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ARTICLE-15: Protectable Subject Matter [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. Members
may make registrability depend on use. However, actual use of a
trademark shall not be a condition for filing an application for
registration. An application shall not be refused solely on the
ground that intended use has not taken place before the expiry of a
period of three years from the date of application. ...
ARTICLE-33: Term of Protection [go to this ARTICLE]
... 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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ARTICLE-38: Term of Protection [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. In
Members requiring registration as a condition of protection, the term
of protection of layout-designs shall not end before the expiration
of a period of 10 years counted from the date of filing an
application for registration or from the first commercial
exploitation wherever in the world it occurs. ...
ARTICLE-65: Transitional Arrangements [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Subject
to the provisions of paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, no Member shall be
obliged to apply the provisions of this Agreement before the expiry
of a general period of one year following the date of entry into
force of the WTO Agreement. ...
... 1. The
Council for TRIPS shall review the implementation of this Agreement
after the expiration of the transitional period referred to in
paragraph 2 of Article 65. The Council shall, having
regard to the experience gained in its implementation, review it two
years after that date, and at identical intervals thereafter. The
Council may also undertake reviews in the light of any relevant new
developments which might warrant modification or amendment of this
Agreement.
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