IV INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY - 1992
Guinea 93, 116, 266, 280, 306, 383 Guinea-Bissau 117, 201, 223, 263 Kenya 93, 94, 223, 378 Lesotho 93, 201, 306, 383 Liberia 93, 306 Libya (see under "Arab Countries") Madagascar 306 Malawi 93, 306, 383 Mali 93, 116, 263, 264, 266, 306, 378, 383 Mauritania 93, 306, 378 Morocco (see under "Arab Countries") Mozambique 201, 263 Namibia 93, 94, 168, 306 Niger 93, 280, 306 Nigeria 93, 266, 280, 306, 383 Rwanda 306, 383 Sao Tome and Principe 223, 263 Senegal 116, 223, 266 Sierra Leone 93 Sudan (see under "Arab Countries") Swaziland 93, 201, 306, 378 Togo 93, 378 Uganda 93, 223, 264, 306, 378, 383 United Republic of Tanzania 93, 94, 116, 306, 378, 383, 384 Zaire 223 Zambia 93, 266, 306, 383 Zimbabwe 93, 168, 306, 378,383 African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) 94, 116, 264, 280, 379 African National Congress (ANC) 306 African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO) 93, 283, 379 INDEX
Organization of African Unity (OAU) 224, 264 United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) 223, 306 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 306
Development Cooperation (in General) African Regional Centre for Engineering Design and Manufacturing (ARCEDEM) 137 African Regional Centre for Technology (ARCT) 280 African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO) 223 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 137
Training Courses, Seminars and Meetings WIPO African Regional Introductory Course on Industrial Property (Swaziland, August 18 to 26, 1992) 306 WIPO General Introductory Course on Industrial Property (Côte d'Ivoire, August 4 to 14, 1992) 306 WIPO National Seminar on Industrial Property (Gabon, December 5 and 6, 1991) 116 WIPO National Seminar on Industrial Property (Mali, June 15 to 17, 1992) 263 WIPO National Seminar on Trademarks and Trade Names in Development (Guinea, July 1992) 280 WIPO Seminar on Intellectual Property for Magistrates of French-Speaking African Coun- tries (Geneva [November 13 to 15. 1991] and Paris [November 18 to 22, 1991]) 93 WIPO Seminar on Licensing and Patent Information Storage and Search (Botswana, November 19 and 21, 1991) 93 WIPO Subregional Seminar on Industrial Property for Portuguese-Speaking Countries of Africa (Guinea-Bissau, June 23 to 25, 1992) 263 Joint Consultative Committee of the WIPO/ARCT/ARIPO/OAPI Cooperation Agreement (Geneva, November 11 and 12, 1991) 93 Joint Meeting of African Ministers of Planning, UNDP Resident Representatives and Representatives of the Agencies of the United Nations Common System in Africa (Namibia, November 25 to 28, 1991) 93 Seminar on the Promotion of Use of the ARIPO System (Uganda, August 1992) 306
Arab Countries
Assistance With Training, Legislation and Modernization of Administration Algeria 266, 281, 379 Egypt 224,264,281, 283, 379, 383, 384 Jordan 281, 379 Libya 168, 281, 307 Morocco 94, 116, 137, 168, 224, 281, 383 Oman 281,383 VI INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY - 1992
Saudi Arabia 116,281,383 Sudan 93, 266, 281, 379, 383 Syria 201, 281 Tunisia 224, 281, 383 United Arab Emirates 224, 307, 379 Yemen 96, 225, 281, 383
Training Courses, Seminars and Meetings WIPO Regional Training Course on the Role of Industrial Property in Development in the Arab Countries (Egypt, July 1992) 281 National Technology Transfer Conference (Oman, March 1992) 201
Asia and the Pacific
Assistance With Training, Legislation and Modernization of Administration Intercountry 169 Joint WIPO/CEC/EPO Mission (February 1992) 169 Patent and Trademark Project for ASEAN Countries 224 Bangladesh 168, 201, 224, 281, 379, 383 Bhutan 281 Cambodia 117 China 95, 137, 168, 169, 201, 202, 224, 264, 266, 281, 379, 383, 384 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 94, 281, 380 Fiji 201, 281 India 94, 138, 168, 169, 201, 224, 264, 266, 281, 283, 379, 380, 383, 384 Indonesia 94, 95, 138, 168, 266, 281, 283, 379, 380, 383, 384 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 168, 202, 225, 383 Laos 169, 383 Malaysia 94, 168, 201, 202, 281, 282, 307, 379, 380 INDEX vn
