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ARTICLE-1: Nature and Scope of Obligations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Nature and Scope of Obligations ...


ARTICLE-4: Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) deriving from international agreements on judicial assistance or law enforcement of a general nature and not particularly confined to the protection of intellectual property; ...


ARTICLE-15: Protectable Subject Matter     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 4. The nature of the goods or services to which a trademark is to be applied shall in no case form an obstacle to registration of the trademark. ...


ARTICLE-22: Protection of Geographical Indications     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. A Member shall, ex officio if its legislation so permits or at the request of an interested party, refuse or invalidate the registration of a trademark which contains or consists of a geographical indication with respect to goods not originating in the territory indicated, if use of the indication in the trademark for such goods in that Member is of such a nature as to mislead the public as to the true place of origin. ...


ARTICLE-60: De Minimis Imports     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Members may exclude from the application of the above provisions small quantities of goods of a non-commercial nature contained in travellers' personal luggage or sent in small consignments. ...