Subjects:

Student Statutes

Contents:

UK

Statutes

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

SIs

Copyright (Industrial Process and Excluded Articles) (No. 2) Order 1989

Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations 1995

Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996

Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997

EU

Council Directive 91/250/EEC on the legal protection of computer programs

Directive 96/9/EC on the legal protection of databases

Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society

Directive 2001/84/EC on the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art

Directive 2006/115/EC on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property

Directive 2006/116/EC on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights

International

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 1886

WIPO Copyright Treaty 1996

DESIGNS

UK

Statutes

Registered Designs Act 1949

SIs

Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989

EU

Directive 98/71/EC on the legal protection of designs

Council Regulation (EC) No. 6/2002 on Community designs

PATENTS

UK

Statutes

Patents Act 1977

EU

European Patent Convention 2000

Protocol on the Interpretation of Article 69 of the European Patent Convention

TRADE MARKS AND GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

UK

Statutes

Trade Marks Act 1994

SIs

Control of Misleading Advertisements Regulations 1988

EU

Directive 89/104/EEC to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks

Community Trade Mark Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 on the Community Trade Mark

Council Regulation (EC) No. 510/2006 on the Protection of Geographical Indications and Designations of Origins

International

Paris Union and WIPO Joint Recommendations concerning Provisions on the Protection of Well Known Marks 1999

Paris Union and WIPO Joint Recommendations concerning Provisions on the Protection of Marks and other Industrial Property Rights in Signs on the Internet 2001

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ON THE INTERNET

UK

Dispute Resolution Service Policy 2001

Dispute Resolution Service Procedure 2001

Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002

International

Rules for the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy 1999

Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy 1999

MULTI-DISCIPLINARY AGREEMENTS AND TREATIES

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 1883

Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) 1994

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