Mongolia 95, 168, 201, 380, 383 Myanmar 281 Nepal 168,281, 383, 384 Pakistan 168, 264, 281, 379 Philippines 94, 95, 168, 201, 266, 281, 282, 283, 379, 383, 384 Republic of Korea 94, 95, 168, 201, 225, 281, 379, 383 Singapore 94, 96, 168, 201, 225, 264, 281, 307, 379, 380, 383 Sri Lanka 94, 168, 201, 281, 307, 379 Thailand 168, 201, 281, 283, 379, 380, 383 Viet Nam 168, 169, 201, 281, 383 Yemen (see under "Arab Countries") Hong Kong 95, 168, 169, 202
Development Cooperation (in General) Australia 201, 264 Japan 168, 201, 281 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 137, 281, 307 United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) 225, 282, 307
Training Courses, Seminars and Meetings WIPO Asian Regional Colloquium on the Judiciary and the Intellectual Property System (New Delhi, September 9 to 11, 1992) 379 WIPO Asian Regional Seminar on Intellectual Property and Licensing for Industry (Singapore, November 11 to 13, 1991) 94 WIPO Asian Regional Symposium on the Promotion of Invention and Innovation (New Delhi, February 5 to 7, 1992) 168 WIPO Asian Regional Training Workshop on the Use of Industrial Property and Tech- nology Transfer Arrangements in the Electronics Industry (Beijing, February 24 to 28, 1992) 168 WIPO Regional Workshop on Trademark Searching and Examination (Canberra, March 9 to 13, 1992) 201 VIII INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY - 1992
WIPO Training Course for the Registry of Trade Marks and Patents (Singapore, November 1991) 94 WIPO Training Course on Intellectual Property for Developing Countries in Asia and the Pacific (Colombo, July/August 1992) 281 WIPO Training Seminars and Courses on Administrative Procedure for the International Registration of Marks (China, January 1992) 137 WIPO Workshops on Small Inventions (Indonesia, November 25 to 29, 1991) 95 Pakistan . . . 307 Workshop on Promotion of Invention and Innovation (Sri Lanka, August 1992) 307
Latin America and the Caribbean
Assistance with Training, Legislation and Modernization of Administration Joint Project of WIPO, the Registry of Industrial Property of Spain and the European Patent Office (EPO) on the Issue of a Test CD-ROM Product Containing the First Pages (carâtulas) of Latin American Patents and Patent Applications (DOPALES-PRIMERAS CD-ROM Project) 96, 118, 202, 225, 261, 381 Argentina 96, 117, 169, 225, 265, 266, 282, 381, 383, 384 Barbados 96, 381, 383 Bolivia 96 Brazil 96, 117, 225, 265, 266, 282, 283, 381, 383 Chile 96, 117, 226, 235, 265, 283, 309, 381, 382, 383, 384 Colombia 96, 117, 202, 226, 383 Costa Rica 97, 117, 226, 265, 283, 307, 381, 382, 383, 384 Cuba 96, 117, 169, 265, 266, 309, 381, 382, 383, 384 Ecuador 265 El Salvador 96, 97, 282, 307, 383, 384 Guatemala 283, 307, 381, 383, 384 Honduras 265, 307, 381, 383, 384 INDEX IX
Mexico 96, 117, 138, 170, 202, 226, 265, 382, 383, 384 Nicaragua 96, 117, 265, 283, 307, 381, 384 Panama 96, 97, 117, 265, 266^ 307! 381, 384 Paraguay 96, 381, 382, 384 Peru 96, 117, 170, 265, 283, 381, 382, 383, 384 Suriname 382 Uruguay 117, 118, 381, 383,384 Venezuela 96, 117, 202, 226, 265, 283, 381, 382, 383, 384 Aruba 265 Andean Countries 265 Central America 202, 282, 381 - Joint Declaration by Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama on Accession to the Paris Convention 307 Latin American Economie System (SELA) 283, 382 Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) 309, 382 Permanent Secretariat of the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration (SIECA) 283
Development Cooperation (in General) Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) 226, 266 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) 266 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 138
Training Courses, Seminars and Meetings Eleventh WIPO Seminar on Industrial Property for Developing Countries (Rio de Janeiro, December 2 to 15, 1991) 117 WIPO Regional Seminar on Industrial Property and Innovation in Universities and Scien- tific Research Centers (Buenos Aires, December 12 and 13, 1991) 117 WIPO Regional Seminar on Search and Patent Examination (Madrid, June 1992) 265 WIPO Seminar on Geographical Indications (Santiago, November 13 and 14, 1991) 96 WIPO Seminar on Geographical Indications (Lima, November 17 and 18, 1991) 96 WIPO Seminar on Patent Information (Rio de Janeiro, September 1992) 381, 384 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY - 1992
