RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/N/4/DEU/1
31January 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0365)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 4(d)OFTHE AGREEMENT
Germany
Thefollowing communication, dated 20December 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofGermany.
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Under Article 4,sentence 2,paragraph (d)oftheTRIPS Agreement which provides:
"With regard totheprotection ofintellectual property, anyadvantage, favour, privilege or
immunity granted byaMember tothenationals ofanyother country shall beaccorded
immediately andunconditionally tothenationals ofallother Members. Exempted fromthis
obligation areanyadvantage, favour, privilege orimmunity accorded byaMember:
[...]
(d)deriving from international agreements related totheprotection ofintellectual property
which entered intoforce prior totheentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement, provided that
suchagreements arenotified totheCouncil forTRIPS anddonotconstitute anarbitrary or
unjustifiable discrimination against nationals ofother Members."
Ihereby notify onbehalf oftheFederal Republic ofGermany totheCouncil forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights theattached listsofbilateral andmultilateral treaties withregard to
intellectual property rights.1
1Thetexts ofthese agreements willbeavailable intheWTO Secretariat forconsultation byinterested delegations.IP/N/4/DEU/1
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Bilateral treaties related tointellectual property
(Notification pursuant toArticle 4,sentence 2,paragraph (d)oftheTRIPS Agreement)
Treaty Date Inforce since Source
Agreement between theReich
andtheUnited States ofAmerica
concerningtheReciprocal
Protection ofCopyrights15January 1892 6May 1892 RGBl. 1892, p.473
Agreement between theReich
andSwitzerland of13April 1892
concerning Reciprocal Protection
ofPatents, Designs andMarks
-Agreement between the
Reich andSwitzerland toAmend
theConvention of13April 1892
concerning Reciprocal Protection
ofPatents, Designs andMarks13April 1892
26May 190216August 1894
1May 1903RGBl. 1894, p.511/515
RGBl. 1903, p.181
German-Hungar ianAgreement of
17November 1908 concerning
ReciprocalProtectionof
Industrial Property17November 1908 RGBl. 1908, p.659
Agreement between theReich
andtheUnited States ofAmerica
concerning Reciprocal Protection
ofIndustrial Property23February 1909 1August 1909 RGBl. 1909, p.895
RGBl. 1954 II,p.13
German-BolivianAgreement
concerning Reciprocal Protection
ofMarks
-Further application20February 1925
20April 195521May 1925 RGBl. 1925 II,p.160
BGBl. 1955 II,p.747
Agreement between theReich
and theRepublic ofAustria
concerningQuestionsof
ReciprocalProtectionof
Industrial Property and of
ReciprocalProtectionof
Copyright15February 1930 19September 1930 RGBl. 1930 II,p.1077, 1229
Agreement between theReich
andtheEmpire ofIranonthe
Protection of Patents for
Inventions, Trade marks, Trade
names, Designs andArtistic and
Literary works
-Protocol24February 1930
5November 19541February 1931
4November 1954RGBl. 1930 II,p.981
BGBl. 1955 II,p.829
Protocol onthenegotiations
between theGovernment ofthe
Federal Republic ofGermany
and theGovernment ofthe
Republic ofIceland concerning
Protection ofCopyrights and
Industrial Property Rights19December 1950 19December 1950 BGBl. 1956 II,p.899IP/N/4/DEU/1
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Bilateral treaties related tointellectual property
(Notification pursuant toArticle 4,sentence 2,paragraph (d)oftheTRIPS Agreement)
Treaty Date Inforce since Source
Preliminary Treaty ofCommerce
between theGovernment ofthe
Federal Republic ofGermany
and theGovernment ofthe
Kingdom ofGreece12February 1951 12November 1953 BGBl. 1952 II,p.517
BGBl. 1955 II,p.919
Trade Agreement between the
Government ofthe Federal
Republic ofGermany andRoyal
Egyptian Government
-(Amending arrangement)21April 1951
15May 1992/
27March 199431May 1952
27March 1994BGBl. 1952 II,p.525
BGBl. 1994 II,p.3763
Trade Agreement between the
Government ofthe Federal
Republic ofGermany andthe
Government oftheRepublic of
Peru20July1951 14June 1952 BGBl. 1952 II,p.333, 634
Agreement between theFederal
Republic ofGermany andthe
Republic ofCuba concerning
Restoration ofIndustrial Property
Rights and Protection of
Indications ofSource22March 1954 20January 1955 BGBl. 1954 II,p.1112
BGBl. 1955 II,p.4
Treaty ofFriendship, Commerce
and Navigation between the
Federal Republic ofGermany
andtheUnited States ofAmerica29October 1954 14July1956 BGBl. 1956 II,p.487, 763
Treaty between the Federal
Republic ofGermany andthe
UnitedMexicanStates
Concerning Protection oftheir
