DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
DS: Portugal — Patent Protection under the Industrial Property Act
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Summary of the dispute to date
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Consultations
Complaint by the United States.
This request for consultations dated 30 April 1996, concerned Portugal’s term of patent protection under its Industrial Property Act. The US claimed that the provisions in that Act with respect to existing patents were inconsistent with Portugal’s obligations under the TRIPS Agreement. Violations under Articles 33, 65 and 70 were alleged.
Mutually agreed solution
On 3 October 1996, both parties notified a mutually agreed solution to the DSB.
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