WIPO Training Seminar on Patents, Unique Source of Technological Information (Madrid, Munich, The Hague, November 1991) 96 Information Seminar on the PCT and the Madrid System (Mexico, February 1992) 169 Ministerial-Level Meeting of Representatives of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama (San Salvador, September 1992) 381 National Seminar on Industrial Property, Transfer of Technology and MERCOSUR (Common Market of the Southern Cone) (Sao Paulo, July 1992) 282 National Seminar on the Paris Convention (San Salvador, July 1992) 282
Development Cooperation (in General) European Patent Organisation (EPO) 118 France 93, 96, 170, 263, 306, 383 Germany 93, 383 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) 226 Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) 266 Promotion of Inventive and Innovative Activities 97, 235, 307, 384 - WIPO International Symposium on Support to Inventors 235 Sweden 263, 306, 384 United Nations 266, 283 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 97, 118, 170, 226, 284, 309
Interregional Training WJPO Course on Technical Information as an Aid to Industrial Development: Patent Docu- ments (The Hague, September 1992) 383 WIPO Orientation Seminar on General Aspects of Industrial Property (Geneva, September 1992) 383 WIPO Seminar on Patent Information (Rio de Janeiro, September 1992) 384 WIPO Specialized Training Course on Patent Examination for Government Officials of Developing Countries (The Hague, September 1992) 383 WIPO Training Course on Industrial Property (Munich, September 1992) 383 WIPO Training Course on Patent Documentation and Information (Vienna, September 1992) 383 WIPO Training Course on Patent Documentation, Searching and Examination Techniques (Stockholm, September 1992) 384 WIPO Training Course on Patents and Trademarks (Washington, D.C., June 1992) 266 WIPO Training Course on the Legal, Administrative and Economic Aspects of Industrial Property (Madrid, September 1992) 384 WIPO Training Course on the Legal, Administrative and Economic Aspects of Industrial Property (Strasbourg, September 1992) 383 WIPO Training Seminar on the Examination of Patent Applications (Geneva, Munich, Stockholm, The Hague, June/July 1992) 283 WIPO Training Seminar on the Use of Patent Documentation: Techniques for Searching and Dissemination of Information (Copenhagen, Paris, The Hague, Vienna, June/July 1992) 266 INDEX XI
Activities of WIPO in the Field of Industrial Property Specially Designed for European Countries in Transition to Market Economy
Assistance With Training, Legislation and Modernization of Administration Albania 98, 139, 383 Belarus 384 Bosnia and Herzegovina 384 Bulgaria 98, 139, 384 Croatia 384 Czechoslovakia 98, 139, 385 Estonia 139 Hungary 98, 139, 385 Latvia 139 Lithuania 139, 385 Poland 98, 118, 139 Romania 139, 383, 385 Russian Federation 385 Slovenia 385 Ukraine 385 Yugoslavia 139
General WIPO Meeting of Representatives of the Baltic States (Geneva, January 30 and 31, 1992) . 139 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) 203, 228 European Free Trade Association (EFTA) 203 European Patent Organisation (EPO) 118 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 284 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) 267 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 139
National Activities Albania 170 Estonia 284 Hungary H8' I70' 227' 385 Latvia 2°3- 227 Lithuania 118' 203' 227 Romania 2o ' Russian Federation 118, 139, 170, 203, 227 Slovenia 267 Ukraine 227' 284 XII INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY - 1992
Training Courses, Seminars and Meetings WIPO Seminar on the Use of the System of the Madrid Agreement Concerning the Inter- national Registration of Marks (Warsaw, December 16 and 17, 1991) 118 WIPO Symposium on Patent Protection in a Market Economy: Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland (Budapest, November 18 to 20, 1991) 98 Hungarian Association of Inventors. Assembly (Budapest, November 19, 1991) 98 Seminar on European Patent Law and Practice (Munich, November 8, 1991) 98
