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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG, DTI, UKREP BRUSSELS INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, ACTOR
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MY TELNO 77 (NOT TO ALL): US/CHINA: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
SUMMARY
1. AGREED RESOLUTION OF THE DISPUTE, SO NO (NO) RETALIATION.
DETAIL
2. THE ELEVENTH-HOUR AGREEMENT (TEXTS BY FAX) COMMITS CHINA:
A) TO JOIN THE BERNE (COPYRIGHT) AND GENEVA (PHONOGRAMS) CONVENTIONS:
B) TO PROTECT EXISTING AND NEW US COPYRIGHTS FOR LITERARY WORKS AND SOUND RECORDINGS, AND TO PROTECT COMPUTER PROGRAMS AS LITERARY WORKS FOR A 50-YEAR TERM:
C) TO GRANT RENTAL-CONTROL RIGHTS TO HOLDERS OF COPYRIGHTS IN COMPUTER PROGRAMMES AND SOUND RECORDINGS:
D) TO EXTEND PRODUCT-PATENT PRODUCTION TO PHARMACEUTICALS AND AGRO-CHEMICALS, AND TO ACCORD ''MARKET EXCLUSIVITY'' TO PRODUCTS IN THOSE SECTORS WHERE US PATENTS HAVE BEEN GRANTED SINCE 1986:
E)
TO EXTEND THE PATENT TERM TO 20 YEARS FROM DATE OF FILING:
F) TO TIGHTEN THE CONDITIONS FOR COMPULSORY LICENSING OF PATENTS HELD BY US FIRMS:
G)
TO LEGISLATE TO PROTECT TRADE SECRETS: AND
H) TO ENFORCE THE ABOVE AT THE BORDER AND WITHIN CHINA'S
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