IP related treaties signed by Seychelles

Seychelles signed a few treaties and agreements which establishes basic minimum standards that must be implemented. It also ensures that intellectual works are protected in other countries and the repression of unfair competition.

• WTO Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement

• Protocol of amending the TRIPS Agreement – Implementing of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration

• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property

• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

• Beijing Treaty on Audio-visual Performances, which has been signed by but not ratified

• The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilisation (ABS) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).