Brief History of the First 25 Years of the World Intellectual Property Organization
By Arpad Bogsch, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization 319
Calendar of Meetings
See the last pages of each issue
Contacts of the International Bureau of WIPO with Governments and International Organizations in the Field of Industrial Property
United Nations United Nations Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC) 99, 171, 228 United Nations Organizational Committee of ACC 203, 228 United Nations Consultative Committee on Administrative Questions (Financial and Budgetary Questions) (CCAQ (FB)) 203, 309 United Nations Consultative Committee on Administrative Questions (Personnel and General Administrative Questions) (CCAQ (PER)) 203, 285 United Nations Consultative Committee on Substantive Questions (Operational Activities) (CCSQ (OPS)) 203, 228 United Nations Consultative Committee on Substantive Questions (Programme Matters) (CCSQ (PROG)) 203 United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board (UNJSPB) 285 United Nations Centre Against Apartheid 228 United Nations Centre for Human Rights 386 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) 267 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 99, 139, 171 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 386 Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations (FICSA) 386 International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) 285 Meeting Between the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (Geneva) 99 Ninth United Nations International Non-Governmental Organizations Meeting on the Ques- tion of Palestine 309 INDEX XIII
Other Intergovernmental Organizations General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 99, 119 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) 203 International Labour Organisation (ILO)/Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) 119 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 228, 267 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) 203, 228 European Communities (EC) 171, 204 European Parliament 171 European Patent Organisation (EPO) 99, 119, 171, 204, 228, 267, 285, 386 European Space Agency (ESA) 204 Federation of Arab Scientific Research Councils (FASRC) 120
Other Organizations WIPO Informal Meeting with International Non-Governmental Organizations (Geneva, December 13, 1991) 119 American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) 228 Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) 228 Association of International Libraries (AIL) 140 Association of Toy Manufacturers of Europe (TME) 171 Centre for International Industrial Property Studies (CEIPI) 267 Confederation of Independent Bulgarian Syndicates (Sofia) 268 European Communities Trade Mark Practitioners' Association (ECTA) 228 Foundation for Advisory Studies in International Development (FASID) (Tokyo) 204 Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Products 204 Industrial Property Cooperation Center (IPCC) (Tokyo) 99, 268 Institut de recherche en propriété intellectuelle Henri Desbois (IRPI) 140 Institute of Professional Representatives Before the European Patent Office (EPI) 139 Institute of Trade Marks Agents (ITMA) 204 International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP) 268 International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI) 99, 140, 228, 235 International Association of Producers and Users of Online Patent Information (OLPI) (London) 268 International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 99, 227, 386 International Community of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced Ornamental and Fruit Tree Varieties (CIOPORA) 386 International Computing Centre (ICC) 386 International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys (FICPI) 309 International Federation of Inventors' Associations (IFIA) 235, 306 XIV INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY - 1992
