(2) For each of the member States, the Organization shall serve both as the national
industrial property service within the meaning of Article 12 of the aforementioned Paris
Convention and as the central patent documentation and information body.
(3) For each of the member States also party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the
Organization shall serve as the “national Office,” the “designated Office,” the “elected
Office” or the “receiving Office” within the meaning of Article 2(xii), (xiii), (xiv) and (xv) of
the said Treaty.
(4) For each of the member States also party to the Trademark Registration Treaty, the
Organization shall serve as the “national Office” within the meaning of Article 2(xiii) and as
the “designated Office” within the meaning of Article 2(xv) of the said Treaty.
Article 3
Nature of the Rights
(1) Rights relating to the fields of intellectual property, as provided for in the Annexes
to this Agreement, shall be independent national rights subject to the legislation of each of the
member States in which they have effect.
(2) Nationals may claim application for their benefit of the provisions of the Paris
Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1967 Act), the Berne Convention for the
Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1971 Act), the Universal Copyright Convention,
the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and also the
agreements, additional acts and closing protocols that have amended or will amend those
Conventions or that Agreement, in all cases where such provisions are more favorable than
those of this Agreement and its Annexes in protecting the rights deriving from intellectual
property.
Article 4
Annexes
(1) The Annexes to this Agreement contain, respectively, the provisions to be applied
in each member State concerning
— patents (Annex I);
— utility models (Annex II);
— trademarks and service marks (Annex III);
— industrial designs (Annex IV);
— trade names (Annex V);
— geographical indications (Annex VI);
— literary and artistic property (Annex VII);
— protection against unfair competition (Annex VIII);
— layout-designs (topographies) of integrated circuits (Annex IX);
— plant variety protection (Annex X).
(2) The Agreement and its Annexes shall be applicable in their entirety to every State
that ratifies or accedes to the said Agreement.
(3) Annexes I to X inclusive form an integral part of this Agreement.