the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights…
“ Where a product is the subject of a patent application in a Member in accordance with paragraph 8 (a) , exclusive marketing rights shall be granted, notwithstanding the provisions of Part VI, for a period of five years after obtaining marketing approval in that Member or until a product patent is granted or rejected in that Member, whichever period is shorter, provided that, subsequent to the entry into force of the WTO Agreement, a patent application has been filed and a patent granted for that product in another Member and marketing approval obtained in such other Member. ”
