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ARTICLE-4: Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment [go to this ARTICLE]
... With
regard to the protection of intellectual property, any advantage,
favour, privilege or immunity granted by a Member to the nationals of
any other country shall be accorded immediately and unconditionally
to the nationals of all other Members. Exempted from this obligation
are any advantage, favour, privilege or immunity accorded by a
Member: ...
... (b) granted in accordance with the provisions of the Berne Convention
(1971) or the Rome Convention authorizing that the treatment accorded
be a function not of national treatment but of the treatment accorded
in another country;
...
ARTICLE-14: Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. Broadcasting
organizations shall have the right to prohibit the following acts
when undertaken without their authorization: the fixation, the
reproduction of fixations, and the rebroadcasting by wireless means
of broadcasts, as well as the communication to the public of
television broadcasts of the same. Where Members do not grant such
rights to broadcasting organizations, they shall provide owners of
copyright in the subject matter of broadcasts with the possibility of
preventing the above acts, subject to the provisions of the Berne
Convention (1971). ...
... 5. The
term of the protection available under this Agreement to performers
and producers of phonograms shall last at least until the end of a
period of 50 years computed from the end of the calendar year in
which the fixation was made or the performance took place. The term
of protection granted pursuant to paragraph 3 shall last for at
least 20 years from the end of the calendar year in which the
broadcast took place. ...
ARTICLE-29: Conditions on Patent Applicants [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Members
may require an applicant for a patent to provide information
concerning the applicant's corresponding foreign applications
and grants. ...
... 4. A
Member whose nationals or domiciliaries are subject to proceedings in
another Member concerning alleged violation of that other Member's
laws and regulations on the subject matter of this Section shall,
upon request, be granted an opportunity for consultations by the
other Member under the same conditions as those foreseen in paragraph
3.
...
... 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. ...
ARTICLE-70: Protection of Existing Subject Matter [go to this ARTICLE]
... 6. Members
shall not be required to apply Article 31, or the requirement in
paragraph 1 of Article 27 that patent rights shall be
enjoyable without discrimination as to the field of technology, to
use without the authorization of the right holder where authorization
for such use was granted by the government before the date this
Agreement became known. ...
... (c) provide patent protection in accordance with this Agreement as
from the grant of the patent and for the remainder of the patent
term, counted from the filing date in accordance with Article 33
of this Agreement, for those of these applications that meet the
criteria for protection referred to in subparagraph (b). ...
... 9. Where a
product is the subject of a patent application in a Member in
accordance with paragraph 8(a), exclusive marketing rights shall
be granted, notwithstanding the provisions of Part VI, for a
period of five years after obtaining marketing approval in that
Member or until a product patent is granted or rejected in that
Member, whichever period is shorter, provided that, subsequent to the
entry into force of the WTO Agreement, a patent application has been
filed and a patent granted for that product in another Member and
marketing approval obtained in such other Member.
...
... 9. Where a
product is the subject of a patent application in a Member in
accordance with paragraph 8(a), exclusive marketing rights shall
be granted, notwithstanding the provisions of Part VI, for a
period of five years after obtaining marketing approval in that
Member or until a product patent is granted or rejected in that
Member, whichever period is shorter, provided that, subsequent to the
entry into force of the WTO Agreement, a patent application has been
filed and a patent granted for that product in another Member and
marketing approval obtained in such other Member.
...
... 9. Where a
product is the subject of a patent application in a Member in
accordance with paragraph 8(a), exclusive marketing rights shall
be granted, notwithstanding the provisions of Part VI, for a
period of five years after obtaining marketing approval in that
Member or until a product patent is granted or rejected in that
Member, whichever period is shorter, provided that, subsequent to the
entry into force of the WTO Agreement, a patent application has been
filed and a patent granted for that product in another Member and
marketing approval obtained in such other Member.
...