Copyrights

For the purposes of the foregoing provisions and notwithstanding the dispositions of the international conventions subscribed by the Republic of Panama, the files of the DIGERPI, and those of the Directorate General of Copyright shall serve as basis to determine the owner of such rights, until such time as a centralized registry of owners of the rights protected by the Industrial Property Law, and by the Law on Copyright and related rights is created. The owner must answer in writing whether he is opposed to the introduction or to the transit of the retained goods. In the event that he is not opposed, the goods shall be released immediately; but if he is opposed, he is in the obligation to post a bond in the terms set forth in Article 171 of the Industrial Property Law. However the bond may be constituted by a certificate of warranty as well as through a bank or insurance bond or government bonds.