GATT/AIR/2625 14 JUNE 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 5-8 JULY 1988, COMMENCING ON 5 JULY AT 10 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 POSSIBLE INFORMAL MEETINGS AMONG PARTICIPANTS 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);
- REMAINING PARTS 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 (TO BE ISSUED AS ADDENDA TO MTN.GNG/NG11/W/24).
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
88-0900