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URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENT: TRIPS
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
(unamended)
The TRIPS Agreement is Annex 1C of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, signed in Marrakesh, Morocco on 15 April 1994.
PREAMBLE to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
PART I General Provisions and Basic Principles
PART II Standards Concerning the Availability, Scope and Use of Intellectual Property Rights
1. Copyright and Related Rights
2. Trademarks
5. Patents
6. Layout-Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits
7. Protection of Undisclosed Information
8. Control of Anti-Competitive Practices in Contractual Licences
PART III Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
2. Civil and Administrative Procedures and Remedies
4. Special Requirements Related to Border Measures
PART IV Acquisition and Maintenance of Intellectual Property Rights and Related Inter-Partes Procedures
PART V Dispute Prevention and Settlement
PART VI Transitional Arrangements
PART VII Institutional Arrangements; Final Provisions
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