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ARTICLE 33: Term of Protection
The term of protection available shall not end before the expiration of a period of twenty years counted from the filing date.(8)
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(8)
It is understood that those Members which do not have a system of original grant may provide that the term of protection shall be computed from the filing date in the system of original grant.
Referred by:
ARTICLE 70: Protection of Existing Subject Matter