1. This Bulletin is reproduced here basically as it was originally published. Additional and updated information about GATT can be found elsewhere i n these pages.

2. See L & P Newsletter N.S. 180 on signature of NAFTA, L & P Newsletter N.S. 182 on implementation of NAFTA by Canada, L & P Newsletter N.S. 182 on implementation of NAFTA by U.S., L & P Newsletter N.S. 182 on signature of GATT, November 1995 L & P Newsetter (N.S. 184) on the implementation of GATT by U.S., L & P Information Letter 177 on Mexican IP law change of 1991 and November 1994 L & P Newsletter (N.S. 184) on Mexican IP law change of 1994.

3. In this section it is assumed that the WTO Agreement will come into effect on January 1, 1995 and all dates given are based on this assumption. If the Agreement does not come into operation as expected the dates set out herein will need to be adjusted accordingly.

4. At the time this article was first published, Provisional Patent Applications had not yet come into being. They are now a part of U.S. Patent Law. See our article on Provisional Patent Applications.

5. For acts of invention in Canada and Mexico, the relevant date under the NAFTA implementing legislation is January 1, 1994.

6. At the time this article was first published, the revised rules had been proposed. Our April 1995 Newsletter discusses the rules as adopted.