RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/N/4/ITA/1
21February 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0650)
Original: French Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 4(d)OFTHE AGREEMENT
Italy
Thefollowing communication, dated 31January 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofItaly.
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Inaccordance withtheprovisions ofArticle 4(d)oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights, Ihave pleasure inenclosing thelistofmultilateral andbilateral
agreements concluded byItalywhich came intoeffect before theentry intoforce oftheAgreement
Establishing theWorld Trade Organization.*
*Thetexts ofthese agreements willbeavailable intheWTO Secretariat forconsultation byinterested
delegations.IP/N/4/ITA/1
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MULTILATERAL TREATIES RELATING TOINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
TOWHICH ITALY ISAPARTY
WIPO
Convention Establishing theWorld Intellectual Property Organization;
Paris Convention fortheProtection ofIndustrial Property (Stockholm Act);
Berne Convention fortheProtection ofLiterary andArtistic Works (Paris Act);
MadridAgreementfortheRepressionofFalseorDeceptiveIndicationsofSourceonGoods(LisbonAct)
(Additional ActofStockholm);
Madrid Agreement Concerning theInternational Registration ofMarks (Stockholm Act);
TheHague Agreement Concerning theInternational Deposit ofIndustrial Designs;
NiceAgreement Concerning theInternational Classification ofGoods andServices forthePurposes
oftheRegistration ofMarks;
Lisbon Agreement fortheProtection ofAppellations ofOrigin andtheirInternational Registration;
International Convention fortheProtection ofPerformers, Producers ofPhonograms andBroadcasting
Organizations (Rome Convention);
Locarno Agreement Establishing anInternational Classification forIndustrial Designs;
Patent Cooperation Treaty (Washington);
Strasbourg Agreement Concerning theInternational Classification;
Geneva Convention fortheProtection ofProducers ofPhonograms against Unauthorized Duplication
oftheirPhonograms;
BrusselsConventionRelatingtotheDistributionofProgramme-CarryingSignalsTransmittedbySatellite;
Budapest Treaty ontheInternational Recognition oftheDeposit ofMicroorganisms forthePurposes
ofPatent Procedure;
Nairobi Treaty ontheProtection oftheOlympic Symbol.IP/N/4/ITA/1
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OTHER TREATIES
Convention ontheGrant ofEuropean Patents (Munich, 5October 1973) (entry intoforce forItaly:
1December 1978)
Geneva Convention fortheProtection ofNewVarieties ofPlants (UPOV) (1991)
International Convention fortheUseofAppellations ofOrigin andDenominations ofCheeses, signed
atStresa, 1January 1951 andProtocol signed atTheHague, 18July1951
Universal Copyright Convention, anditsProtocols, Paris, 24July1971.IP/N/4/ITA/1
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BILATERAL TREATIES BETWEEN ITALY AND OTHER COUNTRIES
1. ItalyandSwitzerland
1.1 Agreement of25April 1961concerning theexportation ofItalian wines toSwitzerland;
1.2 Conventionconcerningthereciprocalrecognitionofmarksstampedonworksofprecious
metals, Berne, 15January 1970.
2. ItalyandGermany
2.1 LawNo.658of13July1996fortheratification andimplementation oftheAgreement
of23July1963 between theItalian Republic andtheFederal Republic ofGermany
ontheprotection ofindications ofsource, appellations oforigin andProtocol, andthe
Exchange ofLetters of14May1964;
2.2 Agreement ontheprotection ofindustrial property rights, Rome, 30April 1952;
2.3 Agreement onPatents forIndustrial Inventions, byanExchange ofNotes, Rome,
12November 1953;
2.4 Exchange ofNotes ontheextension ofthetermofprotection ofworks oftalent, Bonn,
28April 1967.
3. ItalyandFrance
3.1 LawNo.476of11June1967 fortheratification andimplementation of:
Agreement of28April 1964 between Italy andFrance ontheprotection ofthe
appellations oforigin, indications ofsource anddenominations ofcertain products and
itsProtocol;
Agreement of28April 1964 between ItalyandFrance concerning designs.
