RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/227/Add.1
11 December 2000
(00-5372)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
REVIEW OF LEGISLATION
Further reply from Turkey to questions from the United States
Addendum
By means of a communication from the Permanent Mission of Turkey, dated
27 November 2000, the Secretariat has received the following further response to questions posed bythe United States which were circulated in document IP/C/W/215/Add.1.
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UNITED STATES
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NFORCEMENT
24. Please describe any new initiatives that are planned to improve enforcement of intellectual
property rights in Turkey, particularly initiatives related to criminal enforcement.
Arrangements made with the concerned Draft have been realized in harmony with the
Directives of the Council, the Rome and Berne Conventions and the TRIPS Agreement to which
Turkey is a party, the WIPO Copyrights Agr eement and WIPO Performances and the Phonograms
Agreement to which Turkey has been planning to become a party and with the purpose of providing
full enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights.
With the concerned Draft, in full harmony especially with this purpose, the below mentioned
are aimed:
(1) Increasing the punishment of imprisonment and pecuniary punishments and penalties
to be awarded in case of repetition of the same offence.
(2) Establishment of Specialized Courts.
(3) Carrying out the arrangements related to seizure of the pirate products in customs.
(4) Closing of the business places carrying out piracy acts.
(5) Establishment of supervisory boards having ex officio  prosecution authority in order
for prevention of piracy acts.
Furthermore, the incorporation of the Institut e of Intellectual Property Rights, having an
institutional structure like the Turkish Patent Institution, in order to develop the Intellectual Property
System and establish an institution specialized in prosecution of rights.
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