2. The Chairman informed the Council that, since its November meeting, the following updates to earlier notifications of laws and regulations had been received: Germany had notified a Law to Revise the Rules on Cost in the Field of Intellectual Property; the United States had notified the most current versions of its three main intellectual property laws, namely its patent, copyright and trademark laws; Moldova had notified a law amending and completing various intellectual property laws; and Spain had notified its Industrial Designs Law. These notifications were being circulated in the IP/N/1/- series of documents.
3. The Chairman drew attention to Thailand's responses (IP/C/W/417) to the questions posed by Japan relating to the notification of certain Thai laws and regulations circulated on 21 and 28 March 2003.
