WORLD TRADE IP/N/1/AUT/1/Rev.2/Add.1
24June1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2609)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2OFTHE AGREEMENT
Austria
Addendum
Thedelegation ofAustria hascommunicated thefollowing supplementary notification under
Article 63.2oftheAgreement, which hasbeenreceived bytheSecretariat on21March 1997.IP/N/1/AUT/1/Rev.2/Add.1
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ANNEX I
MAIN LAWS AND REGULATIONS DEDICATED TO
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TOBENOTIFIED
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2OFTHE TRIPS AGREEMENT
TITLE AND NATIONAL SOURCE
Patents
Federal ActonSupplementary Protection Certificates (Protection Certificates Act1996),
BGBl. No.11/19971
Protection ofUndisclosed Information
Federal ActAgainst Unfair Competition (UWG 1984), BGBl. No.448/1984, asamended2,
Articles 1,11,12and13.
1Asregards theProtection Certificates Act1994, which Austria hadnotified earlier, reference ismade toArticle 11
oftheNew Act.
2Thislawhadbeennotified earlier byAustria asan"other law"intheareaoftrademarks (seedocument IP/N/1/AUT/1).IP/N/1/AUT/1/Rev.2/Add.1
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ANNEX II
OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS DEDICATED TO
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TOBENOTIFIED
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2OFTHE TRIPS AGREEMENT
TITLE
DATE OFADOPTION
ENTRY INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
Data Protection
Federal DataProtection Act1978,
BGBl. No.565/1978, asamended by
BGBl. No.314/1981, BGBl. No.577/1982,
BGBl. No.370/1986, BGBl. No.605/1987,
BGBl. No.233/1988, BGBl. No.609/1989,
BGBl. No.91/1993, BGBl. No.79/1994 and
BGBl. No.632/1994.TheLawcontains provisions concerning the
protection against themisuse ofpersonal datain
dataprocessing.