WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/N/1/GAB/1
24 April 2002
(02-2347)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  French
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT
GABON
By means of a communication from its Permanent Mission, dated 26 February 2002, the
Government of Gabon has notified, under Article 63.2 of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights, the Agreement Revising the Bungui Agreement of March 2, 1977, on the
Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization1, which constitutes Gabon's basic
intellectual property law.
This Agreement applies to the following areas:- Patents (Annex I);- utility models (Annex II);- trademarks and service marks (Annex III);- industrial designs (Annex IV);
- trade names (Annex V);
- geographical indications (Annex VI);- literary and artistic property (Annex VII);- protection against unfair competition (Annex VIII);- layout designs (topographies) of integrated circuits (Annex IX);
- plant variety protection (Annex X).
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1 See document IP/N/1/GAB/C/1;  IP/N/1/GAB/I/1.