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icy Watch: Brief Analysis of the Intellectual Property Sections of Three Influential International Trade Agreements and one Bilateral Trade Agreement
(2) Fair Use
RCEP provides that an act may infringe a patent if it
is done for experimental purposes.20 However, CPTPP
does not specify any fair use of patent.
(3) Procedures of Opposition and Filing Third-Par-
ty Opinions
RCEP states that before a patent has been granted, one
may provide the competent authority with informa-
tion that could deny novelty or inventive step of an
invention claimed in the patent application. However,
CPTPP does not provide such opportunity.
(4) Patent Term Adjustment for Unreasonable
Granting Authority Delays
CPTPP requires that if there are unreasonable delays
in processing patent application, a Party shall provide
the means to, and at the request of the patent owner
shall, adjust the terms of the patent to compensate for
such delays. Explanation shall be further provided for
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in the issuance of a patent of more than 5 years from
the date of filing of the application in the territory of
the Party, or 3 years after a request for examination of
the application has been made, whichever is later. Such
requirement is not made in RCEP, but has been made
in the ETA. The definition of unreasonable delays in
ETA is different from the one in CPTPP. ETA de-
fines that in the event of a delay in the issuance of the
patent of more than 4 years from the date of filing of
the application in China, or 3 years after a request for
examination of the application, patent terms shall be
extended. ETA has a higher requirement than CPTPP.
(5) Agricultural Chemical Products and Pharma-
ceutical Products
CPTPP sets separate chapters for agricultural chemical
products and pharmaceutical products, while ETA has
a separate section for intellectual property related to
pharmaceutical products, but does not provide for ag-
ricultural chemical products. RCEP does not contain
clauses on either of the said products. CPTPP requires
protection for undisclosed tests and other data of an
agricultural chemical product, by specifying the sub-
20 RCEP, Section D, Article 40
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