Core Statutes on Intellectual Property

Margaret Dowie-Whybrow is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Greenwich.

Preface.- Copyright, Designs and Related Rights.- 1. UK Copyright, Designs And Patents Act 1988 Registered Designs Act 1949 Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations 1995 Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996 Community Design Regulations 2005 Intellectual Property (Enforcement Etc) Regulations 2006 Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) Order 2013.- 2. EU Council Directive 93/83 (the Cable and Satellite Directive) Council Directive 96/9 (legal protection of databases) Council Directive 98/71 (legal protection of designs) Council Directive 2001/29 (copyright and related rights in the information society).- Council Directive 2001/84 (resale right) Council Directive 2004/48 (enforcement and intellectual property rights) Council Directive 2006/115 (rental right and lending right and certain rights related to copyright) Council Directive 2006/116 (term of protection of copyright and certain related rights) Council Directive 2009/24 (legal protection of computer programs) Council Regulation 6/2002 (Community designs).- 3. International Berne Convention For The Protection Of Literary And Artistic Works (1886) Rome Convention (1961) WIPO Copyright Treaty (1996) WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (1996).- PART I: PATENTS.- 1. UK.- Patents Act 1977.- 2. EU European Patent Convention (1973) Protocol on the Interpretation of Article 69 of The European Patent Convention Directive 98/94 (legal protection of biotechnological inventions) Regulation 469/2009 (supplementary protection certificates) Regulation 1257/2012 (unitary patent protection) Council Regulation 1260/2012 (unitary patent protection translation arrangements).- PART II: TRADE MARKS, GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES AND UNFAIR COMPETITION.- 1. UK.- Trade Marks Act 1994 Goods Infringing Intellectual Property Rights (Customs) Regulations 2004 Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.- 2. EU.- Council Directive 2008/95 (Trade Marks) Council Regulation 1383/2003 (Border Measures) Council Regulation 207/2009.- 3. International Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1891) Protocol Relating To the Madrid Agreement (1989) 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) International Classification of Goods and Services under the Nice Agreement, 10th edn (2013).- PART III INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ON THE INTERNET.- 1. UK Digital Economy Act 2010 Dispute Resolution Service Policy (2008) Dispute Resolution Service Procedure (2008) Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002.- 2. International Rules for the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (2009) Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (1999).- 3. Multi Disciplinary Agreements and Treaties Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883) Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (Trips) (1994).- Index