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  The European Community took a "common position" on protection for computer software, including a 50-year term of copyright protection (December). 

 Agreement was reached to establish bilateral copyright relations with Taiwan (January).

Korea created a task force to coordinate intellectual property responsibilities between ministries and designated enforcement teams (January).

A Bilateral Agreement on Copyright was signed with Indonesia (March).

A Uruguay Round mid-term review decision on intellectual property was reached (April).

The People's Republic of China committed to provide copyright protection for computer software (May).

<li>Colombia resolved royalty remission problem concerning motion pictures (May).</li>

<li>Taiwan agreed to expeditiously resolve copyright problems concerning motion pictures (May).</li>

<li>Saudi Arabia adopted a patent law (May).</li>

<li>Colombia passed a law defining computer software as copyrightable material (June).</li>

<li>Spain extended patent protection to U.S. plant varieties on a reciprocal basis (June).</li>

<li>Taiwan initialledinitiated or initialed [sic] a bilateral copyright agreement, and submitted legislation which better protects films from unauthorized public performance (July).</li>

<li>Argentina agreed to modify its pharmaceutical product registration procedures, and to address the issue of patent protection for pharmaceutical products (September).</li>

<li>Indonesia enacted its first patent law including product protection for pharmaceuticals, effective August 1991 (October).</li>

<li>Portugal increased penalties for audio piracy (November).</li> </ul>