Nationals 'Copyright inMusical
Works4November 1954 20February 1956 BGBl. 1955 II,p.903
BGBl. 1956 II,p.410
Agreement between theFederal
Republic ofGermany andthe
Republic ofParaguay onthe
Granting ofMost-Favoured-
Nation Treatment onIndustrial
Property Rights30July1955 6March 1959 BGBl. 1957 II,p.1273
BGBl. 1959 II,p.402
Treaty ofFriendship, Commerce
and Navigation between the
Federal Republic ofGermany
andtheDominican Republic23December 1957 3June 1960 BGBl. 1959 II,p.1468
BGBl. 1960 II,p.1874
Treaty between the Federal
Republic ofGermany andthe
Republic ofColombia concerning
ReciprocalProtectionof
Scientific, Literary andArtistic
Works11May 1959 15January 1966 BGBl. 1961 II,p.13
BGBl. 1966 II,p.47IP/N/4/DEU/1
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Multilateral treaties related tointellectual property
(Notifications pursuant toArticle 4,sentence 2,paragraph (d)oftheTRIPS Agreement)
Treaty Date Source
Berne Convention for the
Protection ofLiterary andArtistic
Works (Paris Act)9September 1886
24July1971BGBl. 1973 II,p.1071
BGBl. 1985 II,p.81
MontevideoAgreement
Concerning theProtection of
Literary andArtistic Works
-Additional Protocol
-Further application11January 1889
13February 1889
7February/23 June 1950RGBl. 1927 II,p.95
BAnz. No.144/50
Madrid Agreement Concerning
theInternational Registration of
Marks
-(Stockholm Act)14April 1891
14July1967 BGBl. 1970 II,p.418
BGBl. 1984 II,p.799
Madrid Agreement for the
Repression ofFalse orDeceptive
Indications ofSource onGoods
-(Lisbon Act)
-(Additional Actof
Stockholm)14April 1891
31October 1958
14July1967BGBl. 1961 II,p.293
BGBl. 1970 II,p.444
ParisConventionforthe
Protection ofIndustrial Property
(Stockholm Act)20March 1883
14July1967 BGBl. 1970 II,p.293, 391
BGBl. 1984 II,p.799
TheHagueAgreement
Concerning the International
Deposit ofIndustrial Designs
-(London Act)
-(The Hague Act)
-(Additional ActofMonaco)
-(Additional Actof
Stockholm)6November 1925
2June 1934
28November 1960
18November 1961
14July1967RGBl. 1937 II,p.583, 617
BGBl. 1962 II,p.774, 790
BGBl. 1962 II,p.937
BGBl. 1970 II,p.448
Convention on International
Exhibitions
-Amending Protocol
-Resolution oftheGeneral
Assembly22November 1928
30November 1972
31May 1988RGBl. 1931 II,p.11
BGBl. 1974 II,p.276
BGBl. 1982 II,p.90
BGBl. 1991 II,p.426
Universal Copyright Convention
-(Paris Act)6September 1952
24July1971 BGBl. 1973 II,p.1111IP/N/4/DEU/1
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Multilateral treaties related tointellectual property
(Notifications pursuant toArticle 4,sentence 2,paragraph (d)oftheTRIPS Agreement)
Treaty Date Source
Nice Agreement Concerning the
International Classification of
Goods and Services forthe
Purposes oftheRegistration of
Marks
-(Geneva Act)15June 1957
13May 1977BGBl. 1981 II,p.359
BGBl. 1984 II,p.799
European Agreement onthe
ProtectionofTelevisions
Broadcasts22June 1960 BGBl. 1965 II,p.1234
International Convention forthe
ProtectionofPerformers,
Producers ofPhonograms and
Broadcasting Organizations26October 1961 BGBl. 1965 II,p.1243
International Convention forthe
Protection ofNew Varieties of
Plants
-(Geneva Act)2December 1961
23October 1978BGBl. 1984 II,p.809
BGBl. 1986 II,p.782
Convention ontheUnification of
Certain Points ofSubstantive Law
onPatents forInvention27November 1963 BGBl. 1976 II,p.658
Convention Establishing the
World Intellectual Property
Organization14July1967 BGBl. 1970 II,p.295
BGBl. 1984 II,p.799
BGBl. 1985 II,p.97
Locarno Agreement Establishing
anInternational Classification for
Industrial Designs8October 1968 BGBl. 1990 II,p.1677
Patent Cooperation Treaty 19June 1970 BGBl. 1976 II,p.664-720
BGBl. 1984 II,p.799, 975
Strasbour gAgreement Concer ning
theInternationalPatent
Classification24March 1971 BGBl. 1975 II,p.283
BGBl. 1984 II,p.799
Convention fortheProtection of
Producers ofPhonograms against
unauthorized Duplication oftheir
Phonograms29October 1971 BGBl. 1973 II,p.1669
Convention ontheGrant of
European Patents
(European Patent Convention)
-ActRevising Article 635October 1973
17December 1991BGBl. 1976 II,p.826
BGBl. 1993 II,p.243
Convention Relating tothe
Distribution of Programme-
Carrying Signals Transmitted by
Satellite21May 1974 BGBl. 1979 II,p.114IP/N/4/DEU/1
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Multilateral treaties related tointellectual property
(Notifications pursuant toArticle 4,sentence 2,paragraph (d)oftheTRIPS Agreement)
Treaty Date Source
BudapestTreatyonthe
International Recognition ofthe
Deposit ofMicroorganisms for
thePurposes ofPatent Procedure28April 1977 BGBl. 1980 II,p.1104
BGBl. 1984 II,p.679
EuropeanConventionon
Transfrontier Television5May 1989 BGBl. 1984 II,p.639