RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/258
27 April 2001
(01-2120)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
REVIEW OF LEGISLATION
Questions posed by Japan
By means of a communication from the Permanent Mission of the Japan, dated 18 April 2000,
the Secretariat has received a copy of the following questions that Japan has communicated to
Albania, Argentina, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahrain, Botswana, Cost a Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, Egypt, Fiji, Georgia, Ghana,  Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco,
Nicaragua, Oman, the Philippines, Saint Kitts and Nevis and the United Arab Emirates, respectively.
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ALBANIA
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted inArticles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
ARGENTINA
A.C OPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.IP/C/W/258
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BAHRAIN
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
BOTSWANA
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
COSTA RICA
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
A. C OPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted inArticles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
CROATIA
A.
COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
DOMINICA
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.IP/C/W/258
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
EGYPT
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
FIJI
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
GEORGIA
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
GHANA
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
HONDURAS
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.IP/C/W/258
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JAMAICA
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
KENYA
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
MAURITIUS
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted inArticles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
MOROCCO
A.
COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
NICARAGUA
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
OMAN
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.IP/C/W/258
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THE PHILIPPINES
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
B. ENFORCEMENT
2. Please indicate the remedies which the judicial authorities order regarding copyright and
neighbouring rights, including injunctions, damages, destruction or disposal of infringing goods,
materials or implements for their production.  Please also explain the criteria and the methods of
calculating the amount of such damages.
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted inArticles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
A.
COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
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