WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/N/3/Rev.4
22 June 2000
(00-2536)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION OF CONTACT POINTS
UNDER ARTICLE 69 OF THE AGREEMENT
Note by the Secretariat
Revision
At its meeting of 21 September 1995, the Council for TRIPS agreed to invite each Member to
notify, by 1 January 1996, information relating to the contact point, or each of the contact points,
established for the purposes of Article 69 of the Ag reement, in particular the name(s), address(es),
telephone and telefax number(s) and, where appropriate, E-mail reference(s), of the authorit(y)(ies) in
question, including, where appropriate, the contact official at each contact point.
The present revised document compiles the information received to date and contained in
documents IP/N/3/Rev.3 and Addenda 1-10.  It also includes updated information subsequently receivedfrom the delegations of Bolivia and Zambia concer ning their contact points.  Future updates will be
circulated through addenda and corrigenda to  the present document or further revisions.
In each case where a Member has not supplied information on its contact point(s), this is
reflected in the present document as well.
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ANGOLA
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
ARGENTINA
Contact point for trade in general
Secretaría de Comercio e Inversiones
Lic. Marcelo Regúnaga (Secretario)
H. Yrigoyen 250, 5° Piso, Of. 526
Buenos Aires
Telephone: +54 1 349 5414
+54 1 349 5416
Telefax: +54 1 349 5422IP/N/3/Rev.4
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Contact point for border measures
Administracíon Naci onal de Aduanas
Lic. Walter Defortuna (Administrador)Azopardo 350, 1er Piso
Buenos Aires
Telephone: +54 1 331 7635
+54 1 331 7606
Telefax: +54 1 334 5044
AUSTRALIA
The DirectorIntellectual Property and Investment Section
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Canberra, ACT
Telephone: +61 6 261 2470
Telefax: +61 6 261 3514
AUSTRIA
General contact point
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs
European Integration and Multilateral Trade Affairs
Division I/6 - WTO
Stubenring 1
A - 1011 Vienna
Telephone: +43 1 71100 5320
Telefax: +43 1 715 9651
Contact point for border measures
Federal Ministry of Finance
Integration and Customs
Division III.3a - Prohib itions and Restrictions
Himmelpfortgasse 4-8A - 1015 Vienna
Telephone: +43 1 51433 1215
Telefax: +43 1 512 0927
This contact point is an additional contact point for special requirements related to border
measures (concerning e.g. th e importation of pirated goods).IP/N/3/Rev.4
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BAHRAIN
1. Ministry of Commerce
Agencies and Industria l Property Directorate
Industrial Property OfficeP.O. Box 5479
Manama
a) Mr. Mohamed Dhrar Al-Shaer
Acting Director of Agenci es and Industrial Property
Telephone: +973 530 335
Telefax: +973 536 479
b) Miss Lona Abdulla Al-Moataz
Head of Industrial Property
Telephone: +973 522 900
Telefax: +973 536 479
2. Customs & Port Affairs
Directorate General of Customs
Mr. Ali Ibrahim Al-Mahmeed
P.O. Box 15
Manama
Telephone: +973 729 347
Telefax: +973 827 312
3. Ministry of Information
Section of Printing Control a nd Intellectual Property Rights
Mr. Abd El-Raheem Al-Kashaff
P.O. Box 253
Manama
Telephone: +973 290 210
Telefax: +973 292 678
BANGLADESH
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
BARBADOS
The Ministry of International Trade and Business
Permanent Secretary
Nº 1 Culloden Road
St. MichaelIP/N/3/Rev.4
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BELGIUM
Contact point for Part II, Sections 2-8,  and Part III, Section 4 of the TRIPS Agreement
Office de la propriété industrielle
Bd E. Jacqmain 154B - 1210 Bruxelles
Telephone: +32 2 206 48 19/18
Telefax: +32 2 206 57 50
Contact point for Part II, Secti on 1,  and Part III, Sections 1, 2, 3 and 5 of the TRIPS Agreement
Ministère de la justice
Administration de la législation civile et des cultes
Bd de Waterloo 115
B - 1000 Bruxelles
Telephone: +32 2 542 67 44
Telefax: +32 2 542 70 06
Both the above-mentioned authorities have been desi gnated as contact points for the remaining Parts of
the TRIPS Agreement (Parts I and IV to VII).  A final decision as to the authority responsible will bemade case by case according to the nature of the provisions concerned.
BELIZE
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
BENIN
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
BOLIVIA
Sr. Michael Meyer
Director
Servicio Nacional de Propiedad IntelectualAv. Camacho 1488, esq. Bueno
La Paz
Telephone: +591 2 37 20 47
Telefax: +591 2 37 20 47
BOTSWANA
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BRAZIL
Main contact point
Divisão de Política Comercial - DPC
(Trade Policy Division)Ministério das Relações Exteriores
Anexo I - Sala 536 - 5 ° andar
70170-900 Brasília-DF
Telephone: +55 61 411 64 11-13
Telefax: +55 61 226 60 79
+55 61 223 73 62
Contact official: Minister Piragibe Tarragô
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
Attorney General
c/o Attorney General's Chambers
Ministry of Law
Bandar Seri Begawan 2016
Telephone: +673 2 244 872
Telefax: +673 2 223 100
Contact official: Mrs. Magdalene Chong
Principal Counsel
c/o Attorney General's ChambersBandar Seri Begawan 2016
Telephone: +673 2 244 872 (ext. 127)
+673 2 02 225 917
Telefax: +673 2 223 100
BULGARIA
Main contact point
Ministry of Trade and Tourism
Multilateral Trade and Economic Policy Department12, Alexander Batenberg Str.
1000 Sofia
Telephone: +359 2 981 46 51
+359 2 987 34 92
Telefax: +359 2 981 49 15
+359 2 981 50 39IP/N/3/Rev.4
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Specific contact points
1. Issues related to copyright and neighbouring rights:
Ministry of Culture
Copyright Department
17, Alexander Stamboliisky Blvd.
1000 Sofia
Telephone: +359 2 980 53 85
Telefax: +359 2 981 81 45
+359 2 980 53 88
Contact official: Katherina  Pashova, Legal Adviser
2. Issues related to patents, trademarks, i ndustrial designs, geographical indications and
integrated circuits:
Patent Office
52B, Dr. G.M. Dimitrov Blvd.
1113 Sofia
Telephone: +359 2 71 01 34
Telefax: +359 2 70 83 25
+359 2 71 70 44
E-mail: bpo@internet bg.bg
Contact official: Mariana Rasheva
3. Issues related to undisclosed information:
Commission for the Protection of Competition
69, Shipchenski prohod Blvd.
1574 Sofia
Telephone: +359 2 71 91 85
+359 2 971 31 50
Telefax: +359 2 971 32 80
E-mail: cpcbg1@mbox.digsys.bg
Contact official: Ljudmila YordanovaIP/N/3/Rev.4
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4. Issues related to border measures:
Ministry of Finance
General Customs Directorate
1, Aksakov Str.1040 Sofia
Telephone: +359 2 86 95 95
Telefax: +359 2 980 32 75
E-mail: d.mihov@internet-bg.bg
Contact official: Marina Antonova
BURKINA FASO
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
BURUNDI
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
CAMEROON
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
CANADA
1. Mrs. Madeleine Betts
Information and Technology Trade Policy Division (EBT)
Department of Foreign Affairs and International TradeLester B. Pearson Buildin g (Tower C, 3rd floor)
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1A OG2
Telephone: +1 613 992 7260
Telefax: +1 613 944 0066
E-mail: <madeleine.betts@extott15.x400.gc.ca> at INTERNET
2. Mr. G. Calow
Senior Nomenclature Specialist
Customs Trade Administration BranchRevenue Canada Customs
Connaught Building
6th Floor
Mackenzie Avenue
Ottawa, OntarioCanada K1A 0L5
Telephone: +1 613 941 9928
Telefax: +1 613 941 2034IP/N/3/Rev.4
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
CHAD
Structure nationale de liaison avec l'OAPI
B.P. 424
N'Djaména
Telephone: +235 52 27 33
Telefax: +235 52 27 33
It should be noted, however, that the said contact point does not cover the works of
performers, producers of phonograms and broadcasting organizations such as radio and television.
