Written answers
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
International Agreements
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Ireland has signed up to the trade-related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement, the Paris Convention and the Patent Cooperation Treaty; and if so the dates on which these agreements were entered into. [55545/13]
Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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The dates on which Ireland signed or acceded to these treaties and the date on which the treaties came into force in Ireland are set out in the following table.
Treaty | Signature/ Accession | In Force |
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Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property | 22 October 1925 | 4 December 1925 |
Patent Cooperation Treaty | 1 May 1992 | 1 August 1992 |
Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPS) | 15 April 1994 | 1 Jan 1995 |
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