WIPO
WIPO CRNR/DC/6 ORIGINAL: English DATE: August 30, 1996
DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE
ON CERTAIN COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBORING RIGHTS QUESTIONS
Geneva, December 2 to 20, 1996
BASIC PROPOSAL
FOR THE SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY
ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN RESPECT OF DATABASES
TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE
prepared by the Chairman of the Committees of Experts
on a Possible Protocol to the Berne Convention and on a Possible Instrument for the Protection of the Rights of Performers and Producers of Phonograms
Memorandum prepared by the Chairman of the Committees of Experts
Draft Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Databases
Contents
[Substantive Provisions]
Article 1: Scope
Article 2: Definitions
Article 3 : Rights
Article 4: Rightholders
Article 5: Exceptions
Article 6: Beneficiaries of Protection
Article 7: National Treatment and Independence of Protection
Article 8: Term of Protection
Article 9: Formalities
Article 10: Obligations concerning Technological Measures
Article 11: Application in Time
Article 12: Relation to Other Legal Provisions
Article 13: Special Provisions on Enforcement of Rights
[Administrative and Final Clauses]
