Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - Review of Legislation - Responses from Saudi Arabia to questions posed by Switzerland and the United States

World Trade Organization IP/C/W/489 12 February 2007 (07-0581) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Original: English review of legislation Responses from Saudi Arabia to questions posed by Switzerland and the United States By means of a communication from the Delegation of Saudi Arabia, dated 6 February 2007, the Secretariat has received the following responses to questions posed by Switzerland and the United States, as circulated in documents IP/C/W/486 and W487, respectively. _______________ switzerland General Are the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement - in so far as not implemented in national law - directly applicable in your legal system? Saudi Arabia's intellectual property rights laws implement all obligations of the TRIPS Agreement. Patents According to Article 31 (i) and (j) of the TRIPS Agreement, the legal validity of any decision relating to the authorization of a use of the subject matter of a