CHILE
Servicio Nacional de AduanasEnrique Fanta Ivanovic
Director Nacional
Plaza Sotomayor Nº 60Casilla 1720
Valparaiso
Telephone: +56 32 200 500
Fax: +56 32 212 819
+56 32 212 841
COLOMBIA
Contact point for copyright
Sr. Fernando Zapata López
Director General
Dirección Nacional de Derechos de AutorCarrera 13 Nº 27-00, Oficina 617
Santafé de Bogotá
Telephone: +57 1 341 8177
Telefax: +57 1 286 0813E-mail: uac-dnda @IP/N/3/Rev.4
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Contact point for industrial property
Sr. Giancarlo Marcenaro Jiménez
Superintendente Delegado (E)
Superintendencia Delegada para la Propiedad IndustrialCarrera 13 Nº 27-00, Piso 5
Santafé de Bogotá
Telephone: +57 1 341 8177
Telefax: +57 1 286 0813
Contact point for plant varieties
Sr. Miguel Diago Ramírez
Gerente General
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario
Calle 37 Nº 8-43, Piso 5Santafé de Bogotá
Telephone: +57 1 232 2181
Telefax: +57 1 288 4169
CONGO
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
COSTA RICA
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
CUBA
Contact point  for industrial property
Oficina Cubana de la Propiedad Industrial (OCPI)
Picota Nº 15 entre Luz y Acosta
La Habana Vieja
Ciudad de La Habana
CP 101000 Cuba
Telephone: +53 7 61 0185
+53 7 61 3602
+53 7 62 4395
+53 7 62 4379+53 7 62 9771
Telefax: +53 7 338237 (Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente)IP/N/3/Rev.4
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Contact point  for copyright
Centro Nacional de Derecho de Autor (CENDA)
Línea Nº 365 esquina a G. VedadoCiudad de La Habana
CP 4133 Cuba
Telephone: +53 7 32 3571
+53 7 32 3573
CYPRUS
Contact point for copyright and industrial property
Mrs. Maria A. Kyriacou
Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and TourismDepartment of Registrar of Companies & Official Receiver
Corner Makarios Av. & Karpenissiou Street
Xenios Building
CY - 1427 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 2 302 133
+357 2 302 317
Telefax: +357 2 302 687
CZECH REPUBLIC
Contact point for copyright and related rights
Ministry of Culture
Audiovision and Copyright Department
Valdštejnská 12118 11 Praha 1
Telephone:  +420 2 513 2338
Telefax: +420 2 537055
Contact official: Mr. Jan Fu číkIP/N/3/Rev.4
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Contact point for trademarks, appellations of or igin, patents, industrial designs and topographies of
semiconductor products
Industrial Property Office
International DepartmentAntonína Čermáka 2a
160 68 Praha 6 – Bubene č
Telephone: +420 2 2431 1555 (ext. 312)
Telefax: +420 2 320013
Contact official: Dr. Marcela Hujerová
Contact point for border measures and questions on trade in infringing goods
Ministry of Finance
General Directorate of CustomsCustoms Legal Department
P.O. Box 12
Budĕjovická 7
140 96 Praha
Telephone: +420 2 6133 2143
Telefax: +420 2 6133 2100
Contact official: Mr. Vojt ĕch Klučar
Contact point for plant  and animal varieties
Ministry of Agriculture
Industrial Property Protection Department
Tĕšnov 17
117 05 Praha 1
Telephone:  +420 2 2181 2297
Telefax:  +420 2 2481 0468
Contact official: Ms. Eva Michajlovová
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
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DENMARK
The Danish Patent Office
Helgeshøj Allé 81
DK - 2630 Taastrup
Telephone: +45 43 50 80 00
Telefax: +45 43 50 80 01
Telex: 16046 DPO DK
E-mail: X400:  S-patentdirektorat et;  P=dkpto;  A=dk400;  C=dk
Internet:  patentdirektoratet @ dkpto.dk400.dk
DJIBOUTI
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
DOMINICA
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Secretaría de Estado de Industria y Comercio
Ave. México, esq. Leopoldo Navarro
Santo Domingo
Telephone: +1 809 685 5171
+1 809 688 9685
Telefax: +1 809 686 1973
ECUADOR
1. Dr. Nelson Velasco Izquierdo
Presidente del Instituto Ecuatoriano de Propiedad Intelectual
Av. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas, Edificio MICIP, 2º piso
Quito
Telelephone: +593 2 543 894
Telefax: +593 2 507 549
2. Dr. Mauricio Sánchez Ponce
Director de Propieda d Industrial, Encargado
Av. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas, Edificio MICIP, 2º pisoQuito
Telephone: +593 2 543 894
Telefax: +593 2 507 549IP/N/3/Rev.4
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EGYPT
Ministry of Trade & Supply
General Authority for Export & Import Control
Atlas Building, El Sheikh Maarouf
Ramsis Street
Cairo
Telephone: +202 575 6095
+202 574 2830
Telefax: +202 576 6971
EL SALVADOR
Ministerio de JusticiaCentro Nacional de Registros de El Salvador
1ª Calle Poniente y 43 Avenida Norte Nº 2310
San Salvador
El Salvador, C.A.
