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ARTICLE-24: International Negotiations; Exceptions [go to this ARTICLE]
... 7. A
Member may provide that any request made under this Section in
connection with the use or registration of a trademark must be
presented within five years after the adverse use of the protected
indication has become generally known in that Member or after the
date of registration of the trademark in that Member provided that
the trademark has been published by that date, if such date is
earlier than the date on which the adverse use became generally known
in that Member, provided that the geographical indication is not used
or registered in bad faith. ...
... 7. A
Member may provide that any request made under this Section in
connection with the use or registration of a trademark must be
presented within five years after the adverse use of the protected
indication has become generally known in that Member or after the
date of registration of the trademark in that Member provided that
the trademark has been published by that date, if such date is
earlier than the date on which the adverse use became generally known
in that Member, provided that the geographical indication is not used
or registered in bad faith. ...
... 1. Members
agree that some licensing practices or conditions pertaining to
intellectual property rights which restrain competition may have
adverse effects on trade and may impede the transfer and
dissemination of technology. ...
... 2. Nothing
in this Agreement shall prevent Members from specifying in their
legislation licensing practices or conditions that may in particular
cases constitute an abuse of intellectual property rights having an
adverse effect on competition in the relevant market. As provided
above, a Member may adopt, consistently with the other provisions of
this Agreement, appropriate measures to prevent or control such
practices, which may include for example exclusive grantback
conditions, conditions preventing challenges to validity and coercive
package licensing, in the light of the relevant laws and regulations
of that Member. ...