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Commerce Minister comments on Madrid Protocol

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5 April 2012

On 4 April 2012 Commerce Minister Craig Foss met with the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation, Dr Francis Gurry where they discussed New Zealand’s preparations for accession to the Madrid Protocol.

Read the full press release on the Beehive website.