PATENTS REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 1.4 Meaning of Convention country

PATENTS REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 1.4

    For the definition of Convention country in subsection   29B(5) of the Act, the following countries are prescribed:

  (a)   a foreign country that is a signatory to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of 20   March 1883, as in force from time to time;

  (b)   a foreign country that is a full member of the World Trade Organization.

Note 1:   For signatories to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, see www.wipo.int.

Note 2:   For full members of the World Trade Organization, see www.wto.org.