Deputies ratify Budapest treaty

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El Caribe newspaper reports that the Chamber of Deputies has ratified the Treaty of Budapest on the International Acknowledgement of the Deposit of Microorganisms with regards to Patent Material. The agreement considers industrial property, which is found in Chapter 15, and requires administrative and legislative action and is necessary for the implementation of DR-CAFTA. The objective of the agreement is that signatories to the agreement recognize the deposit of microorganisms carried out in an international organization regardless of whether that organization is found outside of the boundaries of that state.

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