Literary andArtistic Property
3.2 Exchange ofLetters of27December 1951 concerning theextension oftherights of
protection ofliterary andartistic works;
3.3 Exchange ofLetters of29July1957 concerning copyright;
3.4 Special Agreement ontheprotection ofliterary andartistic property, Paris, 9July1884;
3.5 Exchange ofNotes ontheextension ofthetermofcopyright protection ofliterary and
artistic works, Rome, 21December 1951;
3.6 Exchange ofNotes concerning theextension ofthetermofcopyright protection of
literary andartistic works established intheAgreement of27December 1951, Rome,
29July1957.IP/N/4/ITA/1
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Industrial Property
3.7 8January 1955 -21October 1960: Exchange ofLetters concerning thetemporary
protection ofindustrial property;
3.8 21October 1959: Exchange ofLetters concerning turn-over taxes inrespect offees
forlicences towork patents;
3.9 Declaration tofacilitate theexercise ofindustrial property rights bycommercial
companies, Rome, 16March 1887;
3.10 Agreement onindustrial property, byExchange ofNotes, Rome, 29May1948;
3.11 FourExchanges ofNotes concerning industrial property fortheincorporation ofthe
Agreement of29May1948. Thesecond Exchange ofNotes concerns theprotection
ofindustrial property inexhibitions. Paris, 26September 1949;
3.12 ExchangeofNotesconcerningtheincorporationoftheAgreementonindustrialproperty
of29May1948, Rome, 15November 1949;
3.13 Exchange ofNotes toamend Article 7oftheAgreement of29May1948 concerning
industrial property. Stresa, 25May1951;
3.14 Exchange ofNotes concerning theterritorial extension oftheAgreement of
8January1955onthetemporaryprotectionofindustrialpropertyinexhibitions.Rome,
21October 1959.
Geographical Indications
3.16 Agreement concerning theprotection ofappellations oforigin, indications ofsource
anddenominations ofcertain products (aprotocol andtwoannexes) of28April 1964;
3.17 Agreement byExchange ofLetters foramendments toAnnexes AandBofthe
Agreement of28April 1964, Paris, 13February 1970.
4. ItalyandAustria
4.1 Agreement concerning thegeographical appellations oforigin anddenominations of
certain products, byExchange ofNotes, Rome, 1February 1952;
4.2 Decree ofthePresident oftheRepublic, No.394of8April 1972, forthe
implementation oftheAdditional Protocol totheAgreement between ItalyandAustria
concerningthegeographicalappellationsoforiginanddenominationsofcertainproducts,
1February 1952, signed on17December 1969;
4.2 Agreement onindustrial property, Rome, 13June1953.IP/N/4/ITA/1
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5. ItalyandSpain
5.1 LawNo.767of25October 1978 concerning theratification andimplementation of
theAgreement between theItalian Republic andSpain fortheprotection ofindications
ofsource, appellations oforigin anddenominations ofcertain products, andProtocol
andAnnexes, 9April 1975;
5.2 Exchange ofNotes concerning theterm ofcopyright protection, Rome,
12October 1957.
6. ItalyandtheUnited Kingdom
6.1 Exchange ofNotes concerning thereciprocal protection ofrecordings, Rome,
11January 1959;
6.2 Exchange ofNotes forthereciprocal recognition oftestmarks onfirearms, London,
24June1926;
6.3 Agreement concerning theextension ofthevalidity ofindustrial inventions patents,
London, 16June1951.
7. ItalyandBrazil
Exchange ofNotes fortheextension ofthetermofvalidity ofcopyright onliterary
andartistic works, RiodeJaneiro, 6September 1963.
8. ItalyandNorway
Exchange ofNotes concerning theextension ofthetermofprotection ofliterary and
artistic works, Rome, 16December 1956.
9. ItalyandPortugal
Exchange ofNotes oncopyright protection, Lisbon, 12May1906.
10. ItalyandUnited States
10.1 Exchange ofNotes concerning copyright, Washington, 28October 1892;
10.2 Exchange ofNotes concerning theprotection ofmusical works, Manchester -
Washington, 11March 1915;
10.3 Declaration forthereciprocal protection oftrade marks, Washington, 1June1882;
10.4 Agreement concerning scientific andtechnological cooperation, Rome, 1April 1988
(with two-yearly review) [Annex concerning intellectual property rights].
12. ItalyandKorea
Exchange ofNotes concerning thereciprocal protection ofrights inrespect ofindustrial
patents andtrade marks, Seoul, 7June1961.IP/N/4/ITA/1
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13. ItalyandDenmark
13.1 Declaration ontheprotection ofindustrial designs andpatents, Rome, 3March 1907;
13.2 Agreement concerning theextension oftheterm ofvalidity ofinvention patents,
Copenhagen, 7July1950.
14. ItalyandRussian Federation
14.1 FourExchangesofNotesconcerningthereciprocalrecognitionoftrademarks,Moscow,
30June1960;
14.2 Agreementonthereciprocalprotectionandtheuseofintellectualpropertyrights,Rome,
30November 1989.
15. ItalyandIceland
Exchange ofNotes constituting anAgreement concerning thereciprocal registration
oftrade marks, Rome -Oslo, 6February 1976.
16. ItalyandLuxembourg
Declaration ontheprotection oftrademarks, TheHague -Luxembourg, 3March 1896.
17. ItalyandNetherlands
Agreement concerning thesettlement ofcertain issues concerning industrial property
arising from measures taken asaresult ofthestateofwar,Rome, 22September 1952.
18. ItalyandSweden
Exchange ofNotes concerning theright toexhibit certain documents inFrench
concerning patents, Rome, 9September 1924.