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ARTICLE-3: National Treatment     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Members may avail themselves of the exceptions permitted under paragraph 1 in relation to judicial and administrative procedures, including the designation of an address for service or the appointment of an agent within the jurisdiction of a Member, only where such exceptions are necessary to secure compliance with laws and regulations which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement and where such practices are not applied in a manner which would constitute a disguised restriction on trade. ...


ARTICLE-9: Relation to the Berne Convention     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Relation to the Berne Convention ...


ARTICLE-14: Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 6. Any Member may, in relation to the rights conferred under paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, provide for conditions, limitations, exceptions and reservations to the extent permitted by the Rome Convention. However, the provisions of Article 18 of the Berne Convention (1971) shall also apply, mutatis mutandis, to the rights of performers and producers of phonograms in phonograms. ...


ARTICLE-16: Rights Conferred     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. Article 6bis of the Paris Convention (1967) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to goods or services which are not similar to those in respect of which a trademark is registered, provided that use of that trademark in relation to those goods or services would indicate a connection between those goods or services and the owner of the registered trademark and provided that the interests of the owner of the registered trademark are likely to be damaged by such use. ...


ARTICLE-31: Other Use Without Authorization of the Right Holder     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (i) the invention claimed in the second patent shall involve an important technical advance of considerable economic significance in relation to the invention claimed in the first patent; ...


ARTICLE-35: Relation to the IPIC Treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Relation to the IPIC Treaty ...


ARTICLE-73: Security Exceptions     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (iii) taken in time of war or other emergency in international relations; or ...