Telephone: +503 224 6677
+503 224 6011
+503 224 6244
Telefax: +503 224 4956
ESTONIA
Contact point for industrial property
Mr. Matti Päts
Director GeneralEstonian Patent Office
Toompuiestee 7
15041 Tallinn
Telephone: +372 627 79 00
Telefax: +372 645 13 42E-mail: Patendiamet@epa.ee
Contact point for copyright and related rights
Ms. Kärt Hinnok
Senior Specialist on Copyright Issues
Ministry of Culture
Suur-Karja 23
15076 Tallinn
Telephone: +372 628 22 49
Telefax: +372 628 22 00
E-mail: hinnok@kul.eeIP/N/3/Rev.4
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Contact point for plant varieties
Ms. Pille Ardel
Head of Variety Protection DepartmentPlant Production Inspectorate
71024 Viljandi
Telephone: +372 43 34 650
Telefax: +372 43 34 650
E-mail: pille@matti.ee
Contact points  for enforcement issues concerning intellectual property
1. Mr. Mihkel Leesment
Expert
Control DivisionEnforcement Department
Estonian Customs Board
Lõkke 5
15175 Tallinn
Telephone: +372 696 78 73
Telefax: +372 696 77 73
E-mail: mihkel.leesment@customs.ee
2. Ms. Ülle Raig
Councillor
Penal Law Department
Ministry of Justice
Tõnismägi 5a
15191 Tallinn
Telephone: +372 620 82 24
Telefax: +372 620 81 09
E-mail: ylle@just.ee
3. Ms. Kai Kullerkupp
CouncillorTartu Department
Ministry of Justice
Raekoja Plats 12
51004 Tartu
Telephone: +372 744 13 90
Telefax: +372 744 18 65
E-mail: kai@tartuos.just.eeIP/N/3/Rev.4
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Contact points  for competition issues concerning intellectual property
1. Ms. Aime Võsu
Head of External and Public Relations Department
The Competition BoardKohtu Street 8
15184 Tallinn
Telephone: +372 611 39 58
Telefax: +372 611 39 43
E-mail: aime.vosu@konkurentsiamet.ee
2. Ms. Evelin Külaots
Chief Specialist of External and Public Relations Department
The Competition Board
Kohtu Street 8
15184 Tallin
Telephone: +372 611.39.61
Telefax: +372 611 39 43
E-mail: evelin.kulaots@konkurentsiamet.ee
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Mr. Paul Vandoren
Head of Unit
European Commission
DG I/D-3200, rue de la Loi
B - 1049 Brussels
Telephone: +32 2 299 24 36
Telefax: +32 2 299 05 86E-mail: dorenpa@dg1.cec.be
Paul.Vandoren@dg1.cec.beIP/N/3/Rev.4
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FIJI
Contact point for issues related to copyright
Attorney-General's Chambers
P.O. Box 2213
Government BuildingsSuva
Telephone: +679 211 760 (State Solicitor)
+679 211 581 (Solicitor-General)
+679 211 580 (Attorney-General)
Telefax: +679 302 404 (Office of the Solicitor-General)
+679 305 421 (Attorney-General's Chambers)
Contact Official: Mr. S. Banuve
State Solicitor
Office of the Solicitor-General
Contact point for issues related to all other intellectual property rights
Ministry of Justice
G.P.O. Box 11869 or Government Buildings
Suva Victoria Parade
Suva
Telephone: +679 211 404
+679 211 494
Telefax: +679 303 676
Contact Official: Mr. Alipate Qetaki
Secretary of Justice
FINLAND
Contact point for copyright and related rights
Ministry of Education and Culture
Meritullinkatu 10
P.O. Box  293
FIN - 00171 Helsinki
Telephone: +358 0 134 171
Telefax: +358 0 1359 335IP/N/3/Rev.4
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Contact point for trademarks, ge ographical indications, industrial designs, patents, layout-designs
(topographies) of integrated circuits and protection of undisclosed information
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Industry DepartmentAleksanterinkatu 4
P.O. Box 230
FIN - 00171 Helsinki
Telephone: +358 0 1601
Telefax: +358 0 160 3666
FRANCE
1. Ministère de l'économie et des finances
- DREE (M. de Ricolfis)
139, rue de Bercy
75572 Paris Cedex 12
Telephone: +33 1 53 18 82 71
Telefax: +33 1 53 18 96 01
2. Ministère de l'agriculture, de la pêche et de l'alimentation
- DPE/SRI (Mme Legendre)
3, rue Barbet de Jouy
75700 Paris
Telephone: +33 1 49 55 45 03
Telefax: +33 1 49 55 55 04
3. Ministère de l'industrie, de s postes et télécommunications
- INPI (Mme Lightbourne)
26 bis, rue de Saint-Petersbourg
75800 Paris Cedex 08
Telephone: +33 1 42 94 57 09
Telefax: +33 1 43 87 74 68
4. Ministère de la culture
- DAG (Mme de Montluc)4, rue d'Aboukir
75002 Paris
Telephone: +33 1 40 15 77 78
Telefax: +33 1 40 15 77 79
GABON
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GAMBIA
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
GEORGIA
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
GERMANY
Contact point for TRIPS related questions of a general nature
Bundesministerium der Justiz
Referat III B 5
11015 Berlin
Telephone: +49 30 2025 9325
Telefax: +49 30 2025 9339
Contact point for Technical Cooperation:
Bundesministerium der Justiz
Referat III B 511015 Berlin
Telephone: +49 30 2025 9325
Telefax: +49 30 2025 9339
Contact point for questions  on trade in infringing goods
Bundesministerium der Finanzen
Referat III B 7
53117 Bonn
Telephone: +49 228 682 2391
Telefax: +49 228 682 2555IP/N/3/Rev.4
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Contact point for issues related to border measures
Zentralstelle Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz
Oberfinanzdirektion Nürnberg
Sophienstrasse 680333 München
Telefax: +49 89 5995 2317Contact officials: 1. Mr. Klaus Hoffmeister
Telephone: +49 89 5995 2313
2. Mr. Rolf Brormann
Telephone: +49 89 5995 2314
3. Mr. Günther Häring
Telephone: +49 89 5995 2343
GHANA
Contact point for issues related to patents
The Registrar-General
Registrar-General's Department
P.O. Box 118Accra
Telephone: +233 21 664 691
Telefax. +233 21 228 290
Contact point for issues related to copyright
The Copyright Administrator
Copyright Office
P.O. Box Private Mail BagMinistries Post Office
Accra
Telephone: +233 21 229 190
+233 21 224 282
+233 21 228 447
Telefax: +233 21 224 282
+233 21 223 646IP/N/3/Rev.4
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GREECE
1. Ministère des finances
DG des douanes et accises
19ème Direction des procédures douanières
Section A
10, rue Karag. Servias101 84 Athènes
Telephone: +30 1 3313400  (ext. 205 and 206)
+30 1 3232305  (direct)
Telefax: +30 1 3232927
2. Ministère du développement
(Commerce)
Direction de la propriété industrielle et commerciale
Place de Kaning
101 81 Athènes
Telephone: +30 1 3821717
Telefax: +30 1 3842642
3. Industrial Property Organization
5, rue Pantanassis151 25 Paradissos Amaroussiou
Athens
Telephone: +30 1 6183500
+30 1 6183599+30 1 6183598
Telefax: +30 1 6819231
4. Copyright Organisation
5, rue Metsovou106 82 Athens
Telephone: +30 1 8253731
+30 1 8253715
Telefax: +30 1 8253732
GRENADA
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GUATEMALA
Registro de la Propiedad Industrial del Ministerio de EconomíaEdificio Plaza Rabí, 7º Piso
5ª Calle 4-33 Zona I
Ciudad de Guatemala
Telephone: +502 2 301 696
+502 2 301 822
+502 2 301 692
Telefax: +502 2 301 683
Contact official: Lic. Carlos  Eduardo Illescas Rivera
GUINEA
Service guinéen de la propriété industrielle (SPI)
B.P. 468
Conakry
Telephone: +224 41 17 20
Telefax: +224 41 25 42
GUINEA-BISSAU
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
GUYANA
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
HAITI
Direction des affaires juridiques
Ministère du commerce et de l'industrie
8, rue Légitime
Port-au-Prince
Telephone: +509 22 82 50
+509 22 24 99
Telefax: +509 23 84 02
+509 23 59 50IP/N/3/Rev.4
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HONDURAS
Dirección General de Propiedad Intelectual
Secretaría de Economía y Comercio
Edificio Tan, tercer piso
Calle Peatonal
Tegucigalpa
Telephone: +504 38 4258
+504 38 4262
+504 38 4268
Telefax: +504 38 4267
The Directorate-General of Intellectual Propert y is a dependency of the Ministry of the
Economy and Trade, and consists of the Administrative Office for Copyright and Related
Rights and the Industrial Property Registry Office.
