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

Philippines
I have the honour to inform the TRIPS Council that the Philippine Government is availing itself of the provisions of Articles 1.3 and 3.1 of the TRIPS Agreement limiting the beneficiaries of TRIPS treatment and the scope of national treatment in ways permitted under the provisions of Article 6 of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and of Articles 5.3 and 16.1(b) of the Rome Convention. With respect to Article 5.3 of the Rome Convention, the Philippines will not apply the criterion of publication.