RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/C/W/76/Add.6
17September 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3706)
Original: Spanish Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
INFORMATION FROM MEMBERS ONANY SYSTEMS FOR THE REGISTRATION
OFGEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS WHICH THEY OPERATE
Communication from Cuba
Addendum
Atitsmeeting of27February 1997, theCouncil forTRIPS agreed toinitiate preliminary work
onissues relevant tothenegotiations specified inArticle 23.4oftheTRIPS Agreement through an
information-gathering activity. Inthisconnection, theCouncil invited Members tosubmit information
onanysystems fortheregistration ofgeographical indications which theyoperate. Reference ismade
toparagraph 73ofdocument IP/C/M/12.
Thepresent document reproduces theinformation received from theRepublic ofCuba bya
communication from itsPermanent Mission, dated 2September 1997.
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ThePermanent Mission oftheRepublic ofCuba totheUnited Nations Office andother
International Organizations inSwitzerland presents itscompliments totheSecretariat oftheWorld
Trade Organization (WTO) andhasthehonour torefer totheagreement reached atthemeeting of
theTRIPS Council heldon27February 1997 onthecollection ofinformation inthecourse ofthe
preliminary work onissues related toparagraph 4ofArticle 23oftheTRIPS Agreement. Inthis
connection, itnotifies that, inthemultilateral framework, Cuba hasbeen amember ofthe
LisbonAgreementfortheProtectionofAppellationsofOriginandtheirInternationalRegistration(1958)
since 25September 1966, andoftheMadrid Agreement concerning theInternational Registration of
Marks (1891), which alsoestablishes provisions torepress falseordeceptive indications ofsource on
products, since 1January 1905. Atthenational level, Cuba'scurrent industrial property legislation
allows appellations oforigin inindications ofsource tobeapplied forandregistered withtheCuban
Industrial Property Office, which isthecompetent government authority.