États-Unis d'Amérique

Fidji

Généralités

1. Please describe, in relation to each form of intellectual property covered by the TRIPS Agreement, including plant variety protection, the manner in which nation treatment and most favoured nation treatment are provided to nationals of other WTO Members and cite to the relevant provisions of law.

Pursuant to s227(2), regulations may be made by the Minister (in this instance the Attorney-General), applying a specified provision of the Act in relation to: (a) persons who are citizens or subjects of a country or who ore domiciled or resident in a place - as it applies in relation to persons who are Fiji Island citizens or are domiciled or resident in the Fiji Islands. (b) in relation to bodies incorporated under the law of a country or place as it applies in relation to bodies incorporated under the law of the Fiji Islands or in the case of an audio-visual work, as it applies to a body which has its headquarters in a prescribed foreign country. (prescribed by regulations under this Act - s2) (c) in relation to works first published in a country or place - as it applies in relation to works first published in the Fiji Islands. (d) in relation to broadcasts made from, or cable programmes sent from, a country or place - as it applies in relation to broadcasts made from or cable programmes sent from, the Fiji Islands." Generally these regulations would apply to Convention countries and maybe subject to specified exceptions and modifications or maybe applied generally or to a specified class of works. These Regulations are not in place as yet.