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 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently provided a written commitment to take specific steps to assure the adequate and effective protection of patented products. These include specific commitments on TRIPS implementation, data protection and not providing marketing approval for unauthorized copies of patented products.

The Government of the Bahamas has recently provided written assurances that it would not permit transmission of copyrighted works over the Internet without the right holder's consent, and that it would negotiate with the U.S. Government on other issues of concern related to its copyright regime. 

The following is a list of countries that deposited their instruments of accession to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties (WCT and WPPT) during the term of May 1999 - April 2000:

 Argentina Burkina Faso Hungary (deposited only the WCT) Latvia <li>Panama</li> <li>Saint Lucia</li> <li>Slovenia</li> <li>United States</li> <li>Mexico (deposited only the WPPT)</li> </ul>