HONG KONG, CHINA
Head of the Intellectual Property Investigation Bureau
Customs and Excise Department
M/F, 2 Rumsey Street
Central
Hong Kong
Telephone: +852 2851 1611
Telefax: +852 2850 6415
HUNGARY
General contact point
Mr. László Várkonyi
Director General
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Department of International Organisations and Tariff Policy
Honvéd u. 13-15H - 1880 Budapest
Telephone: +36 1 331 2167
Telefax: +36 1 331 2167IP/N/3/Rev.4
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Contact point for national legislation
Mr. Mihály Ficsor
Head of Department
European Community Law DepartmentMinistry of Justice
Szalai u. 16
H - 1054 Budapest
Telephone: +36 1 312 7424
Telefax: +36 1 312 7424
Contact point for Part II, Sections 2 to 6
Hungarian Patent Office
Legal and International Department
Telephone: +36 1 111 2893
+36 1 131 6780
Telefax: +36 1 131 2596
+36 1 131 6596
Contact point for copyright and related rights
Dr. Péter Gyertyánfy , Director General
Dr. Gábor Faludi , Legal Director
ARTISJUS Bureau for the Pr otection of Author's Rights
Mészáros u. 15-17
H - 1016 Budapest
Telephone: +36 1 212 1544
Telefax: +36 1 212 1543
ICELAND
Contact point for copyright and related rights
Ministry of Culture and Education
Attn. Ms. Thorunn Hafstein
Sölvhólsgötu 4
150 Reykjavík
Telephone: +354 560 9508
Telefax: +354 562 3068IP/N/3/Rev.4
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Contact point for other TRIPS-related questions
Einkaleyfastofan (Icelandic Patent Office)
Lindargötu 9
150 Reykjavík
Telephone: +354 560 9450
Telefax: +354 562 9434
E-mail: asta.valdimarsdottir@els.stjr.is
INDIA
Shri A.K. Pande
Director GeneralDirectorate General of Revenue Intelligence
7th Floor, I.P. Bhavan, I.P. Estate
New Delhi 110002
Telephone: +91 11 331 9465
+91 11 331 1382
Telefax: +91 11 331 2297
+91 11 331 9660
INDONESIA
Mr. Bambang KesowoVice Cabinet Secretary
The Presidential Commission on IPR
Office of the President/State Secretariat
Jl. Veteran 17
Jakarta 10110
Telephone: +62 21 384 8590
Telefax: +62 21 350 1522
IRELAND
1. Intellectual Property Unit
Department of Enterp rise and Employment
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Telephone: +353 1 661 44 44
Telefax: +353 1 676 26 54
Contact person: Mr. Jack ThompsonIP/N/3/Rev.4
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2. For Customs Aspects:
Customs Procedures A Branch
Revenue CommissionersCastle House
South Great Georges Street
Dublin 2
Telephone: +353 1 679 27 77
Telefax: +353 1 671 87 19
Contact person: Mr. Anthony Murphy
ISRAEL
Contact point for trade in general
Mrs. Gabriella Cohen
Deputy Director
Foreign Trade Administration
Ministry of Industry & Trade
30, Agron Street
Jerusalem 94190
Telephone: +972 2 622 0260
Telefax: +972 2 624 3005
Contact point for industrial prop erty, copyright and related rights
Commissioner of Patents, Designs and Trademarks
Ministry of Justice
Post Office Box 34255
11, Beit Hadefus St.Jerusalem 91341
Telephone: +972 2 531 6643
Telefax: +972 2 531 6764
Information regarding a contact point relati ng to border measures and custom authorities will
be submitted in the near future.IP/N/3/Rev.4
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ITALY
1. Office du Délegué Accords de propriété intellectuelle
Responsable pour les Accords de propriété intellectuelle
Ministère des Affaires étrangères
Piazzale della Farnesina 100194 Rome
Telephone: +39 6 36912279
Telefax: +39 6 36912277
Contact person: Tommaso Troise
2. Office du Délegué Accords de propriété intellectuelle
Responsable pour les Accords de propriété intellectuelle
Droits d'auteur et voisins
Ministère des Affaires étrangères
Piazzale della Farnesina 1
00194 Rome
Telephone: +39 6 4698304
Telefax: +39 6 36912277
Contact person: Cons. Raffaele Foglia
Conseiller juridique
3. Office du Délegué Accords de propriété intellectuelle
Responsable pour les Accords de propriété intellectuelle
Propriété industrielle
Ministère des Affaires étrangères
Piazzale della Farnesina 100194 Rome
Telephone: +39 6 38762930
Telefax: +39 6 36912277
Contact person: Cons. Pasquale Iannantuono
Conseiller juridiqueIP/N/3/Rev.4
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4. Service des douanes
Ministère des finances
Département des douanes
Division XII
Via Mario Carucci 7100143 Rome
Telephone: +39 6 50242015
Telefax: +39 6 50957300
Contact person: Dr. Gerardo Servello
Directeur de la Division
5. Préparation des lois civiles et pénales
Ministère des grâces et de la justice
Bureau législatif
Via Arenula00186 Rome
Telephone: +39 6 68300102
Telefax: +39 6 6864324
Contact person: Cons. Vittorio Ragonesi
6. Responsable problèmes agricoles (communautaires et internationaux)
Ministère des ressources agricoles
Direction générale Politiques communaut aires et internationales – Div. II
Via XX Settembre 20
00187 Rome
Telephone: +39 6 4665453
+39 6 46654053
Telefax: +39 6 4743971
Contact person: Dr. Angelo Innamorati
JAMAICA
Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade
21, Dominica Drive
Kingston 5
Telephone: +1 809 929 6890
Telefax: +1 809 929 6733IP/N/3/Rev.4
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JAPAN
1. Mr. Hideo Mitsuhashi
Special Officer for Intellectual Property Rights
Customs Clearance Division
Customs and Tariff Bureau
Ministry of Finance3-1-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
100 Japan
Telephone: +81 3 3581 3041
Telefax: +81 3 5251 2125
2. Mr. Noriaki Oka
Assistant Director
International Trade Organizations Division
Customs and Tariff Bureau
Ministry of Finance3-1-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
100 Japan
Telephone: +81 3 3581 3825
Telefax: +81 3 5251 2123
3. Mr. Koji Minamino
Assistant Director
Customs Clearance DivisionCustoms and Tariff Bureau
Ministry of Finance
3-1-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
100 Japan
Telephone: +81 3 3581 3041
Telefax: +81 3 5251 2125
4. Mr. Kazuhiro Itaya
Assistant Director
First International Organizations DivisionEconomic Affairs Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2-2-1,  Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
100 Japan
Telephone: +81 3 3581 3813
Telefax: +81 3 3581 9470IP/N/3/Rev.4
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JORDAN
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
KENYA
Contact point for industrial property
The Director
Kenya Industrial Property OfficeP. O. Box 51648
Nairobi
Telephone: +254 2 332648
+254 2 332336-9
Telefax: +254 2 219430
Director: Prof. Norah K. Olembo
Contact point for copyright
Registrar General
Department of the Registrar General
Attorney General Chambers
P. O. Box 30031
Nairobi
Telephone: +254 2 227461
Telefax: +254 2 211082
+254 2 336499
Registrar General: Mr. Paul Omondi Mbago
KOREA, Republic of
General contact point
World Trade Organization Team
Multilateral Trade BureauMinistry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
First Government Complex
77 Sejongro, Chongro-Gu
Seoul
Telephone: +82 2 720 2188
Telefax: +82 2 738 9726IP/N/3/Rev.4
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Contact point for copyright and related rights
