[contents] Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)

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PART-I: GENERAL PROVISIONS AND BASIC PRINCIPLES

ARTICLE-1: Nature and Scope of Obligations

ARTICLE-2: Intellectual Property Conventions

ARTICLE-3: National Treatment

ARTICLE-4: Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment

ARTICLE-5: Multilateral Agreements on Acquisition or

ARTICLE-6: Exhaustion

ARTICLE-7: Objectives

ARTICLE-8: Principles

PART-II: STANDARDS CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, SCOPE

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

SECTION-1

ARTICLE-9: Relation to the Berne Convention

ARTICLE-10: Computer Programs and Compilations of Data

ARTICLE-11: Rental Rights

ARTICLE-12: Term of Protection

ARTICLE-13: Limitations and Exceptions

ARTICLE-14: Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms

SECTION-2

ARTICLE-15: Protectable Subject Matter

ARTICLE-16: Rights Conferred

ARTICLE-17: Exceptions

ARTICLE-18: Term of Protection

ARTICLE-19: Requirement of Use

ARTICLE-20: Other Requirements

ARTICLE-21: Licensing and Assignment

SECTION-3

ARTICLE-22: Protection of Geographical Indications

ARTICLE-24: International Negotiations; Exceptions

SECTION-4

ARTICLE-25: Requirements for Protection

ARTICLE-26: Protection

SECTION-5

ARTICLE-27: Patentable Subject Matter

ARTICLE-28: Rights Conferred

ARTICLE-29: Conditions on Patent Applicants

ARTICLE-30: Exceptions to Rights Conferred

ARTICLE-31: Other Use Without Authorization of the Right Holder

ARTICLE-32: Revocation/Forfeiture

ARTICLE-33: Term of Protection

ARTICLE-34: Process Patents: Burden of Proof

SECTION-6

ARTICLE-35: Relation to the IPIC Treaty

ARTICLE-36: Scope of the Protection

ARTICLE-37: Acts Not Requiring the Authorization of the Right Holder

ARTICLE-38: Term of Protection

SECTION-7

SECTION-8: IN CONTRACTUAL LICENCES

PART-III: ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

SECTION-1

SECTION-2

ARTICLE-42: Fair and Equitable Procedures

ARTICLE-43: Evidence

ARTICLE-44: Injunctions

ARTICLE-45: Damages

ARTICLE-46: Other Remedies

ARTICLE-47: Right of Information

ARTICLE-48: Indemnification of the Defendant

ARTICLE-49: Administrative Procedures

SECTION-3

SECTION-4: SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO BORDER MEASURES

ARTICLE-51: Suspension of Release by Customs Authorities

ARTICLE-54: Notice of Suspension

ARTICLE-55: Duration of Suspension

ARTICLE-58: Ex Officio Action

ARTICLE-59: Remedies

ARTICLE-60: De Minimis Imports

SECTION-5

PART-IV: ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND RELATED INTER-PARTES PROCEDURES

PART-V: DISPUTE PREVENTION AND SETTLEMENT

ARTICLE-63: Transparency

PART-VI: TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

ARTICLE-65: Transitional Arrangements

ARTICLE-66: Least-Developed Country Members

ARTICLE-67: Technical Cooperation

PART-VII: INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS; FINAL PROVISIONS

ARTICLE-70: Protection of Existing Subject Matter

ARTICLE-72: Reservations

ARTICLE-73: Security Exceptions

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