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PART I PATENTS
Patents Act 1977.[1]
Contracting Out (Functions in Relation to Applications for Patents) Order 2002, SI 2002/3052.[151]
Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No 1 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 2004, SI 2004/2177, arts 1, 6–8.[157]
Regulatory Reform (Patents) Order 2004, SI 2004/2357, arts 1, 20–23.[161]
Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No 2 and Consequential, etc and Transitional Provisions) Order 2004, SI 2004/3205, arts 1, 2, 9.[166]
Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2005, SI 2005/2471.[169]
Patents (Convention Countries) Order 2007, SI 2007/276.[173]
Patents Rules 2007, SI 2007/3291.[176]
Convention on the Grant of European Patents (European Patent Convention) (5 October 1973).[361]
Protocol on jurisdiction and the recognition of decisions in respect of the right to the grant of a European Patent (Protocol on Recognition).[539]
Protocol on privileges and immunities of the European Patent Organisation (Protocol on Privileges and Immunities).[541]
Protocol on the centralisation of the European Patent System and on its introduction (Protocol on Centralisation).[542]
Protocol on the interpretation of Article 69 of the Convention.[550]
Protocol on the Staff Complement of the European Patent Office at the Hague (Protocol on Staff Complement).[552]
Decision of the Administrative Council on the transitional provisions under Article 7 of the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29 November 2000.[731]
Patent Co-operation Treaty (June 19 1970, as amended).[733]
Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty (June 19 1970, as amended).[802]
Patent Law Treaty (June 1 2000).[917]
Regulations under the Patent Law Treaty (June 1 2000).[944]
Regulation 816/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council.[965]
Patents Act 1977: Patentable subject matter (2 November 2006).[985]
Regulation 469/2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products.[986]
PART II COPYRIGHT
Public Lending Right Act 1979.[1001]
Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement) Order 1982, SI 1982/719.[1007]
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.[1010]
Copyright Tribunal Rules 1989, SI 1989/1129.[1410]
Broadcasting Act 1990, ss 176, 201, 203, 204.[1499]
Broadcasting Act 1996, ss 137, 149, 150.[1503]
Copyright and Rights in Performances (Notice of Seizure) Order 1989, SI 1989/1006.[1506]
Copyright (Customs) Regulations 1989, SI 1989/1178.[1509]
Copyright (Librarians and Archivists) (Copying of Copyright Material) Regulations 1989, SI 1989/1212.[1520]
Copyright (Material Open to Public Inspection) (Marking of Copies of Plans and Drawings) Order 1990, SI 1990/1427.[1531]
Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations 1995, SI 1995/3297, regs 1–4, 12–36.[1533]
Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996, SI 1996/2967, regs 1–4, 16–17B, 19, 25–36.[1562]
Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997, SI 1997/3032, regs 1–4, 12–30.[1583]
Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003, SI 2003/2498, regs 1, 30–40.[1609]
Artist’s Resale Right Regulations 2006, SI 2006/346.[1621]
Copyright (Certification of Licensing Scheme for Educational Recording of Broadcasts) (Educational Recording Agency Limited) Order 2007, SI 2007/266.[1640]
Parliamentary Copyright (National Assembly for Wales) Order 2007, SI 2007/1116.[1644]
Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) Order 2008, SI 2008/677.[1646]
Council Directive 93/83/EEC on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission.[1654]
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 2006/115 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property.[1682]
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 2006/116/EC on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights.[1700]
Directive 2009/24 on the legal protection of computer programs.[1716]
PART III DESIGNS
Registered Designs Act 1949.[1801]
Copyright (Industrial Process and Excluded Articles) (No 2) Order 1989, SI 1989/1070.[1876]
Registered Designs Regulations 2001, SI 2001/3949, regs 1, 10–14.[1879]
Registered Designs Regulations 2003, SI 2003/550.[1885]
Community Designs (Designation of Community Design Courts) Regulations 2005, SI 2005/696.[1889]
Community Design Regulations 2005, SI 2005/2339.[1891]
Regulatory Reform (Registered Designs) Order 2006, SI 2006/1974, arts 1, 18, 19.[1902]
Registered Designs Rules 2006, SI 2006/1975.[1905]
Designs (Convention Countries) Order 2007, SI 2007/277.[1955]
Council Regulation 6/2002/EC on Community Designs.[1958]
Commission Regulation 2245/2002/EC implementing Council Regulation 6/2002/EC on Community Designs.[2076]
PART IV UNREGISTERED DESIGN RIGHT
Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989, SI 1989/1100.[2201]
Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989, SI 1989/1130.[2212]
PART V TRADE MARKS
Trade Marks Act 1994.[2251]
Trade Marks (Customs) Regulations 1994, SI 1994/2625.[2365]
Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Brandsharing) Regulations 2004, SI 2004/1824.[2372]
Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys Order 2005, 2005/240.[2379]
Community Trade Mark Regulations 2006, SI 2006/1027.[2381]
Trade Marks (Relative Grounds) Order 2007, SI 2007/1976.[2393]
Trade Marks Rules 2008, SI 2008/1797.[2398]
Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 2008, SI 2008/2206.[2482]
First Council Directive 89/104/EEC to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks.[2497]
Council Regulation 40/94/EEC on the Community trade mark.[2514]
Commission Regulation 2868/95/EC implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark.[2681]
Commission Regulation 2869/95/EC on the Fees Payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).[2815]
Commission Regulation 216/96/EC laying down the rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).[2830]
Council Decision 2003/793/EC approving the accession of the European Community to the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of marks, adopted at Madrid on 27 June 1989.[2848]
Directive 2008/95 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks.[2851]
Regulation 207/2009.[2872]
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (14 April 1891).[3041]
