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Treaty on Intellectual Property in respect of Integrated Circuits (Washington, 26 May 1989)
Article 1 - Establishment of a Union
Article 2 - Definitions
Article 3 - The subject matter of the Treaty
Article 4 - The legal form of the protection
Article 5 - National treatment
Article 6 - The scope of the protection
Article 7 - Exploitation; registration, disclosure
Article 8 - The duration of the protection
Article 9 - Assembly
Article 10 - International Bureau
Article 11 - Amendment of certain provisions of the Treaty
Article 12 - Safeguard of Paris and Berne Conventions
Article 13 - Reservations
Article 14 - Settlement of disputes
Article 15 - Becoming party to the Treaty
Article 16 - Entry into force of the Treaty
Article 17 - Denunciation of the Treaty
Article 18 - Texts of the Treaty
Article 19 - Depositary
Article 20 - Signature
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Treaty on Intellectual Property in respect of Integrated Circuits (Washington, 26 May 1989)
Multilateral
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(1) [Composition]
(a) The Union shall have an Assembly consisting of the Contracting Parties.
(b) Each Contracting Party shall be represented by one delegate who may be assisted by alternate delegates, advisors and experts.
(c) Subject to subparagraph (d), the expenses of each delegation shall be borne by the Contracting Party that has appointed the delegation.
(d) The Assembly may ask the World Intellectual Property Organization to grant financial assistance to facilitate the participation of delegations of Contracting Parties that are regarded as developing countries in conformity with the established practice of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
(2) [Functions]
(a) The Assembly shall deal with matters concerning the maintenance and development of the Union and the application and operation of this Treaty.
(b) The Assembly shall decide the convocation of any diplomatic conference for the revision of this Treaty and give the necessary instructions to the Director General for the preparation of such diplomatic conference.
(c) The Assembly shall perform the functions allocated to it under Article 14 and shall establish the details of the procedures provided for in that Article, including the financing of such procedures.
(3) [Voting]
(a) Each Contracting Party that is a State shall have one vote and shall vote only in its own name.
(b) Any Contracting Party that is an Intergovernmental Organization shall exercise its right to vote, in place of its member States, with a number of votes equal to the number of its member States which are party to this Treaty and which are present at the time the vote is taken. No such Intergovernmental Organization shall exercise its right to vote if any of its member States participates in the vote.
(4) [Ordinary Sessions]
The Assembly shall meet in ordinary session once every two years upon convocation by the Director General.
(5) [Rules of Procedure]
The Assembly shall establish its own rules of procedure, including the convocation of extraordinary sessions, the requirements of a quorum and, subject to the provisions of this Treaty, the required majority for various kinds of decisions.
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