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ARTICLE-5: Multilateral Agreements on Acquisition or [go to this ARTICLE]
... Multilateral Agreements on Acquisition or ...
... The
obligations under Articles 3 and 4 do not apply to procedures
provided in multilateral agreements concluded under the auspices of
WIPO relating to the acquisition or maintenance of intellectual
property rights. ...
... 1. Members
may require, as a condition of the acquisition or maintenance of the
intellectual property rights provided for under Sections 2 through 6
of Part II, compliance with reasonable procedures and
formalities. Such procedures and formalities shall be consistent
with the provisions of this Agreement. ...
... 2. Where
the acquisition of an intellectual property right is subject to the
right being granted or registered, Members shall ensure that the
procedures for grant or registration, subject to compliance with the
substantive conditions for acquisition of the right, permit the
granting or registration of the right within a reasonable period of
time so as to avoid unwarranted curtailment of the period of
protection. ...
... 2. Where
the acquisition of an intellectual property right is subject to the
right being granted or registered, Members shall ensure that the
procedures for grant or registration, subject to compliance with the
substantive conditions for acquisition of the right, permit the
granting or registration of the right within a reasonable period of
time so as to avoid unwarranted curtailment of the period of
protection. ...
... 4. Procedures
concerning the acquisition or maintenance of intellectual property
rights and, where a Member's law provides for such procedures,
administrative revocation and inter partes procedures
such as opposition, revocation and cancellation, shall be governed by
the general principles set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 of
Article 41. ...
ARTICLE-63: Transparency [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Laws
and regulations, and final judicial decisions and administrative
rulings of general application, made effective by a Member pertaining
to the subject matter of this Agreement (the availability, scope,
acquisition, enforcement and prevention of the abuse of intellectual
property rights) shall be published, or where such publication is not
practicable made publicly available, in a national language, in such
a manner as to enable governments and right holders to become
acquainted with them. Agreements concerning the subject matter of
this Agreement which are in force between the government or a
governmental agency of a Member and the government or a governmental
agency of another Member shall also be published. ...