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Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
PART-II: STANDARDS CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, SCOPE
SECTION-1
ARTICLE 9: Relation to the Berne Convention
ARTICLE 9: Relation to the Berne Convention
1. Members shall comply with Articles 1 through 21 of the Berne Convention (1971) and the Appendix thereto. However, Members shall not have rights or obligations under this Agreement in respect of the rights conferred under Article 6bis of that Convention or of the rights derived therefrom.
2. Copyright protection shall extend to expressions and not to ideas, procedures, methods of operation or mathematical concepts as such.