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) 311 International Federation of Senior Police Officers (FIFSP) 268 International Federation of Wines and Spirits (FIVS) 171 International Vine and Wine Office (IWO) 235 Japanese Institute of Inventions and Innovations (JTII) 99 Japan Trademark Association (JTA) 235 Japan Tariff Association (Customs Intellectual Property Information Centre (CIPIC)) 171 Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) 235 Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law . 120, 204, 268 Order of St. John 204 Patent Documentation Group (PDG) 181, 386
United States Trademark Association (USTA) 171, 235 University of Perugia (Italy) 120 Zurich Institute for Industrial Property (INGRES) ••. . 99
National Contacts Finland 235 Germany 120, 171, 386 Japan 204, 235, 268, 386 Malta 285 Netherlands 204 Spain 387 Sweden 120, 204, 387 Turkey 235, 285, 387 United Kingdom 99 United States of America 204, 235, 285, 387
Governing Bodies of WIPO
- Governing Bodies of WIPO Twenty-Third Series of Meetings (Geneva, September 21 to 29, 1992) 299
Budapest Union 23 Hague Union 22 EPC [International Patent Classification] Union 23 Lisbon Union 23 Locarno Union 24 Madrid Union (Marks) 22 Nice Union 22 Paris Union 23 PCT [Patent Cooperation Treaty] Union 23 Vienna Union 23 WTPO 21 INDEX XV
High Officials of UPOV (Status on January 1, 1992)
Secretary-General and Vice Secretary-General of UPOV 23
High Officials of WIPO (Status on January 1, 1992)
Director General and Deputy Directors General of WIPO 23
Issue Industrial Property Laws and Treaties (INSERT)
NATIONAL LAWS
Chile - Law No. 19.039 Establishing the Rules Applicable to Industrial Titles and the Protection of Industrial Property Rights (of January 24, 1991). Text 1-001 May
China - Announcement No. 27 of the Patent Office of the People's Republic of China (of December 11, 1989). Text 2-004 October
Denmark - Patents Act (Patents Act No. 479 of December 20, 1967, as last amended by Act No. 368 of June 7, 1989) (text replaces the one previously published under the same code number). Text 2-001 June - Secret Patents Act (Consolidated Act No. 547 of October 25, 1978, as amended by Act No. 369 of June 7, 1989) (text replaces the one previously published under the same code number). Text 2-002 June - Trademarks Act (Act No. 341 of June 6, 1991). Text 3-001 July/August - Collective Marks Act (Act No. 342 of June 6, 1991). Text 3-002 July/August
France - Decree on Applications for Patents and Utility Certificates and the Grant and Maintenance in Force of Such Titles (No. 79-822 of September 19, 1979, as last amended by Decree No. 91-1180 of November 19, 1991) (replacement sheets). Text 2-006 November - Decree on Trademarks and Service Marks (No. 92-100 of January 30, 1992). Text 3-003 November
Germany - Law on the Extension of Industrial Property Rights (Extension Law-ErstrG) of April 23, 1992. Text 1-006 December XVI INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY - 1992
Italy - Provisions on the Legal Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products (No. 70 of February 21, 1989) (replacement sheets). Text 1-009 January - Implementing Regulations Under Law No. 70 of February 21, 1989, on the Legal Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products (Decree No. 122 of January 11, 1991). Text 1-010 . . . January - Law on Patents for Inventions (Royal Decree No. 1127 of June 29, 1939, as last amended by Law No. 70 of February 21, 1989, and by Law No. 349 of October 19, 1991) (text replaces the one previously published under the same code number). Text 2-001 July/August - Provisions on the Issue of Supplementary Protection Certificates for Medicines or Their Constituent Substances Covered by a Patent (Law No. 349 of October 19, 1991). Text 2-003 . . July/August
Latvia - Announcement on the Provisional Order of Inventions, Industrial Designs and Trademarks Protection in the Republic of Latvia (of May 21, 1992). Text 1-001 June
Lithuania - Announcement on the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on the Protection of Industrial Property (of May 29, 1992). Text 1-001 July/August
