TNAG-2468-FCO40-3592-Most-favoured-nation-status-for-China-Hong-Kong-interests-1992 — Page 245

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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:

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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:

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TO LEGISLATE TO PROTECT TRADE SECRETS: AND

H) TO ENFORCE THE ABOVE AT THE BORDER AND WITHIN CHINA'S

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