1. APAA 59th Council Meeting Workshop Intellectual Property from a global perspective: What it takes to make it click? Venue: Makati Shangri La Hotel, Manila, Philippines Time: 14:00- 16:30 on Sunday, 13th November 2011 Table Showing the Diversity of Languages, Legal Systems and State amongst the 24 APAA Jurisdictions Kwong Chi Keung Sit Fung Kwong & Shum

2. The 17 Recognized Groups of APAA CountryOrigin of legal systemOfficial language Australia[British Common Law] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Australia English Bangladesh [British Common Law and Islamic Law] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/geos/bg.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/geos/bg.html Bangla, also known as Bengali Hong Kong [British Common Law] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Hong_Kong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Hong_Kong English & Chinese India [British Common Law, but also Hindu, Muslim and Christian Law on separate personal legal codes] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_India#Christian_Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_India#Christian_Law Hindi & English Indonesia [Roman-Dutch Law and customary law] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Indonesia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Indonesia Indonesian Japan[originally Franco-German civil code but after Second World War incorporated Anglo-American elements] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_japan# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_japan# Japanese Korea [civil law system based on German Civil Code] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_South_Korea & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_law_(legal_system) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_South_Korea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_law_(legal_system) Korean Macau [primarily Portuguese law] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Macau http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Macau Chinese & Portuguese Malaysia [British Common Law and Islamic law] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_malaysia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_malaysia Malay 2

3. The 17 Recognized Groups of APAA CountryOrigin of legal systemOfficial language New Zealand [British Common Law] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_New_Zealand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_New_Zealand New Zealand English, Te Reo Maori (the Maori language), and New Zealand Sign Language Pakistan [British Common Law and Islamic law] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Pakistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Pakistan Urdu & English Philippines [Spanish Civil Code with Anglo-American influence] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_legal_codes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_legal_codes Filipino and English Singapore [British Common Law] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Singapore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Singapore Chinese (Mandarin), English, Malay, Tamil Sri Lanka[mixture of Roman Dutch Law and Common Law] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Dutch_law & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Dutch_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka Sinhala & Tamil Taiwan [German Civil Code] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_law_(legal_system) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_law_(legal_system) Standard Chinese (Mandarin) Thailand [self-developed legal system- mixture of civil and common law] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Thailand & http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Thailand.htm#Background http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Thailand http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Thailand.htm#Background Standard Thai Vietnam [Communist legal theory and French civil law] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Vietnam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Vietnam Vietnamese 3

4. The 7 Additional Jurisdictions with APAA Members CountryOrigin of legal systemOfficial language Bhutan[the semi-theocratic Tsa Yig legal code and English common law] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Bhutan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Bhutan Dzongkha Brunei [British Common Law and Islamic law] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei#Politics_and_government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei#Politics_and_government Malay Cambodia[Civil law system (influenced by the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia) customary law, Communist legal theory, and common law] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/geos/cb.htmlhttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/geos/cb.html Khmer Laos [French Civil Law] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the- world-factbook/geos/la.htmlhttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the- world-factbook/geos/la.html Lao Mongolia[civil law system influenced by Soviet and Romano-Germanic legal systems] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/geos/mg.htmlhttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/geos/mg.html Mongolian Myanmar [British common law and customary law] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/geos/bm.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/geos/bm.html Burmese Nepal[British Common Law and Hindu legal concepts] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/geos/np.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/geos/np.html Nepali 4

5. WIPO/WTO/UN links : 1. http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/pct/en/fees/fee _reduction.pdf (PCT list filing fee discount) http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/pct/en/fees/fee _reduction.pdf 2. http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/ org7_e.htm (Members self-classify themselves when they enter into the WTO) http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/ org7_e.htm 3. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.ht m#developed (UN Statistics Division site reference) http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.ht m#developed 5

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