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APPENDIX A TABLE OF TREATIES Table of Treaties (Current as of December 2007) Berne (163 parties) Agreement (57 parties) Protocol (74 parties) Paris (172 parties) Patent Cooperation Treaty (138 parties) World Intellectual Property (WIPO) (184 World Trade (151 Observer Governments (31)* Afghanistan x * Albania x x Algeria * Andorra x x x * Angola x x x Antigua and Barbuda x Argentina Armenia x x Australia x Austria x x Azerbaijan * Bahamas x x x * Bahrain x Bangladesh x x x x Barbados Belarus x * Belgium x x Belize Benin Bhutan * Bolivia x x x x (Continues) 26-D4645-APA.indd 519 2/1/08 1:18:23 PM
APPENDICES Table of Treaties (Current as of December 2007) (Continued) Berne (163 parties) Agreement (57 parties) Protocol (74 parties) Paris (172 parties) Patent Cooperation Treaty (138 parties) World Intellectual Property (WIPO) (184 World Trade (151 Observer Governments (31)* Bosnia and Herzegovina * Botswana x Brazil Brunei Darussalam x x x Bulgaria x x Burkina Faso Burundi x x x Cambodia x x x Cameroon Canada Cape Verde x x * Central African Chad Chile x x x x China x x Colombia 26-D4645-APA.indd 520 2/1/08 1:18:23 PM
APPENDIX A TABLE OF TREATIES Comoros x x x x * Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia x x Cuba x x Cyprus x x Czech Democratic of the Congo x x x x x x Denmark x Djibouti x x x x Dominica Dominican Ecuador Egypt x x El Salvador Equatorial Guinea x x x x * Eritrea x Estonia x Ethiopia x * Fiji x x x Finland x France x x 26-D4645-APA.indd 521 2/1/08 1:18:24 PM
APPENDICES Table of Treaties (Current as of December 2007) (Continued) Berne (163 parties) Agreement (57 parties) Protocol (74 parties) Paris (172 parties) Patent Cooperation Treaty (138 parties) World Intellectual Property (WIPO) (184 World Trade (151 Observer Governments (31)* Gabon Gambia Georgia x Germany x x Ghana Greece x Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea- Bissau Guyana x x x x Haiti x x x x Honduras Hong Kong x Hungary x x Iceland x India Indonesia Iran, Islamic of * 26-D4645-APA.indd 522 2/1/08 1:18:24 PM
APPENDIX A TABLE OF TREATIES Iraq x x * Ireland x Israel Italy x x Jamaica x x x x Japan x Jordan x x x x Kazakhstan * Kenya x Korea, Democratic People s of Korea, of x x Kuwait x x Kyrgyzstan x x Lao People s Democratic x x x * Latvia x x Lebanon x x x * Lesotho x x Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya x x x x * 26-D4645-APA.indd 523 2/1/08 1:18:25 PM
APPENDICES Table of Treaties (Current as of December 2007) (Continued) Berne (163 parties) Agreement (57 parties) Protocol (74 parties) Paris (172 parties) Patent Cooperation Treaty (138 parties) World Intellectual Property (WIPO) (184 World Trade (151 Observer Governments (31)* Liechtenstein x x Lithuania x Luxembourg x x Macao, China Macedonia x Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives x x Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius x x x x Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Moldova, of x x x x 26-D4645-APA.indd 524 2/1/08 1:18:25 PM
APPENDIX A TABLE OF TREATIES Monaco x Mongolia x x Montenegro x * Morocco x x Mozambique x Myanmar x x Namibia x x Nepal x x x x Netherlands x x New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Oman x Pakistan x x x x Panama x x x x Papua New Guinea x x x x Paraguay x x x x Peru x x x x Philippines Poland x x Portugal x x Qatar x x x x Romania x x Russian Federation x * Rwanda x x x x 26-D4645-APA.indd 525 2/1/08 1:18:26 PM
APPENDICES Table of Treaties (Current as of December 2007) (Continued) Berne (163 parties) Agreement (57 parties) Protocol (74 parties) Paris (172 parties) Patent Cooperation Treaty (138 parties) World Intellectual Property (WIPO) (184 World Trade (151 Observer Governments (31)* Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa x x * San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia x x * x x x x Senegal Serbia x * Seychelles x x x * Sierra Leone x Singapore x Slovakia x x Slovenia x x 26-D4645-APA.indd 526 2/1/08 1:18:26 PM
APPENDIX A TABLE OF TREATIES Solomon Islands Somalia x South Africa Spain x x Sri Lanka Sudan * Suriname x x x x Swaziland x x Sweden x Switzerland x x Syrian Arab Taipei, China x Tajikistan x x x x * x x Tanzania, United of x x x x Thailand x x x Togo Tonga x x x x Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey x 26-D4645-APA.indd 527 2/1/08 1:18:27 PM
APPENDICES Table of Treaties (Current as of December 2007) (Continued) Berne (163 parties) Agreement (57 parties) Protocol (74 parties) Paris (172 parties) Patent Cooperation Treaty (138 parties) World Intellectual Property (WIPO) (184 World Trade (151 Observer Governments (31)* Turkmenistan x x x x Uganda x x x x Ukraine x * United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America x x Uruguay x x x x Uzbekistan x * Vanuatu x * Vatican (Holy See) x x x x * Venezuela x x x x Vietnam x x Yemen x x * Zambia x Zimbabwe 26-D4645-APA.indd 528 2/1/08 1:18:27 PM