Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property as revised and amended at Stockholm 1979: Berne Convention for the protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Paris Act 1971); Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks revised at Stockholm 1967; Lisbon Agreement 1966 and the Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris 1971
2.
It includes books and other writings; dramatic or dramatioco-musical works; choreographic works; musical compositions with or without words; cinematographic works; works of drawing, painting, architecture, sculpture, engraving and lithography, photographic works and derivative works such as transactions, adaptions arrangements of music etc. This list is, however not exhaustive
3.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 10
4.
Berne Convention, Articles 8 and 9
5.
Berne Convention, Article 11
6.
Berne Convention, Article 11 bis
7.
Berne Convention, Article 11 ter
8.
Berne Convention, Article 12
9.
Berne Convention, Article 13
10.
Berne Convention, Article 14
11.
Berne Convention, Article 14 ter
12.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 13
13.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 14
14.
In India, Protection is available for author's life plus sixty years. See Section 22 of Copyright Act, 1957 as amended by Copyright Amendment Act 1994
15.
In India, the term of Protection is fifty years. Sec. 25, Copyright Act, 1957
16.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 25(1)
17.
18.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 26(1). In India also under Designs Act 1911, the same rights are available to the owner of protected design. Sec. 53(2) provides remedies against the infringement of the copyright in a registered design
19.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 26(3). In India the duration of protection is five years at first instance. The term may be extended for five years and further for five more years
20.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 15(1)
21.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 15(1) and Article 15(3)
22.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 19(1)
23.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 21
24.
Article 20 of TRIPs Agreement reads as under: “The use of a trademark in the course of trade shall not be unjustifiably encumbered by special requirements, such as use with another trademark, use in a special form or use in a manner detrimental to its capabil-capability to distinguish the goods or services of one undertaking from those of other undertakings.”
25.
Under clause 25(1) of Trademarks Bill 1993, the duration for registration of trademarks is proposed for a period of ten years which may be renewed indefinitely
26.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 22 to 24
27.
Patents Act 1970, Chapter XVI
28.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 27(1)
29.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 31
30.
Patents Act, 1970, Sec. 4
31.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 27(2)
32.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 27(1) provides that patents shall be available for any inventions, whether products or process, in all fields of technology
33.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 33
34.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 34
35.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 35. Articles 2–7 (other than para 3 of Article 6), Article 12 and para 3 of Article 16 of IPIC Treaty are applicable
36.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 37
37.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 38
38.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 39 paragraph (1)
39.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 44
40.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 45
41.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 46
42.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 50
43.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 51–60
44.
TRIPs Agreement, Article 60
45.
See CordrayMonique L., GATT v. WIPO, 76 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society, 134(1994)
46.
DSB is established to exercise the authority to establish panels; adopt panel and Appellate Body reports, maintain surveillance of implementation of rulings and recommendations, and authorize suspension of concessions and other obligations under the covered agreements
