WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/N/1/JAM/1
10 July 1998
(98-2744)
Council on Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT
JAMAICA
By means of a communication from its Permanent Mission, dated 13 May 1998, the following
notification has been received from Jamaica.
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In accordance with the provisions in the Agreement on Trade-related  Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights, the Government of Jamaica wishes to notify the following:
(a) Article 70.8 and 70.9
The existing patent law of Jamaica (Patent Act of 1857) grants product patent protection to
pharmaceutical and/or agricultural chemical products.
(b) Article 65.2 (transitional arrangements)
With regard to notifications under Article 63.2 Jamaica has availed itself of the transitional
period allowed under Article 65.2 and is in the process of revising its intellectual property
legislation by way of amendments and/or new legislation, where required.
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