance relating to the TRIPS Agreement as it makes available to Member States of WIPO which are developing countries. The 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat shall make available to Member States of WIPO which are developing countries and are not 澳门六合彩官网资料 Members the same technical cooperation relating to the TRIPS Agreement as it makes available to developing country 澳门六合彩官网资料 Members.
(2) [Cooperation Between the International Bureau and the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat] The International Bureau and the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat shall enhance cooperation in their legal-technical assistance and technical cooperation activities relating to the TRIPS Agreement for developing countries, so as to maximize the usefulness of those activities and ensure their mutually supportive nature.
(3) [Exchange of Information] For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), the International Bureau and the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat shall keep in regular contact and exchange non-confidential information.
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Final Clauses
(1) [Entry into Force of this Agreement] This Agreement shall enter into force on January 1, 1996.
(2) [Amendment of this Agreement] This Agreement may be amended by common agreement of the parties to this Agreement.
(3) [Termination of this Agreement] If one of the parties to this Agreement gives the other party written notice to terminate this Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate one year after receipt of the notice by the other party, unless a longer period is specified in the notice or unless both parties agree on a longer or a shorter period.
Done in Geneva on 22 December 1995.