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ARTICLE-1: Nature and Scope of Obligations [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. Members
shall accord the treatment provided for in this Agreement to the
nationals of other Members.(1)
In respect of the relevant intellectual property right, the
nationals of other Members shall be understood as those natural or
legal persons that would meet the criteria for eligibility for
protection provided for in the Paris Convention (1967), the Berne
Convention (1971), the Rome Convention and the Treaty on Intellectual
Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits, were all Members of the
WTO members of those conventions.(2)
Any Member availing itself of the possibilities provided in
paragraph 3 of Article 5 or paragraph 2 of Article 6
of the Rome Convention shall make a notification as foreseen in those
provisions to the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights (the "Council for TRIPS").
...
ARTICLE-3: National Treatment [go to this ARTICLE]
... National Treatment ...
... 1. Each
Member shall accord to the nationals of other Members treatment no
less favourable than that it accords to its own nationals with regard
to the protection(3)
of intellectual property, subject to the exceptions already provided
in, respectively, the Paris Convention (1967), the Berne
Convention (1971), the Rome Convention or the Treaty on
Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits. In respect
of performers, producers of phonograms and broadcasting
organizations, this obligation only applies in respect of the rights
provided under this Agreement. Any Member availing itself of the
possibilities provided in Article 6 of the Berne Convention
(1971) or paragraph 1(b) of Article 16 of the Rome Convention
shall make a notification as foreseen in those provisions to the
Council for TRIPS. ...
ARTICLE-4: Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment [go to this ARTICLE]
... Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment ...
... (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;
...
... (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;
...
... (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;
...
... 3. In the
case of homonymous geographical indications for wines, protection
shall be accorded to each indication, subject to the provisions of
paragraph 4 of Article 22. Each Member shall determine the practical
conditions under which the homonymous indications in question will be
differentiated from each other, taking into account the need to
ensure equitable treatment of the producers concerned and that
consumers are not misled. ...
ARTICLE-27: Patentable Subject Matter [go to this ARTICLE]