Romania - Patent Law (No. 64 of October 11, 1991). Text 2-001 September
Slovenia - Law on Industrial Property. Text 1-001 October
Spain - Regulations for the Implementation of Law No. 11 of May 3, 1988, for the Legal Protection of the Topographies of Semiconductor Products (approved by Royal Decree No. 1465 of December 2, 1988) (text replaces the one previously published). Text 1-004 November
Switzerland - Ordinance on Patents for Inventions (Patent Ordinance) (of October 19, 1977, amended on April 27 and September 14, 1983, on August 12, 1986, and on December 2, 1991) (replacement sheets). Text 2-002 May
Ukraine - Announcement on the Provisional Regulation Concerning the Legal Protection of Industrial Property in Ukraine. Text 1-001 December
United States of America - United States Code, Title 35-Patents (as last amended by Public Law 101-580 of November 16, 1990) (replacement sheets). Text 2-001 June INDEX XVII
MULTILATERAL TREATIES
- Central American Agreement for the Protection of Industrial Property (Marks, Trade Names and Advertising Slogans or Signs) (San José (Costa Rica), June 1, 1968) (replacement sheets). Text 1-001 September
European Communities - Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1768/92 of June 18, 1992, Concerning the Creation of a Supple- mentary Protection Certificate for Medicinal Products. Text 2-013 November - Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2081/92 of July 14, 1992, on the Protection of Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin for Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs. Text 5-002 . . . November
European Patent Organisation - Act Revising Article 63 of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents (European Patent Convention) of 5 October 1973. Text 2-012 April
World Intellectual Property Organization - Regulations Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (as adopted on June 19, 1970, and amended on April 14 and October 3, 1978, May 1, 1979, June 16 and September 26, 1980, July 3, 1981, September 10, 1982, October 4, 1983, February 3 and September 28, 1984, October 1, 1985, July 12 and October 2, 1991) (text replaces the one previously published under the same code number). Text 2-007 February, March
CUMULATIVE INDEX of legal texts published from February 1976 to December 1991 as an annex to Industrial Property January
Miscellaneous News
General News The Library of the World Intellectual Property Organization 291 The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Work of the World Intellectual Property Organization 286 WIPO 140
National and Regional Industrial Property Offices 141
National News Albania 312 Angola 236 Australia *72 Bahrain 10° China 387 XVm INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY - 1992
Czechoslovakia 100, 141, 172 Denmark 100, 172, 312 Ecuador 312 Finland 141, 268 France 172, 236, 312 Germany 205, 236, 312 Hungary 205 Iceland 236, 268 Ireland 268 Italy 141 Kyrgyzstan 312 Monaco 120, 172 New Zealand 172, 312 Romania 100, 312 Slovenia 236, 312 Switzerland 141, 387 Thailand 141 Ukraine 312 United Kingdom 205 United States of America 141, 205, 312
Regional News Cartagena Agreement 140 Central American Agreement for the Protection of Industrial Property (Marks, Trade Names and Advertising Slogans or Signs) 140 European Communities (EC) 172, 312
Normative Activities of WIPO in the Field of Industrial Property
General Industrial Property Information - Nice Union 136 Franchising Guide for Developing Countries 278 Protection Against Unfair Competition 279
International Patent Classification (IPC) Union IPCCLASS CD-ROM 221
Meetings - Committee of Experts Twentieth Session (Geneva, March 2 to 5, 1992) 180 INDEX XIX
Paris Union
Meetings — Assembly Nineteenth Session (9th extraordinary) (Geneva, September 21 to 29, 1992) 299 - Conference of Representatives Twentieth Session (10th extraordinary) (Geneva, September 21 to 29, 1992) 299 — Executive Committee Twenty-Eighth Session (28th ordinary) (Geneva, September 21 to 29, 1992) 299 - Committee of Experts on the Harmonization of Laws for the Protection of Marks Third Session (Geneva, June 1 to 5, 1992) 244
