Cooperation

1. The Parties shall enhance their cooperation through exchange of experience and information relating to their best practices and regulatory frameworks.

2. The EU Party shall facilitate the implementation of this Chapter, including through technical assistance where appropriate. In line with the provisions on financial cooperation in Title VI (Financial Co-operation, with Anti-fraud Provisions) of this Agreement, specific decisions on financial assistance shall be taken through the relevant EU funding mechanisms and instruments.

3. An indicative list of issues for cooperation is included in Annex XXI-O to this Agreement.

CHAPTER 9

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Section 1

General Provisions

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Objectives

The objectives of this Chapter are to:

(a) facilitate the production and commercialisation of innovative and creative products in the Parties; and

(b) achieve an adequate and effective level of protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights.

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Nature and scope of obligations

1. The Parties shall ensure the adequate and effective implementation of the international treaties dealing with intellectual property to which they are parties including the Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, contained in Annex 1C to the WTO Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the "TRIPS Agreement"). The provisions of this Chapter shall complement and further

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specify the rights and obligations between the Parties under the TRIPS Agreement and other international treaties in the field of intellectual property.

2. For the purposes of this Agreement, intellectual property rights embody copyright, including copyright in computer programs and in databases, and rights related to copyright, rights related to patents including patents for bio-technological inventions, trademarks, trade names in so far as these are protected as exclusive property rights in the domestic law concerned, designs, layout-designs (topographies) of integrated circuits, geographical indications, including designations of origin, indications of source, plant varieties, protection of undisclosed information and the protection against unfair competition as referred to in Article 10 bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1967) (hereinafter referred to as the "Paris Convention").

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