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En el párrafo 2 del artículo 63 del Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC, se exige a los Miembros que notifiquen al Consejo de los ADPIC las leyes y los reglamentos hechos efectivos por el Miembro en cuestión y referentes a la materia del Acuerdo, con el fin de ayudar al Consejo en su examen de la aplicación del Acuerdo.

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IP/Q/KNA/1, IP/Q2/KNA/1, IP/Q3/KNA/1, IP/Q4/KNA/1 Saint Kitts y Nevis Estados Unidos de América 24. Please describe in detail the provisional procedures and remedies available to right holders under the laws of Saint Kitts and Nevis, citing to the relevant provisions of law and regulation, and indicate any condition under which a right holder may avail itself of those procedures and remedies.
Please refer to the responses to the Checklist on Issues of Enforcement.
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IP/Q/KNA/1, IP/Q2/KNA/1, IP/Q3/KNA/1, IP/Q4/KNA/1 Saint Kitts y Nevis Estados Unidos de América 25. Please describe in detail the procedures under the laws of Saint Kitts and Nevis that provide for border enforcement at least for trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy, identifying the competent authority and citing to the relevant provisions of law or regulation.
Please refer to the responses to the Checklist on Issues of Enforcement.
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IP/Q/KNA/1, IP/Q2/KNA/1, IP/Q3/KNA/1, IP/Q4/KNA/1 Saint Kitts y Nevis Estados Unidos de América 26. Please indicate if border enforcement is available to owners of other forms of intellectual property and, if so, please describe the procedures and remedies available in relation to each form of intellectual property, citing the relevant provisions of law.
Please refer to the responses to the Checklist on Issues of Enforcement.
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IP/Q/KNA/1, IP/Q2/KNA/1, IP/Q3/KNA/1, IP/Q4/KNA/1 Saint Kitts y Nevis Estados Unidos de América 27. Article 58 of the TRIPS Agreement specifies procedures to be followed where the competent authorities can act ex officio. Please explain whether the competent authorities in Saint Kitts and Nevis are empowered to act ex officio and, if so, please identify the intellectual property areas subject to ex officio action.
Please refer to the responses to the Checklist on Issues of Enforcement.
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IP/Q/KNA/1, IP/Q2/KNA/1, IP/Q3/KNA/1, IP/Q4/KNA/1 Saint Kitts y Nevis Estados Unidos de América 28. Please describe in detail how the laws of Saint Kitts and Nevis implement Article 61 of the TRIPS Agreement that requires Members to have criminal procedures and penalties, including imprisonment and/or monetary fines sufficient to act as a deterrent, at least for cases of wilful trademark counterfeiting and copyright infringement on a commercial scale. Please cite to the relevant provisions of law and regulation.
Please refer to the responses to the Checklist on Issues of Enforcement.
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IP/Q/KNA/1, IP/Q2/KNA/1, IP/Q3/KNA/1, IP/Q4/KNA/1 Saint Kitts y Nevis Estados Unidos de América 29. Article 61 also requires that remedies in appropriate cases include the seizure, forfeiture and destruction of infringing goods and any materials and implements the predominant use of which has been the commission of the offence. Please describe the provisions in the laws of Saint Kitts and Nevis that provide for such remedies, and describe the circumstances in which those remedies would be imposed, citing to the relevant provisions of law or regulation.
Please refer to the responses to the Checklist on Issues of Enforcement.
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IP/Q/KNA/1, IP/Q2/KNA/1, IP/Q3/KNA/1, IP/Q4/KNA/1 Saint Kitts y Nevis Estados Unidos de América 30. Article 61 also indicates that Members may provide for criminal procedures and penalties in cases of wilful infringement of other forms of intellectual property. Please describe any provisions of the laws of Saint Kitts and Nevis that provide for such procedures and remedies, citing to the relevant provisions of law or regulation.
Please refer to the responses to the Checklist on Issues of Enforcement.
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IP/Q/KNA/1, IP/Q2/KNA/1, IP/Q3/KNA/1, IP/Q4/KNA/1 Saint Kitts y Nevis Japón 1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
In accordance with Art. 6 of the Berne Convention, Sections 145 and 146 of the Saint. Kitts and Nevis Copyright Act enable the Minister, by Order, to restrict or allow protection to works and nationals of any country specified therein. Section 145 allows the Minister to order that the provisions of the Copyright Act can apply on bases including nationality/ habitual residence, place of incorporation for bodies corporate, nature of the works and place of publication or performance. Section 146 confers a power on the Minister to restrict protection to countries that do not provide adequate protection to works of Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN).
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IP/Q/SYC/1, IP/Q2/SYC/1, IP/Q3/SYC/1, IP/Q4/SYC/1 Seychelles Suiza 1. Are the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement, as far as not implemented in national law, directly applicable in the legal system of Seychelles?
Yes, all major provisions of the TRIPS Agreement are incorporated into the Industrial Property Act 2014 in Seychelles. The Commonwealth Secretariat had provided technical assistance to draft the Industrial Property Act 2014, and the draft was accepted by WTO Member states during Seychelles' WTO accession negotiation.
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IP/Q/SYC/1, IP/Q2/SYC/1, IP/Q3/SYC/1, IP/Q4/SYC/1 Seychelles Suiza 2. Does the legislation of Seychelles grant patent protection for inventions relating to products and processes in all fields of technology? Are there any exceptions? If yes, please indicate these exceptions and explain how they comply with Article 27 of the TRIPS Agreement.
The Industrial Property Act 2014 grants patent protection for inventions relating to products and processes in all fields of technology. Please see sections 5(1), 18(1), 18(2)(a), 18(2)(b), 18(3) of Industrial Property Act 2014. Matters excluded from patent protection are mentioned in section 6(1) of the Industrial Property Act, 2014. Section 6(1) is in compliance with the TRIPS Agreement. Section 19 of the Industrial Property Act 2014 has provisions of exception to patent protection which are in compliance with the TRIPS Agreement.
