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1. Member raising question and answering

Switzerland
Fiji

2. Category and subcategory

Patents (including Plant Variety Protection)

3. Question

3. Does your legislation, in accordance with Article 27.1 in combination with Article 31 of the TRIPS Agreement, consider importation as "working" a patent (and therefore preclude compulsory licensing, if a product is being imported)?

4. Answer

At present, the legislation does not address importation of patents.
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