(2) In each of the member States, registered and published layout-designs
(topographies) of integrated circuits shall produce their effects in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement and its Annex IX.
Article 14
Registration, Maintenance and Publication
of New Plant Varieties
(1) The Organization shall undertake the examination and provide for the registration,
maintenance and publicity of new plant varieties according to the common procedure
provided for in this Agreement and its Annex X.
(2) In each of the member States, registered and published new plant varieties shall
produce their effects in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and its Annex X.
Article 15
Publications of the Organization
Any publication of the Organization shall be addressed to the administration of each of
the member States responsible for industrial property, literary and artistic property or new
plant varieties, as the case may be.
Article 16
Special Registers
(1) The Organization shall maintain, for all the member States, a Special Register of
Patents, a Special Register of Utility Models, a Special Register of Trademarks and Service
Marks, a Special Register of Industrial Designs, a Special Register of Trade Names, a Special
Register of Geographical Indications, a Special Register of New Plant Varieties and a Special
Register of Layout-Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits, in which the entries
specified by this Agreement shall be made.
(2) Any person may consult the Registers and obtain extracts therefrom on the terms
specified in the Implementing Regulations.
Article 17
Divergent Provisions
In the case of discrepancies between the provisions of this Agreement or its Annexes
and those of the international conventions to which the member States are party, the latter
shall prevail.
Article 18
Scope of Legal Decisions
Final legal decisions relating to the validity of titles and rendered in one member State
under the provisions of Annexes I to X of this Agreement shall be binding on all other
member States, with the exception of decisions based on public policy and morality.
Article 19
Appeals
Decisions taken by the Organization on cases of rejection or opposition provided for in
Article 33(2) below shall be subject to appeal to the High Commission of Appeal of the said
Organization.