Permanent Committee on Industrial Property Information (PCIPI) World Patent Information 259
Meetings - Executive Coordination Committee (PCIPI/EXEC) Ninth Session (Geneva, December 9 to 13, 1991) 107 Tenth Session (Tokyo, May 25 to 29, 1992) 220 - Working Group on General Information (PCIPIIGI) Eighth Session (Geneva, April 6 to 10, 1992) 219 - Working Group on Search Information (PCIPI/SI) Eighth Session (Geneva, November 25 to December 6, 1991) 108 Ninth Session (Geneva, May 4 to 15, 1992) 219 - Ad hoc Working Group on Optical Storage (PCIPI/OS) Seventh Session (Geneva, March 9 to 13, 1992) 179 - Ad hoc Working Group on the Management of Industrial Property Information (PCIPIIMI) Eighth Session (Geneva, December 9 to 13, 1991) 108 Ninth Session (Tokyo, May 25 to 27, 1992) 220 - Ad hoc Working Group on Trademark Information (PCIPI/TI) First Session (Geneva, March 30 to April 3, 1992) 218
Settlement of Disputes
Meetings - Committee of Experts on the Settlement of Intellectual Property Disputes Between States Fourth Session (Geneva, July 6 to 14, 1992) 277 - Informal Working Group on Mechanisms for the Resolution of Intellectual Property Disputes Between Private Parties (Zurich, October 10 and 11, 1991) 56 - Working Group of Non-Governmental Organizations on Arbitration and Other Extra- Judicial Mechanisms for the Resolution of Intellectual Property Disputes Between Private Parties First Session (Geneva, May 25 to 27, 1992) 214 XX INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY - 1992
Vienna Union
Meetings — Committee of Experts Second Session (Geneva, June 22 to 24, 1992) 259
WIPO - Coordination Committee Thirtieth Session (23rd ordinary) (Geneva, September 21 to 29, 1992) 299
Notifications Concerning the UPOV Convention
Signatory States of the 1991 Act 166
Notifications Concerning Treaties Administered by WIPO in the Field of Industrial Property
Budapest Treaty - Acquisition of the Status of International Depositary Authority Belgian Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms (BCCM) (Belgium) 49 Coleccion Espanola de Cultivos Tipo (CECT) (Spain) 163 Czechoslovak Collection of Microorganisms (CCM) (Czechoslovakia) 211 Czechoslovak Collection of Yeasts (CCY) (Czechoslovakia) 211 - Change of Name Institute of Microorganism Biochemistry and Physiology of the USSR Academy of Science (IBFM) (Russian Federation) 276 USSR Research Institute for Genetics and Industrial Microorganism Breeding of the USSR Ministry of the Medical and Microbiological Industry (VNII Genetika) (Russian Federation) 276 USSR Research Institute for Antibiotics of the USSR Ministry of the Medical and Microbiological Industry (VNIIA) (Russian Federation) 276 - Change in Name; Extension and Clarification of the List of Kinds of Microorganisms International Mycological Institute (IMI) (United Kingdom) 53 - Communication by the Russian Federation 48 - Depositary Institutions Having Acquired the Status of International Depositary Authority (Status on January 1, 1992) 24 - New Schedule of Fees; Kinds of Microorganisms and Material Accepted American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) (United States of America) 54 - Withdrawal of Assurances under Article 8(2) IMET-Nationale Sammlung von Mikroorganismen (Germany) 135
Hague Agreement - Accessions Democratic People's Republic of Korea 179 Romania 211 - Situation After the Accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany 275 INDEX XXI
Locarno Agreement - Communication by the Russian Federation 48 - Declarations Croatia 243 Slovenia 211
Madrid Agreement (Marks) - Communication by the Russian Federation 48 - Declarations Croatia 243 Slovenia 211 Ukraine 276 - Situation After the Accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany 275
Nairobi Treaty - Communication by the Russian Federation 48
Nice Agreement - Communication by the Russian Federation 48 - Declarations Croatia 243 Slovenia 211
Paris Convention - Accession to Articles 1 to 12 of the Stockholm Act (1967) Brazil 243 - Communication by the Russian Federation 48 - Declarations Croatia 243 Slovenia 211 Ukraine 276 - Situation After the Accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany 275