Copyright Division
Cultural Policy Bureau
Ministry of Culture and Tourism82-1 Sejongro, Chongro-Gu
Seoul
Telephone: +82 2 720 3151
Telefax: +82 2 723 9599
Contact point for industrial property rights
International Cooperation Division
Korean Industrial Property Office
Government Complex-Taejon
920 Dunsan-Dong, So-GuTaejon Metropolitan City, 302-122
Telephone: +82 42 481 5064-72
Telefax: +82 42 472 3459
Contact point for border measures
Trade Cooperation Division
Korea Customs Service
Government Complex-Taejon920 Dunsan-Dong, So-Gu
Taejon Metropolitan City, 302-122
Telephone: +82 42 472 1961-66
Telefax: +82 42 481 1969
KUWAIT
Contact point for general issues
Ministry of Trade and Industry
P.O. Box 2944
Safat13030 Kuwait
Telefax: +965 246 2798IP/N/3/Rev.4
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Contact point for copyright
Ministry of Information
P.O. Box 193
Safat13002 Kuwait
Telefax: +965 246 2798
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
General contact points
1. Ministry of External Trade and Industry
Omuraliev Esengul Kasymovich
Vice Prime Minister/Minister of External Trade and Industry
106 Chui Prospect
720002 Bishkek
Telephone: +996 3312 22 38 66
+996 3312 22 78 56
+996 3312 22 89 40
+996 3312 22 82 80
Telefax: +996 3312 22 08 93,
+996 3312 66 34 98
2. Department of external economic relations and work with WTO
Rakhmanova A.R., Direct or of the Department
106 Chui Prospect
720002 Bishkek
Telephone: +996 3312 66 20 04
Telefax: +996 3312 66 03 39
+996 3312 66 34 98
Contact Points for intellectual property
1. The State Agency of Intellect ual Property (Kyrgyzpatent).
Roman O. Omorov
Director the State Agency of In tellectual Property (Kyrgyzpatent)
10/1 Microregion 11
720049 Bishkek
Telephone: +996 3312 51 08 10
Telefax: +996 3312 51 08 13IP/N/3/Rev.4
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2. Intellectual Property Righ ts Implementation Division
State Agency of Intellectua l Property (Kyrgyzpatent).
Balpanova Omurgul Sagynalievna
The Head of the Intellectual Prope rty Rights Implementation Division
10/1 Microregion 11720049 Bishkek
Telephone: +996 3312 51 08 54
Telefax: +996 3312 51 08 13
LATVIA
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
LESOTHO
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
LIECHTENSTEIN
Office of National Economy
Kirchstrasse 7
9490 Vaduz
Telephone: +41 75 236 68 71
Telefax: +41 75 236 68 89
LUXEMBOURG
Ministère de l'économieService de la propriété intellectuelle
19-21, boulevard Royal
L - 2449 Luxembourg
Telephone: +352 478 41 10
Telefax: +352 46 04 48
MACAU, CHINA
Macau Economic Services
Rua do Dr. Pedro José Lobo
25th floor
Luso International Building
Macau
Telephone: +853 5972121
Telefax: +853 590310IP/N/3/Rev.4
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MADAGASCAR
Main contact point, in charge of notifications under the TRIPS Agreement
Ministère du commerce et de la consommation
Direction des relations commerciales internationalesB.P. 454
Antananarivo – 101
Telephone: +261 20 22 261 40
Telefax: +261 20 22 264 26
Contact point for issues related to border measures
Ministère chargé du budget
Direction des enquêtes et de la surveillance douanière
B.P. 262
Antananarivo – 101
Telephone: +261 20 22 253 22
Telefax: +261 20 22 203 65
Contact point for issues related to industrial property
Office malgache de la propriété industrielle (OMAPI)
Direction générale
Bâtiment de la Direction générale de l'artisanat
Rue Agosthino Neto 67 Ha-SudB.P. 8237
Antananarivo – 101
Telephone: +261 20 22 659 75
Telefax: +261 20 22 659 79
Contact point for issues related to copyright and related rights
Office malagasy du droit d'auteur (OMDA)
Direction générale
Lot II F 62, Rue Fredy Rajaofera
B.P. 17 Bis
Antaninandro – Antananarivo – 101
Telephone: +261 20 22 308 53
Telefax: +261 20 22 294 97IP/N/3/Rev.4
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MALAWI
1. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
P.O. Box 30366
Lilongwe 3
Telephone: +265 780244
Telefax: +265 780680
2. The Registrar General's Department
P.O. Box 100
Blantyre
Telephone: +265 651022
Telefax: +265 640877
3. The Copyright Society of Malawi
P.O. Box 30784Lilongwe 3
Telephone: +265 781245
Telefax: +265 781016
MALAYSIA
Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
Intellectual Property Division
22nd Floor, Menara Maybank
100 Jalan Tun Perak50050 Kuala Lumpur
Telephone: +60 3 232 9955
Telefax: +60 3 201 2618
MALDIVES
Ministry of Trade and IndustriesGhaazee Building
Ameeru Ahmed Magu
Malé 20-05
Telephone: +960 32 36 68
+960 32 52 05
Telefax: +960 32 38 40
E-mail: trademin@dhivehinct.net.mv
MALI
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]IP/N/3/Rev.4
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MALTA
1. Industrial Property Office
Lascaris
Valletta
Contact official: Mr.  Anthony Camenzuli
Controller of Industrial Property
Telephone: +356 232 718 (Office)
+356 242 270/7 (Department)
Telefax: +356 246 800
2. Customs Department
Customs House
Valletta
Contact official: Mr. Joseph Galea Maucieri
Head, Central Services
Telephone: +356 233 824 (Office)
+356 235 721 (Department)
