RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/C/W/76
4August 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3310)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
INFORMATION FROM MEMBERS ONANY SYSTEMS FOR THE REGISTRATION
OFGEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS WHICH THEY OPERATE
Communication from Egypt
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 Egypt byacommunication
from itsPermanent Mission, dated 25July1997.
Information from other Members willbecirculated inaddenda tothisdocument.
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Inaccordance withtheprovisions ofArticle 23.4oftheTRIPS Agreement, andasagreed during
themeeting oftheTRIPS Council heldon27February 1997, toinvite Members tosubmit information
onanysystems applied forthenotification andregistration ofgeographical indications by31July1997,
thefollowing information hasbeenreceived from theconcerned authority inEgypt:
(a) Geographical indications areoperated under thecurrent lawnumber 57fortheyear
1939, dealing withTrademarks andTrade data.
(b) According toArticle 5ofthislaw,noregistration willtakeplaceforgeographical names
asatrademark oranelement ofatrademark, iftheirusewillcause anysortofconfusion
ormisleading concerning thesource ortheorigin oftheproduct.
(c) According toArticle 30oftheabove-mentioned law,geographical names maycover
some products ifithasbecome acommon name indicating -initscommercial term-
thekindoftheproduct butnotitssource, withtheexclusion oftheregional names
ofwineproducts.