RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/184
20 June 2000
(00-2466)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
REVIEW OF LEGISLATION
Questions Posed by Canada
By means of communications from the Permanent Mission of Canada dated 9 June 2000, the
Secretariat has received copies of the following questions from Canada addressed to Belize;  Cyprus;
El Salvador;  Hong Kong, China;  Indonesia;  Israel;  Korea;  Macau, China;  Malta;  Mexico;
Poland;  Singapore;  and Trinidad and Tobago, respectively.
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BELIZE
1. Please describe the way that the enforcement of intellectual property rights has been
implemented (Articles 41-61).
2. What protection does your copyright legislation afford to foreign works?
CYPRUS
1. What recourse do right holders have in respect of wilful trademark counterfeiting or copyright
piracy on a commercial scale, as required by Article 61?
2. What protection does your copyright legislation afford to foreign works?
EL SALVADOR
1. What recourse do right holders have in respect of wilful trademark counterfeiting or copyright
piracy on a commercial scale, as required by Article 61?
2. What protection does your copyright legislation afford to foreign works?
HONG KONG, CHINA
1. What recourse do right holders have in respect of wilful trademark counterfeiting or copyright
piracy on a commercial scale, as required by Article 61?
2. What is the status of legislation introduced into the Legislative Council on 26 January 2000
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3. What is the status of the Trademark Bill introduced in May 1999 which aims to modernize the
existing Trademark Ordinance?
4. What protection does your copyright legislation afford to foreign works?
INDONESIA
1. We understand that draft legislation, as well as amendments to existing intellectual property
legislation, were submitted to Parliament to modify Indonesia's intellectual property regime:
(a) Have these amendments and draft legislation been implemented?
(b) If not, when are they likely to be implemented?
2. Please describe the process for registration of trademarks.  What civil and administrative
procedures and remedies are available to the owner of a registered trademark to prevent unauthorizeduse of a similar or identical sign by a third party (Article 16.1)?
3. What protection does your copyright legislation afford to foreign works?
4. What recourse do right holders have in respect of wilful trademark counterfeiting or copyright
piracy on a commercial scale, as required by Article 61?
ISRAEL
1. What recourse do right holders have in respect of wilful trademark counterfeiting or copyright
piracy on a commercial scale, as required by Article 61?
2. What protection does your copyright legislation afford to foreign works?
KOREA
1. What recourse do right holders have in respect of wilful trademark counterfeiting or copyright
piracy on a commercial scale, as required by Article 61?
2. What protection does your copyright legislation afford to foreign works?
3. In light of Article 50 of the TRIPS Agreement, do courts have the authority to adopt
provisional measures ex parte ?
MACAU, CHINA
1. What recourse do right holders have in respect of wilful trademark counterfeiting or copyright
piracy on a commercial scale, as required by Article 61?
2. What protection does your copyright legislation afford to foreign works?IP/C/W/184
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MALTA
1. What recourse do right holders have in respect of wilful trademark counterfeiting or copyright
piracy on a commercial scale, as required by Article 61?
2. What protection does your copyright legislation afford to foreign works?
MEXICO
1. What recourse do right holders have in respect of wilful trademark counterfeiting or copyright
piracy on a commercial scale, as required by Article 61?
2. What protection does your copyright legislation afford to foreign works?
3. Please describe the process for registration of trademarks.  What civil and administrative
procedures and remedies are available to the owner of a registered trademark to prevent unauthorized
use of similar or identical sign by a third party (Article 16.1)?
POLAND1
1. We understand that draft legislation as well as amendments to existing intellectual property
legislation were submitted to Parliament to modify Poland's intellectual property regime.
(a) Have these amendments and draft legislation been implemented?
(b) If not, when are they likely to be implemented?
2. How are industrial designs, geographical designations and trade names protected under
Poland's Intellectual Property regime?
3. What recourse do right holders have in respect of wilful trademark counterfeiting or copyright
piracy on a commercial scale, as required by Article 61?
4. What protection does your copyright legislation afford to foreign works?
SINGAPORE
1. What recourse do right holders have in respect of wilful trademark counterfeiting or copyright
piracy on a commercial scale, as required by Article 61?
2. What protection does your copyright legislation afford to foreign works?
                                                     
1 To the extent that these questions relate to areas of Poland's legislation which were reviewed in 1997
and 1998, they should be considered follow-up questions to those reviews (see documents IP/Q/POL/1,
IP/Q3/POL/1 and IP/Q4/POL/1).IP/C/W/184
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TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
1. What recourse do right holders have in respect of wilful trademark counterfeiting or copyright
piracy on a commercial scale, as required by Article 61?
2. What protection does your copyright legislation afford to foreign works?
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