Patent Cooperation Treaty - Accessions Ireland 179 New Zealand 276 Portugal 244 - Amendments to the Regulations 49 - Amendments to the Schedule of Fees Annexed to the Regulations 49 - Communication by the Russian Federation 48 - Declaration by Ukraine 276 - Situation After the Accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany 275 XXII INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY - 1992
Strasbourg Agreement - Communication by the Russian Federation 48
Trademark Registration Treaty (TRT) - Communication by the Russian Federation 48
WIPO Convention - Accessions Albania 163 Latvia 299 Lithuania 107 - Communication by the Russian Federation 48 - Declarations Croatia 243 Slovenia 211
Registration Systems Administered by WIPO
Hague Union Development of the Hague System 305 The Hague (International Deposit of Industrial Designs) Agreement inl991 115
Meetings - Committee of Experts on the Development of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs Second Session (Geneva, April 27 to 30, 1992) 184, 223
Madrid Union Computerization Activities 92, 182, 222 Effects of International Registrations in Croatia, in Slovenia and in Ukraine 375 Information and Promotion Activities 260 MINOS (Marks /«formation Optically Stored) 167 Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid Protocol) 260, 305 ROMARIN (Read-Only Memory of Madrid Actualized Registry /«formation) 167 SEMIRA (System of Electronic Marks' /nteirogation, Registration and Administration).... 167 The Madrid (International Registration of Marks) Agreement inl991 113
Meetings - Assembly Twenty-Fourth Session (15th extraordinary) (Geneva, September 21 to 29, 1992) 299 - Working Group on the Application of the Madrid Protocol of 1989 Fourth Session (Geneva, November 11 to 18, 1991) 62 INDEX XXIII
Paris Union Communications Made by the International Bureau of WIPO Pursuant to Article 6ter of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 109
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Accession 305 Computerization Activities 182, 222, 279 Effects of International Applications in Ukraine 373 Information and Promotion Activities 260 The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 1991 57
Meetings - Assembly Twentieth Session (12th extraordinary) (Geneva, September 21 to 29, 1992) 299 - Committee for Technical Cooperation (PCTICTC) Thirteenth Session (Geneva, September 22 and 23, 1992) 305 - Informal Meeting of Representatives of the Private Sector (Geneva, March 27, 1992) 181 - Meeting of International Authorities Under the PCT Second Session (Geneva, March 9 to 13, 1992) 181
Seminars Denmark 136 Germany 167, 182, 279 Ireland 279 Japan 167 Spain 167 United States of America 222, 305
Study Visits Viet Nam 222
Training and Assistance Finland 182 Malta 279
Selected WIPO Publications
See February, September and December issues 101, 269, 387 XXIV INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY - 1992
Treaties (Status on January 1, 1992)
Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 3
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 6
Other Industrial Property Treaties - Administered by WIPO Budapest Treaty 16 Declarations of Acceptance Filed by Intergovernmental Industrial Property Organiza- tions 16 International Depositary Authorities 16 Hague Agreement 11 Lisbon Agreement 13 Locarno Agreement 13 Madrid Agreement (Indications of Source) 9 Madrid Agreement (Marks) 10 Nairobi Treaty Nice Agreement 12 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) 14 Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks Strasbourg Agreement (IPC) 15 Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits 17 Vienna Agreement (Figurative Elements of Marks) 15 International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants 18 - Not Administered by WIPO African Intellectual Property Organization 19 African Regional Industrial Property Organization 19 Benelux Trademark Office/Benelux Designs Office 19 Council of Europe 20 European Patent Organisation 20