WORLD TRADE IP/N/1/SWE/L/2
16April 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1370)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS
NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2OFTHE AGREEMENT
Sweden
Thepresent document reproduces1thefollowing lawsandregulations, asnotified bySweden
under Article 63.2oftheAgreement (seedocument IP/N/1/SWE/1):
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- Regulation (1993:1434) ontheApplication in 2
Relation toOther States oftheAct(1992:1685)
ontheProtection ofTopographies forSemiconductor
Products
- Regulation (1995:1166) Amending theRegulation 3
(1993:1434) ontheApplication inRelation toOther
States oftheAct(1992:1685) ontheProtection of
Topographies forSemiconductor Products
1InEnglish onlyIP/N/1/SWE/L/2
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THE MINISTRY OFJUSTICE
Stockholm
REGULATION ONTHE APPLICATION INRELATION TOOTHER STATES OFTHE ACT
(1992:1685)ONTHEPROTECTIONOFTOPOGRAPHIESFORSEMICONDUCTORPRODUCTS
(Act1993:1434, ofDecember 12,1993, aslastamended byAct1995:733, ofJune8,1995)
Section 1.Forthepurpose oftheapplication oftheAct(1992:1685) fortheProtection ofTopographies
ofSemiconductor Products aphysical person whoisanationals of,orhashishabitual residence in,
theUnitedStatesofAmerica,Australia,Japan,Canada,Switzerland,CollectiviteterritorialedeMayotte,
Collectivite territoriale deSaintPierre etMiquelon, French Polynesia, French Southern andAntarchtic
territories, NewCaledonia andterritories attached thereto, orWallis andFutuna Islands betreated
asifhewere anational ofaState member oftheEuropean Economic Area. Thesame applies to
Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,
Falkland Islands, Hong Kong, IsleofMan, theChannel Islands, Montserrat, Dutch Antilles, Pitcairn,
StHelena, territories belonging toStHelena (Ascension, Tristan daCunha), South Georgia andSouth
Sandwich Island andTurk andCaicos Islands.
Section 2.Alegalperson originating inanyofthose countries andterritories indicated inSection 1,
firstsentence, ochwhich, inaddition, conducts abusiness activity there, shall, forthepurposes of
theapplication oftheAct(1992:1685) ontheProtection ofTopographies forSemiconductor Products,
betreated asifthatlegalperson conducted thatactivity inaStatemember oftheEuropean Economic
Area.
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ThisRegulation enters intoforce onthedatedecided bytheGovernment, when alsotheRegulation
(1987:63) omtheapplication inrelation toother countries oftheAct(1986:1425) ontheProtection
ofTopographies forSemiconductor Products shallcease toapply.
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Regulation (1993:1646) prescribed thattheRegulation entered intoforce onJanuary 1,1994.IP/N/1/SWE/L/2
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THE MINISTRY OFJUSTICE
Stockholm
Regulation (1995:1166) Amending theRegulation (1993:1434) ontheApplication inRelation to
Other States oftheAct(1992:1685) ontheProtection ofTopographies forSemiconductor Products.
TheGovernment prescribes thatSection 1oftheRegulation (1993:1434) ontheApplication inRelation
toOther States oftheAct(1992:1685) ontheProtection ofTopographies forSemiconductor Products
shallreadasfollows.
Section 1.Forthepurpose oftheapplication oftheAct(1992:1685) fortheProtection ofTopographies
ofSemiconductor Products aphysical person whoisanational of,orhashishabitual residence in,
acountry which isamember oftheWorld Trade Organization orwhoisanational of,orhashishabitual
residence in,Collectivite territoriale deMayotte, Collectivite territoriale deSaint Pierre etMiquelon,
French Polynesia, French Southern andAntarchtic territories, NewCaledonia andterritories attached
thereto, orWallis andFutuna Islands betreated asifhewere anational ofaState member ofthe
European Economic Area. Thesame applies toAnguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean
Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Hong Kong, IsleofMan, the
Channel Islands, Montserrat, Dutch Antilles, Pitcairn, StHelena, territories belonging toStHelena
(Ascension, Tristan daCunha), South Georgia andSouth Sandwich Island andTurkandCaicos Islands.
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ThisRegulation enters intoforce onJanuary 1,1996.