Notifications under TRIPS Art. 1.3 or 3.1 - View details of the document

Estonia
1. The Republic of Estonia, in accordance with Article 1.3 of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, will not apply the criterion of publication referred to in Article 5(1)(c) of the Rome Convention as regards the protection of producers of phonograms. 2. In accordance with Article 1.3 of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, the Republic of Estonia avails itself of the possibility provided in Article 6(2) of the Rome Convention and, consequently, will protect broadcasts only if the headquarter of the broadcasting organization is situated in a WTO Member and the broadcast was transmitted from a transmitter situated in the same WTO Member.