Telefax: +356 246 150
MAURITANIA
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
MAURITIUS
The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Trade and Shipping
New Government Centre, Level 4
Port Louis
Telelphone: +230 201 1985
Telefax: +230 212 6368
Contact official: M r. Narainduth BoodhooIP/N/3/Rev.4
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MEXICO
1. Dirección General del Derecho de Autor
Secretaría de Educación Pública
Mariano Escobedo 438
Col. Nueva Anzures
11590 México, D.F.
Telephone: +52 5 250 02 91
+52 5 250 03 80
Telefax: +52 5 250 75 73
2. Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial
Periférico Sur 3106Col. Jardines del Pedregal
01900 México,  D.F.
Telephone: +52 5 624 04 01
+52 5 624 04 02
Telefax: +52 5 624 04 06
MONGOLIA
Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia
Baga Toiruu 49
Ulaanbaatar
Telephone: +976 1 32 74 56
Telefax: +976 1 32 76 38
MOROCCO
Contact point for industrial property rights
Office marocain de la propriété industrielle
Route de Nouasser - R.S. 114, Km 9,500
Casablanca
Telephone: +212 2 33 54 86
Telefax: +212 2 33 54 86
Contact point for artistic and literary property rights
Ministère de la communication
Rue Beni Mellal
Rabat
Telephone: +212 7 76 87 26
+212 7 76 65 91
Telefax: +212 7 76 77 12IP/N/3/Rev.4
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TRIPS enquiry point
Ministère du commerce extérieur
63, avenue Moulay YoussefRabat
Telephone: +212 7 70 33 63
Telefax: +212 7 70 01 37
MOZAMBIQUE
Mr. Francisco Miguel Gundo
Head
Industrial Property Department
National Directorate of Industry
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism
Av. 25 Septembro, Nº 27 447
Maputo
Telephone: +258 1 42 56 40
Telefax: +258 1 43 14 18
MYANMAR
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
NAMIBIA
Contact point for issues related to patents, trademarks and industrial designs
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Directorate of Internal Trade
The Brendan Simbwaye Square
Goethe Street 11, Block BPrivate Bag 13340
Windhoek
Telephone: +264 61 283 7111
Telefax: +264 61 220 227
Contact official: Mr. E. KambouaIP/N/3/Rev.4
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Contact point for copyright and related rights
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Directorate of Copyright ServicesPrivate Bag 13344
Windhoek
Telephone: +264 61 222 246
Telefax: +264 61 220 177
E-mail: nammines@iwwn.com.na
Contact official: Mr. T.H. Shinavene
Contact point for plant and animal varieties
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development
Directorate of Extension and Engineering
Division of Law Enforcement
Government Office Park
Private Bag 13184Windhoek
Telephone: +264 61 202 2135
+264 61 208 7111
Telefax: +264 61 235 672E-mail: agrlaw@iafrica.com.na
Contact official: Mr. G.B. Rhodes
NETHERLANDS
Main contact point
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Legal Department/Division for Intellectual Property
Bezuidenhoutseweg 20
P.O. Box 20101
2500 EC The Hague
Telephone: +31 70 3 796 514
Telefax: +31 70 3 796 815IP/N/3/Rev.4
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Specific contact points
1. Issues related to copyright, neighbouring rights and civil remedies:
Ministry of Justice
Directorate of Legislation
P.O. Box 20301
2500 EH The Hague
Telephone: +31 70 3 707 911
Telefax: +31 70 3 707 932
2. Issues related to patents, trademarks, industrial designs and integrated circuits:
Netherlands Industrial Property Office
Public Information Service
P.O. Box 58202280 HV Rijswijk
Telephone: +31 70 3 98 66 99
Telefax: +31 70 3 98 66 06
3. Issues related to border measures and customs authorities:
Customs Authorities
Parallelweg 2
3131 DG VlaardingenP.O. Box 1005
3130 EE Vlaardingen
Telephone: +31 10 445 57 00
Telefax: +31 10 434 10 20
NEW  ZEALAND
The DirectorTrade Negotiations Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Private Bag 18 901
Wellington
Telephone: +64 4 494 8500
Telefax: +64 4 494 8518
NICARAGUA
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
NIGER
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]IP/N/3/Rev.4
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NIGERIA
1. The Honourable Minister
Federal Ministry of Commerce and Tourism
Commercial Law Department
P.M.B. 88
Federal SecretariatArea 1
Garki, Abuja
2. The Director
National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion109, Western Avenue (Iponri)
P.M.B. 12806
Lagos
Telephone: +234 1 801 4109
3. The Director
Nigerian Copyright Council
National Theatre Annex
16, Aloba Street
Ebute Metta
P.M.B. 12723Lagos
Telephone: +234 1 583 0205
NORWAY
Utenriksdepartementet (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Handelspolitisk Avdeling
P.O. Box 8114 - Dep.
N - 0032 Oslo
Telephone: +47 22 24 36 00
Telefax: +47 22 24 95 80
E-mail: postmottak@ud.dep.telemax.no
PAKISTAN
Economic Consultant
ITO WingMinistry of Commerce
State Life Building Nº 5
7th Floor
Blue Area
IslamabadIP/N/3/Rev.4
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PANAMA
1. Dirección General del Registro de la Propriedad Industrial (DIGERPI)
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias
Avenida Cuba
Edificio de la Lotería, CalidoniaCiudad de Panamá
Apartado Postal 9658
Panamá 4
Telephone: +507 227 39 87
+507 227 25 35
Telefax: +507 227 61 87E-mail: digerpi@sinfo.net
Contact official: Licda. Lu z Celeste Ríos de Davis
Directora General
2. Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor
Ministerio de Educación
Avenida Justo Arosemena y Calle 27
Edificio Poli, Calidonia
Ciudad de PanamáApartado Postal 2440
Panamá 3
Telephone: +507 262 15 04
+507 262 22 00
Telefax: +507 262 93 85
Contact official: Licdo. Eduardo Benítez Isturaín
Director Nacional de  Derecho de Autor
3. Departamento de Propiedad Intelectual
Dirección General de Aduanas
Ministerio de Hacienda y Tesoro
Curundú, Edificio 1009
Ciudad de Panamá
Apartado Postal 7304
Panamá 5
Telephone: +507 232 62 77
+507 232 53 55
Telefax: +507 232 58 34
E-mail: Aduana@keops.utp.ac.pa
Contact official: Licdo. Aquilino Tejeira Quiroz
Jefe del DepartamentoIP/N/3/Rev.4
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4. Departamento de Propiedad Intelectual
Administración de la Zona Libre de Colón
Zona Libre de Colón
Ciudad de Colón
Apartado Postal 1118Zona Libre de Colón
Telephone: +507 445 62 71
+507 445 22 60
+507 445 10 33 (ext. 115/179)
Telefax: +507 441 80 82
Contact official: Licdo. Ricardo Zubieta Arias
Jefe del Departamento
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
PARAGUAY
1. Subsecretaría de Estado de Comercio del Ministerio de Industria y Comercio
Ing. Darío Peralta Sosa
Viceministro de Comercio
España Nº 323 c/ EE.UU.
Asunción
Telephone: +595 21 27 140
+595 21 212 844
Telefax: +595 21 210 570
E-mail: proyecto@vdimic.una.py
2. Dirección de Comercio Interior
Dr. Vicente Renna
Director de Comercio Interior
España Nº 323 c/EE.UU.Asunción
Telephone: +595 21 204 638)
+595 21 204 791)  (ext. 34)
+595 21 204 797 )
Telefax: +595 21 210 570
E-mail: proyecto@vdimic.una.pyIP/N/3/Rev.4
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PERU
Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de
  Protección a la Propiedad Intelectual (INDECOPI)
Calle de la Prosa Nº 138
San Borja
Lima 41
Telephone: +51 1 224 78 00
Telefax: +51 1 224 03 48
- Oficina de Derechos de Autor (Matters relating to copyright and related rights)- Oficina de Signos Distintivos (Matters relating to trademarks, commercial names and
slogans and indications of origin)
- Oficina de Invenciones y Nuevas Tecnologías (Matters relating to patents, utility
models, industrial designs, protected pl ant varieties and other new technologies)
PHILIPPINES
Bureau of Patents, Tradem arks, and Technology Transfer
Trade and Industry Building
361, Senator Gil J. Puyat
Puyat AvenueMakati
POLAND
Contact point for industriall y-related aspects of TRIPS
Patent Office of the Republic of Poland
Al. Niepodleglosci 188/192
00-950 Warsaw
Telephone: +48 22 25 05 81
Telefax: +48 22 25 05 81
Contact official: Ms. Grazyna Lachowicz
Chief Expert
Executive Office
The contact point will collaborate with the Polish  customs authorities to be able to provide
information on trade in counterfeit trademark goods and pirated copyright goods.IP/N/3/Rev.4
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 Contact point for copyright and neighbouring rights
Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Unity
Legal Office
Ministry of Culture and ArtKrakowskie Przedmiescie 15/17
00-071 Warsaw
Telephone: +48 22 826 19 25
Telefax: +48 22 827 34 58
Contact Official: Ms. Ewa Ziemiszewska
Deputy Director of Legal Office
The contact point will not be dealing with industrially-related aspects of TRIPS.
PORTUGAL
Contact point for trademarks, ge ographical indications, industrial designs, patents and layout-designs
(topographies) of integrated circuits
Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial
Campo das Cebolas
1100 Lisboa
Telephone: +351 1 888 11 01
Telefax: +351 1 886 00 66
E-mail: inpi@mail.telepac.pt
Contact point for copyright and related rights
Gabinete do Direito de Autor
Av. Eng. Duarte Pacheco Nº 19 – 5º Esq.
