RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/321/Add.3
21 February 2002
(02-0884)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  Spanish
REVIEW OF LEGISLATION
Reply by Cuba to the Question Posed by Australia
Addendum
By means of a communication from the Permanent Mission of Cuba, dated 6 November 2001,
the Secretariat has received the following reply to the question posed by Australia which wascirculated in document IP/C/W/328.
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A. 
PATENTS (INCLUDING PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION )
1. How does your country provide protection for new plant varieties as required under
Article 27.3(b)?  If your legislation is based on the UPOV system, on which UPOV Act was it
modelled?  Can new plant varieties be protected by patent in your country?
With regard to the protection of plant varieties, the replies will be provided when the specific
legislation on that subject is reviewed, since for the present only the legislation on trademarks andother distinctive signs and the checklist on enforcement will be under review.
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