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ARTICLE-1: Nature and Scope of Obligations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Members shall give effect to the provisions of this Agreement. Members may, but shall not be obliged to, implement in their law more extensive protection than is required by this Agreement, provided that such protection does not contravene the provisions of this Agreement. Members shall be free to determine the appropriate method of implementing the provisions of this Agreement within their own legal system and practice. ...


ARTICLE-9: Relation to the Berne Convention     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Copyright protection shall extend to expressions and not to ideas, procedures, methods of operation or mathematical concepts as such. ...


ARTICLE-27: Patentable Subject Matter     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical methods for the treatment of humans or animals; ...