1070 Lisboa
Telephone: +351 1 381 30 10
Telefax: +351 1 381 30 19
Contact point for border measures
Direcção de Serviços de Regulação Aduaneira
Direcção-Geral das Alfândegas
Rua da Alfândega Nº 5
1194 Lisboa Codex
Telephone: +351 1 886 81 85
+351 1 886 05 37
Telefax: +351 1 888 09 79IP/N/3/Rev.4
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QATAR
Department of Commerce
Ministry of Finance, Economy & Commerce
P. O. Box 22355
Doha
Telephone: +974 43 21 03
Telefax: +974 43 14 12
ROMANIA
Contact point for general issues
Ministerul Industriei si Comertului
(Ministry of Industry and Commerce)
Department of Economic International Relations
Calea Victoriei Nº 152-154
Sector 1
Bucuresti
Telephone: +40 1 315 07 57
Telefax: +40 1 315 04 49
Contact point for issues related to industrial property
Oficul de Stat pentru Inventii si Marci
(State Office for Inventions and Trademarks)
Str. Ion Ghica Nº 5
Sector 3
Bucuresti
Telephone: +40 1 315 90 66
+40 1 315 19 66
Telefax: +40 1 312 38 19
E-mail: office@osim.ro
Contact point for issues related to copyright and related rights
Oficiul Roman pentru Drepturile de Autor
(Romanian Copyright Office)Str. Matei Millo Nº 7 Et. 4
C.P. 1-716
70704 – Bucuresti 1
Telephone: +40 1 310 25 06
Telefax: +40 1 310 25 06IP/N/3/Rev.4
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Contact point for border measures - issu es related to trade in counterfeit goods
Ministerul Finantelor – Directia Generala a Vamilor
(General Customs Directorate)Str. Matei Millo Nº 13
Sector 1
Bucuresti
Telephone: +40 1 210 40 96
+40 1 210 40 93
Telefax: +40 1 311 24 91
RWANDA
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
SAINT LUCIA
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
SENEGAL
Direction du commerce extérieur
Rue Felix Eboué
Dakar
Telephone: +221 821 57 25
Telefax: +221 822 09 32
SIERRA LEONE
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]IP/N/3/Rev.4
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SINGAPORE
The Chief Executive Officer
The Singapore Trade Development Board
230, Victoria Street
#09-00
Bugis Junction Officer TowerSingapore 188024
Telephone: +65 337 6628
Telefax: +65 337 6898
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Contact point for intellectual property rights except for copyright
Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic
Partizánska cesta 9
974 01 Banská Bystrica
Telephone: +42 88 741518
+42 88 46377
Telefax: +42 88 741519
Contact official: Mr. Vladimír Banský
International Affairs Department
Contact point for copyright and related rights
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Legal Department
Dobrovičova 12
813 31 Bratislava
Telephone: +42 7 3066438
Telefax: +42 7 3066459IP/N/3/Rev.4
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SLOVENIA
Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Slovenia
Kotnikova 6
1000 Ljubljana
Telephone: +386 61 178 3000
Telefax: +386 61 178 3111
E-mail: SIPO@sipo.mzt.si
Responsible official: Dr. Bojan Pretnar
Director
Telephone: +386 61 178 3100
Telefax: +386 61 178 3110
E-mail: B.Pretnar@sipo.mzt.si
SOLOMON ISLANDS
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
SOUTH AFRICA
Registrar of Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright and Designs
Private Bag X400
Pretoria
0001 South Africa
Telephone: +27 12 310 8700
Telefax: +27 12 323 4257
SPAIN
Principal contact point (general responsibility  for notifications under the TRIPS Agreement)
Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda
Secretaría de Estado de Comercio, Turismo y Pequeña y Mediana Empresa
Secretaría General de Comercio Exterior
Subdirección General de Política Comercial de la Unión Europea
Paseo de la Castellana Nº 162
28071 Madrid
Telephone: +34 91 349 36 70
Telefax: +34 91 349 37 90IP/N/3/Rev.4
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Additional contact point (Part II, Sections 2 to  8, and Parts IV to VII of the TRIPS Agreement)
Ministerio de Industria y Energía
Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas
Departamento de Coordinación Ju rídica y Relaciones Internacionales
C/Panamá Nº 1
28071 Madrid
Telephone: +34 91 349 55 04
+34 91 349 55 80
Telefax: +34 91 349 53 78
SRI LANKA
Registry of Patents & Trade Marks of Sri Lanka
"Samagam Medura" 3rd floor
400, D.R. Wijewardena Mawatha
Colombo 10
Telephone: +94 1 689367
+94 1 688768
+94 1 689368
Telefax: +94 1 689367
Contact official: Mr. G.D.D.K. Perera
Assistant Registrar of Patents & Trade Marks
SURINAME
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
SWAZILAND
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
SWEDEN
Kommerskollegium
(National Board of Trade)TRIPS Contact Point
Box 6803
S - 113 86 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 8 690 48 00
Telefax: +46 8 30 67 59
Contact official: M r. Håkan Sterner
Telephone: +46 8 690 48 46
E-mail: hakan.sterner@kommers.seIP/N/3/Rev.4
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SWITZERLAND
Contact point for general matters
Office fédéral des affaires économiques extérieures
Service du droit économique international et européen
Effingerstrasse 1
3003 Berne
Telephone: +41 31 324 07 90
Telefax +41 31 324 09 66
Contact official: M. Jürg Borer
Contact point for intellectual property rights
Institut fédéral de la propriété intellectuelle
Affaires internationales
Einsteinstrasse 2
3003 Berne
Telephone: +41 31 322 48 46
+41 31 322 48 83
+41 31 324 48 63
Telefax: +41 31 324 10 45
Contact official: Mme T. Thu-Lang Tran
Contact point for border measures
Direction générale des douanes
Division principale droit et redevancesMonbijoustrasse 40
3003 Berne
Telephone: +41 31 322 65 98
Telefax: +41 31 322 78 72
Contact official: M. Jörg Haudenschild
TANZANIA
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]IP/N/3/Rev.4
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THAILAND
Royal Thai Police
1. Pol. Maj. Gen. Vinai Powintara
Commander
Economic Crime Investigation DivisionCentral Investigation Police Bureau
Royal Thai Police
North Sathorn Road, Bangrak
Bangkok 10500
Telephone: +66 2 235 2827
Telefax: +66 2 234 6806
2. Pol. Col. Peeraphan Prempooti
Superintendent of Sub-Division 3
Economic Crime Investigation Division
Central Investigation Police BureauRoyal Thai Police
North Sathorn Road, Bangrak
Bangkok 10500
Telephone: +66 2 234 1064-9  (ext. 117)
Telefax: +66 2 266 7855
The Royal Thai Customs Department
Mr. Rapee Asumpinpong
Director
Bureau of Policy and Planning
The Royal Thai Customs Department
Ministry of Finance
Sunthornkosa Road, Klong ToeyBangkok10110
Telephone: +66 2 249 0431-40
+66 2 240 2617 (direct)
Telefax: +66 2 249 4016
Telex: 82355 DEPCUSTTHIP/N/3/Rev.4
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Department of Intellectual Property
Mr. Weerawit Weeraworawit
Director of Technical and Planning Division
Department of Intellectual PropertyMinistry of Commerce
338 Rachadapisek Road, Huay-kwang
Bangkok 10320
Telephone: +66 2 276 0056
+66 2 276 0148-9
Telefax: +66 2 276 0058
+66 2 276 0055
TOGO
[No information on contact point(s) supplied.]
