Agreement on measures for the prevention and suppression of use of false trademarks and geographical instructions

of June 4, 1999

The State Parties of this agreement on behalf of the governments, further - the Parties,

based on the Agreement on measures for protection of industrial property and creation of Interstate council on questions of protection of industrial property of March 12, 1993, the Agreement on carrying out the approved antimonopoly policy of December 23, 1993, and also on the Agreement on cooperation on suppression of offenses in the field of intellectual property of March 6, 1998,

recognizing importance of joint efforts on implementation of consumer protection and producers from sales of goods with use of false trademarks and geographical instructions,

being guided by the universally recognized norms of international law,

attaching importance to expansion of trade and economic relations between the Parties,

for the purpose of coordination of collateral actions according to the prevention and suppression of use of false trademarks and geographical instructions, and also the facts of application of methods of unfair competition,

agreed as follows:

Article 1.

For the purposes of this agreement the following terms mean:

goods - the subject satisfying any public requirement and made for exchange, that is having the value which is established in the course of its exchange for other goods;

the trademark - designation for difference of goods of one physical persons and legal entity from homogeneous goods of other legal entities and physical persons;

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