Japan-Peru EPA Sample Clauses

Japan-Peru EPA. This Agreement includes a separate chapter on intellectual property, consisting of 22 articles, from Article 167 to Article 188. It stipulates the securing of sufficient, effective and non-discriminate protection of intellectual property and the adoption of simplified procedures related to rights acquisition. This Agreement provides for intellectual property protection that exceeds the level of the TRIPS Agreement-- including the possibility of protection of inventions, including computer programs, protection of partial designs and the suspension of merchandise suspected of being counterfeit trademark or pirated copyrighted goods.
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Japan-Peru EPA. This Agreement includes a separate chapter on intellectual property, consisting of 22 articles, from Article 167 to Article 188. It stipulates the securing of sufficient, effective and indiscriminate protection of intellectual property and the adoption of simplified procedures related to rights acquisition. This Agreement provides for intellectual property protection that exceeds the level of the TRIPS Agreement-- including the possibility of protection of inventions, including computer programs, protection of partial designs and the suspension of merchandise suspected of being counterfeit trademark or pirated copyrighted goods. (a) Simplification and harmonization of procedures (i) Obligation to utilize International Patent Classification (Article 170, Paragraph 2) Both countries agreed to assume obligations to grant the classifications subject to the Strasbourg Agreement and the Nice Agreement to patent applications and trademark applications. (Only Japan has acceded to both Agreements.) (b) Strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights (i) Possibility of patents of inventions including computer programmes Article 174) “Neither Party shall require the rejection of any application for patent solely on the ground that the subject matter claimed in the application includes, among other things, a computer programme.” (ii) Possibility of protection of partial design (Article 175) This article stipulates that when there has been a request for a partial design registration, the nature of the registration shall not be judged on the overall design of the goods, but be based on the parts of the design. (c) Strengthening Enforcement (i) Strengthening of border measures (Article 182, paragraphs 1 and 2) The Japan-Peru EPA states that the custom authorities can halt the release at the border of merchandise suspected of being counterfeit trademark or pirated copyrighted goods that are about to be imported or exported, based on the declaration by the right holder or the custom authorities. Furthermore, should a border measure be taken, the name and address of the consigner, consignee, importer and exporter will be reported to the right holder, depending on the case. (ii) Internet Service Providers (ISPs) (Article 185, paragraphs 1 and 2) This article provides the creation of a legal framework which limits the liability of ISPs in order to encourage ISPs to remove content that infringes upon copyrights or related rights. Furthermore, this article also pla...

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