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs
Huggins Building 3rd Floor
South Quay 72-74
Port of Spain
Telephone: +1 868 625 9972
Telefax: +1 868 624 1221E-mail: mazina.kadir@ipo.gov.tt
omed.joseph@ipo.gov.tt
Contact official: Ms. Mazina Kadir
(Controller)IP/N/3/Rev.4
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TUNISIA
Contact point for issues relating to c opyright protection of  audiovisual works
Établissement de la radiodiffus ion télévision tunisienne (ERTT)
Direction des affaires administratives et financièresAvenue de la liberté 71
1002  Tunis
Contact officials: 1. M.  Mohamed Néjib Labidi
Secrétaire général
Telephone: +216 1 79 70 89
Telefax: +216 1 78 12 97
2. Mme Salwa Abdelkefi
Achat de programmes et publicité
Telephone: +216 1 78 27 00 (ext. 2356)
+216 1 84 73 00 (ext. 2625)
Telefax: +216 1 78 14 25
Contact point for issues relating to the protec tion of artistic and intellectual property rights and
copyright
Ministère de la Culture
Ave. du 2 mars
1934 La Casbah
Contact officials: 1. M. Moncef Chatti
Directeur de la coopération et des relations internationales
Telephone: +216 1 56 27 59
Telefax: +216 1 56 38 16
2. M. Kheireddine Abdel Ali
Directeur général de l' Organi sme tunisien de protection des
  droits d'auteur
Rue Mikhael Nouaima 37
1005 El Omrane Tunis
Telephone: +216 1 84 06 08
Telefax: +216 1 84 71 25IP/N/3/Rev.4
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Contact point for issues relating to the protecti on of industrial property titles and the registration of
licence contracts
Institut national de la normalisation et de la propriété i ndustrielle (INNORPI)
Cité El Khadhra par Rue Alain Savary1003 Tunis-Belvédère
PB 23-1012 Tunis Belvédère-Tunis
Telephone: +216 1 785 922
Telefax: +216 1 781 563
E-mail: INORPI Email.ati.tn
Contact official: M. Mohamed Chaouch
TURKEY
Contact point for issues related to industrial property
Turkish Patent Institute
Mr. Ugur G. Yalciner
President of Turkish Patent Institute
Izmir Cad. Nº 26
06440 Kizilay
Ankara
Telephone: +90 312 419 0242
Telefax: +90 312 419 0248
Contact point for issues related to copyright and neighbouring rights
Ministry of Culture
Directorate General of Copyrights and Cinema
Necatibey Cad. Nº 55,  6th floor
06440 SihhiyeAnkara
Telephone: +90 312 230 8326 (Director General)
+90 312 231 7962 (Switch Board)
Telefax: +90 312 231 9694
Contact point for issues related to border measures
Undersecretariat of Customs
General Directorate of Customs
Mr. H. Cahit Soysal
Deputy Director GeneralHükümet Meydani Ulus
Ankara
Telephone: +90 312 310 9820
Telefax: +90 312 324 5979
+90 312 311 1346IP/N/3/Rev.4
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UGANDA
Customs and Excise DepartmentUganda Revenue Authority
Post Office Box Nº 7279
Plot 3, Parliament AvenueKampala
Telephone: +256 41 243967
+256 41 230923
Telefax: +256 41 236786
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Ministry of Economy and CommerceWorld Trade Organization Division
P.O. Box 901
Abu Dhabi
Telephone: +971 2 265000
Telefax: +971 2 260000
E-mail: economy@emirates.net.ae
UNITED KINGDOM
Mr. Karl Whitfield
Intellectual Property Policy DirectorateThe Patent Office
Cardiff Road
Newport
Gwent   NP9 1RH
Telephone: +44 1 633 814 734
Telefax: +44 1 633 814 504
UNITED STATES
Main contact point
Joseph Papovich
Deputy Assistant USTR for IPR
Office of the United States Trade Representative
Executive Office of the President600 17th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20508
Telephone: +1 202 395 68 64
Telefax: +1 202 395 39 11IP/N/3/Rev.4
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Additional contact points for notifications
1. Robert Stoll
AdministratorOffice of Legislative and International Affairs
Patent and Trademark Office
Box 4
Washington, D.C. 20231
Telephone: +1 703 305 93 00
Telefax: +1 703 305 88 85
2. Jeffrey P. Kushan
Attaché
United States Mission to the World Trade Organization
Avenue de la Paix 1-31202 Geneva
Switzerland
Telephone: +41 22 749 52 81
Telefax: +41 22 749 53 08
Additional contact point for notificat ions relating to border enforcement
Dennis Sequeila
DirectorInternational Organizations  and Agreements Division
Office of International Affairs
U.S. Customs Service
Room 2118
1301 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20229
Telephone: +1 202 927 14 80
Telefax: +1 202 927 68 97
URUGUAY
Contact point for industrial property
Dirección Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial
Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Minería
Rincón 719
Montevideo
Telephone: +598 2 93 09 23
+598 2 92 57 71
Telefax: +598 2 93 11 40
Contact person: Lic. Rosario MoreiraIP/N/3/Rev.4
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VENEZUELA
1. Ministerio de Industria y Comercio (MIC)
Sr. Freddy Yépez
Director General Sectorial de Plan ificación Estratégica e Inversiones
Avenida LibertadorCentro Comercial Los Cedros - Pent House
Urbanización Florida
Caracas 1050
Telephone: +58 2 761 89 85
+58 2 762 56 60
Telefax: +58 2 762 56 60
+58 2 761 89 85
2. Servicio Autónomo de la Propiedad Intelectual (SAPI)
Dr. Francisco Astudillo
Director General SectorialCentro Simón Bolívar, Torre Sur, Piso 7
Apartado Postal 1844
El Silencio
Caracas 1010
Telephone: +58 2 481 30 63
+58 2 481 12 45
+58 2 483 24 77
Telefax: +58 2 483 13 91
The new Servicio Autónomo de la Propiedad Intelectual (SAPI) (Autonomous Service for
Intellectual Property) falls under the Ministerio de Industria y Comercio (Ministry of Industry and
Trade) of Venezuela, and replaces the Instituto de  Comercio Exterior (Foreign Trade Institute), the
Servicio Autónomo de la Propiedad Industrial (Autonomious Service for Industrial Property) and the
Dirección Nacional de Derecho de autor (National Copyright Office) as notified in 1996.
ZAMBIA
1. The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry
P.O. Box 31968
Lusaka
Telephone: +260 1 223617
+260 1 228301/9
Telefax: +260 1 226727IP/N/3/Rev.4
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2. Zambia Patent Office
Mwayi House
Haile Selassie Avenue
P.O. Box 32075
Lusaka
Telephone: +260 1 225072
+260 1 255151
Cell: +260 1 771 121
Telefax: +260 1 227225
Contact Person: Mr. M.C.J.  Kunkuta, Registrar
3. The Registrar of Copyright
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services
P.O. Box 51025
Lusaka
Telephone: +260 1 251773
Telefax: +260 1 253456/7
+260 1 251766/7
4. The Secretary
Zambia Copyright Society
c/o Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services
P.O. Box 51025
Lusaka
Telephone: +260 1 223707
Telefax: +260 1 253456/7
5. Zambia Revenue Authority
COMESA Centre-Customs and Excise
First FloorPost Bag E635
Lusaka
Telephone: +260 1 222704
+260 1 777648
Telefax: +260 1 221 923
E-mail: muchindh@comesa.zra.org.zm
Contact Official: Mr. Harrison Muchindu, Assistant CommissionerIP/N/3/Rev.4
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6. Zambia Competition Commission
Main Post Office Building
Fourth Floor
P.O. Box 34919
Lusaka
Telephone: +260 1 222775
Telefax: +260 1 222789
E-mail: zcomp@zamtel.zm
Contact  Official: Mr. George K. Lipimile, Executive Director
ZIMBABWE
Controller of Patents, Trade Marks and Industrial Designs
Electra House49, Samora Machel Avenue
P.O. Box 8033
Causeway
Harare
Telephone: +263 4 791874/6
Telefax: +263 4 790901
Contact official: Mr. N. Mvere
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