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (adopted at Madrid on 27 June 1989).[3068]
Common Regulations under the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks and the Protocol Relating to that Agreement (April 1, 2007).[3094]
Trademark Law Treaty (adopted at Geneva on October 27, 1994).[3138]
Regulations under the Trademark Law Treaty (adopted at Geneva on October 27, 1994).[3163]
The .eu Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules 2005 (the “ADR Rules”).[3171]
Supplemental ADR Rules of the Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic 2005.[3174]
PART VI PLANT VARIETIES PROTECTION
Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964.[3210]
Plant Varieties Act 1997.[3223]
Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal Rules 1974, SI 1974/1136.[3279]
Plant Variety Rights Office (Extension of Functions) Regulations 1995, SI 1995/2655.[3313]
Patents and Plant Variety Rights (Compulsory Licensing) Regulations 2002, SI 2002/247.[3315]
Council Regulation 2100/94/EC on Community plant variety rights.[3342]
Commission Regulation 1239/95/EC of 31 May 1995 establishing implementing rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 as regards proceedings before the Community Plant Variety Office.[3461]
Commission Regulation 1768/95/EC of 24 July 1995 implementing rules on the agricultural exemption provided for in Article 14 (3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights.[3556]
International Convention for the protection of new varieties of plants.[3575]
PART VII MISCELLANEOUS
Human Rights Act 1998.[3601]
London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006.[3629]
Civil Procedure Rules 1998, SI 1998/3132, Part 63.[3677]
Goods Infringing Intellectual Property Rights (Customs) Regulations 2004, SI 2004/1473.[3695]
Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc) Regulations 2006, SI 2006/1028.[3708]
Council Regulation 3286/94/EC laying down Community procedures in the field of the common commercial policy in order to ensure the exercise of the Community's rights under international trade rules, in particular those established under the auspices of the World Trade Organization.[3713]
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 2001/84/EC on the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art.[3729]
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 2004/48/EC on the enforcement of intellectual property rights.[3743]
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 2005/29/EC concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market.[3765]
PART VIII EC MATERIALS
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 96/9/EC on the legal protection of databases.[3846]
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 98/44/EC on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions.[3863]
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 98/71/EC on the legal protection of designs.[3881]
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 98/84/EC on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access.[3904]
Commission Regulation 2790/99/EC on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices.[3913]
Commission Regulation 2659/2000/EC on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories of research and development agreements.[3927]
Directive of the European Parliament and the Council 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society.[3937]
Council Directive 2003/49/EC on a common system of taxation applicable to interest and royalty payments made between associated companies of different Member States.[3951]
Council Regulation 1383/2003/EC concerning customs action against goods suspected of infringing certain intellectual property rights and the measures to be taken against goods found to have infringed such rights.[3963]
Commission Regulation 772/2004/EC on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories of technology transfer agreements.[3988]
Council Regulation 509/2006 on agricultural products and foodstuffs as traditional specialities guaranteed.[3999]
Council Regulation 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs.[4023]
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 2006/114 concerning misleading and comparative advertising.[4046]
Commission Regulation 1898/2006/EC laying down detailed rules of implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs.[4060]
Directive 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on textile names.[4088]
PART IX INTERNATIONAL
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (20 March 1883).[4101]
The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (November 6, 1925) (The Hague Act of November 28, 1960).[4147]
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations (Rome, 26 October 1961).[4180]
Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (October 8, 1968).[4214]
Universal Copyright Convention (as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971).[4230]
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Paris Act, 24 July 1971).[4259]
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorised Duplication of their Phonograms (Geneva, October 29, 1971).[4312]
Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite (Brussels, May 21, 1974).[4325]
Agreement on Trade-related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.[4337]
WIPO Copyright Treaty (Adopted by the Diplomatic Conference on December 20, 1996).[4410]
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (Adopted by the Diplomatic Conference on December 20, 1996).[4435]
Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (Adopted by the Diplomatic Conference on 2 July, 1999).[4468]
Regulations under the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (2 July, 1999).[4502]
Agreed Statements by the Diplomatic Conference Regarding the Geneva Act and the Regulations Under the Geneva Act.[4534]
Convention on Biological Diversity (Rio, June 1992).[4535]
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (ICANN) (October 24, 1999).[4580]
Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (ICANN) (October 24, 1999).[4581]
Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO) (Paris, 17 October 2003).[4582]
Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (27 March 2006).[4622]
Regulations under the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks.[4654]