GATT/AIR/2586 19 APRIL 1988
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS
OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, INCLUDING TRADE
IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS
1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, INCLUDING TRADE IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS WILL BE
HELD ON 16 - 20 MAY 1988, COMMENCING ON 16 MAY AT 11 A.M. IN THE CENTRE
WILLIAM RAPPARD. IT IS ENVISAGED THAT THE GROUP WILL MEET FORMALLY AT THE
BEGINNING AND END OF THIS PERIOD, PROVIDING TIME FOR INFORMAL MEETINGS AND
CONSULTATIONS IN-BETWEEN.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:
A. TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS;
B. TRADE IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS;
C. CONSIDERATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NEGOTIATIONS IN
THIS AREA AND INITIATIVES IN OTHER FORA;
D. OTHER BUSINESS, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT MEETING OF
THE NEGOTIATING GROUP.
3. IN ADDITION TO THE DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE AT ITS PREVIOUS MEETING,
THE GROUP IS EXPECTED TO HAVE BEFORE IT:
- ANY ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS FROM PARTICIPANTS (TO BE ISSUED);
- FIRST PART OF FACTUAL DOCUMENT BY WIPO SECRETARIAT TO FACILITATE
AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXISTENCE, SCOPE AND FORM OF GENERALLY INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED AND APPLIED STANDARDS/NORMS FOR THE PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (MTN.GNG/NG11/6, PARAGRAPH 39
AND ANNEX) (TO BE ISSUED).
- SECRETARIAT COMPILATION OF WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS AND ORAL
STATEMENTS ON TRADE IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS (MTN.GNG/NG11/6, PARAGRAPH 37) - (TO BE ISSUED);
4. GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH
WISH TO BE REPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING ARE INVITED TO INFORM ME OF THE
NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
A. DUNKEL
88-0576