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IP/Q/SYC/1, IP/Q2/SYC/1, IP/Q3/SYC/1, IP/Q4/SYC/1 Seychelles Suiza 3. Does the legislation of Seychelles, 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?
Seychelles considers importation as "working a patent" and precludes compulsory licensing if a product is being imported.
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IP/Q/SYC/1, IP/Q2/SYC/1, IP/Q3/SYC/1, IP/Q4/SYC/1 Seychelles Suiza 4. Does the legislation of Seychelles make the granting of a compulsory license subject to all the conditions enumerated in Article 31 TRIPS of the TRIPS Agreement? Please cite the relevant provisions of the legislation.
Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 of the Industrial Property Act 2014 meet all the conditions enumerated in Article 31 of the TRIPS Agreement.
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IP/Q/SYC/1, IP/Q2/SYC/1, IP/Q3/SYC/1, IP/Q4/SYC/1 Seychelles Suiza 5. Does the legislation of Seychelles provide for the principle of the reversal of burden of proof in patent litigation? Please cite the relevant provisions of the legislation.
Section 109 of the Industrial Property Act 2014 provides the principle of the reversal of burden of proof in patent litigation in Seychelles.
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IP/Q/SYC/1, IP/Q2/SYC/1, IP/Q3/SYC/1, IP/Q4/SYC/1 Seychelles Suiza 6. Please explain in detail if the legislation of Seychelles ensures that undisclosed test or other data submitted by an applicant to the responsible State agency in the procedure for market authorisation of a pharmaceutical or of an agricultural chemical product is protected against disclosure and against unfair commercial use by a competitor, for example by prohibiting a second applicant from relying on, or from referring to the original data of the first applicant, when applying subsequently for market authorisation for their own product.
Section 106 of the Industrial Property Act 2014 ensures that undisclosed test or other data submitted by an applicant to the responsible agency in the procedure for market authorization of a pharmaceutical, agricultural or chemical product is protected against discloser and against unfair commercial use by a competitor.
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IP/Q/SYC/1, IP/Q2/SYC/1, IP/Q3/SYC/1, IP/Q4/SYC/1 Seychelles Suiza 7. Does your legislation provide for exceptions to this protection of undisclosed information? If so, please explain under what conditions would such exceptions apply?
Yes. The exception to undisclosed information operates in circumstances, where it is necessary to protect the public or unless measures steps have been taken to ensure that the data are protected against unfair commercial use In addition this provision in the Industrial Property Act 2014 is in line with Article 39.1 of the TRIPS Agreement. The relevant authority in Seychelles is therefore responsible for ensuring that any exceptions being provided against the protection of undisclosed information is necessary to protect the public or whether measures have been taken to protect the data against unfair commercial use.
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IP/Q/SYC/1, IP/Q2/SYC/1, IP/Q3/SYC/1, IP/Q4/SYC/1 Seychelles Suiza 8. Does your legislation provide for a specific term of protection for such undisclosed test data?
There is no time limit of protection for such undisclosed test data.
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IP/Q/SYC/1, IP/Q2/SYC/1, IP/Q3/SYC/1, IP/Q4/SYC/1 Seychelles Suiza 9. Do the judicial authorities of Seychelles have the authority to adopt, on the request of a right holder, a provisional measure inaudita altera parte before an action leading to a decision on the merits of the case has been lodged? Please cite the relevant provisions of the legislation.
The Court have the authority to adopt provisional measures inaudita altera parte where appropriate. Please see section 111(2) of the Industrial Property Act 2014.
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IP/Q/SYC/1, IP/Q2/SYC/1, IP/Q3/SYC/1, IP/Q4/SYC/1 Seychelles Suiza 10. Does the legislation of Seychelles provide for any restrictions for obtaining provisional measures? If so, what are these restrictions? Please cite the relevant provisions of the legislation.
Section 111(3) of the Industrial Property Act 2014. The Court may require the applicant to provide any reasonably available evidence in order to satisfy it with a sufficient degree of certainty that the applicant is the rights holder and that the applicant's right is being infringed or that such infringement is imminent, and the Court may order the applicant to provide a security or equivalent assurance sufficient to protect the defendant and to prevent abuse.
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IP/Q/SYC/1, IP/Q2/SYC/1, IP/Q3/SYC/1, IP/Q4/SYC/1 Seychelles Suiza 11. Please describe the provisional measures provided for in the legislation of Seychelles, including those for combatting counterfeiting and piracy. Please describe the procedures that must be followed and cite the relevant provisions of legislation.
The provisional measures and relevant procedures are prescribed on sections 108, subsections from (1) to (8) of section 111 of the Industrial Property Act 2014.
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IP/Q/SYC/1, IP/Q2/SYC/1, IP/Q3/SYC/1, IP/Q4/SYC/1 Seychelles Suiza 12. Please describe the measures provided by the legislation of Seychelles to combat counterfeiting and piracy at the border. Please explain whether the competent authorities are empowered to act ex officio and, if so, please indicate the enforcement actions that may be taken. Please cite the relevant provisions of the legislation.
Sections 118(1), 118(2), 118(3), 118(4), 119, 120 of the Industrial Property Act 2014 can be used to combat counterfeiting and piracy. In addition, the Customs Management Act 2011 and through the enactment of subsequent Regulations (S.I 42 OF 2014 s.77 - 82) empowers Customs officials to handle goods deemed to be "counterfeit", "pirated", "infringing" etc. at the border. Section 115(3) of the Industrial Property Act 2014 has provision where public authorities or officers shall be exempted from liability where actions were taken or intended in good faith.
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