Japan-Mexico EPA Sample Clauses

Japan-Mexico EPA. There is no chapter regarding intellectual property rights in this agreement, but in Chapter 14 (“Bilateral Cooperation”), Article 144 (Cooperation in the Field of Intellectual Property), it is provided that both countries will develop their cooperation in the field of intellectual property rights, and items for information exchange are indicated. In chapter 3 on “Trade in Goods”, Article 8 (protection of geographic indication of spirits), it is provided that both countries shall mutually provide protection with respect to geographic indications of spirits accorded under the TRIPS Agreement. Also, in the Joint Statement upon signing the Japan-Mexico EPA, it was affirmed that, following execution thereof: i) necessary actions would be taken by both governments to eradicate counterfeit products and pirated goods infringing intellectual property rights; and ii) the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks contributes to effective and global protection of trademarks. With respect to the latter, Mexico’s willingness to undertake every effort to ratify such Protocol was reaffirmed. (Mexico ratified the protocol in November 2012; it entered into force in February 2013).

Japan-Mexico EPA. At the Japan-Mexico Summit Meeting held in October 2002, it was agreed to commence the negotiation for the agreement, and negotiations between the governments commenced in November. The EPA was signed in September 2004 and came into effect in April 2005. There is no chapter regarding intellectual property in this agreement, but in Chapter 14 (“Bilateral Cooperation”), Article 144 (Cooperation in the Field of Intellectual Property) thereof, it is provided that both countries develop their cooperation in the field of intellectual property, and items for information exchange are indicated. In the chapter on “Trade in Goods,” it is provided that both countries shall mutually provide protection in respect of geographic indications of spirits accorded under the TRIPS Agreement. Also, on the signing of the Japan-Mexico EPA at the Joint Statement of the summits, it was affirmed that, following execution thereof: i) necessary actions would be taken by both governments to eradicate counterfeit products and pirated goods infringing intellectual property rights, and ii) the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks contributes to effective and global protection of trademarks. With respect to the latter, Mexico’s willingness to undertake every effort to ratify such Protocol was reaffirmed.