Edited by GRAIN

February, 1998

History: The Patent and Industrial Design Law No. 659 came into effect in 1970 as well as its implementing regulation. Iraq is not party to the WTO. Membership: WIPO, Paris

Provisions until now: No patents are allowed on inventions whose exploitation will damage public morals or order or are against public interest. Pharmaceutical and medical preparations are also excluded.

SOURCE Alan Jacobs (ed.), Patents Throughout the World, Clark, Boardman & Callaghan, New York , Release #52, March 1996.