Core Statutes on Intellectual Property 2021-22

Margaret Dowie-Whybrow has been a Senior Lecturer for many years and is also involved in online educational resources provision

COPYRIGHT, DESIGNS AND RELATED RIGHTS
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
Community Design Regulations 2005 (as modified)
Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2006
The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Licensing of Orphan Works) Regulations 2014
Designs (International Registration of Industrial Designs) Order 2018 (SI 2018/23)
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)
Directive 2001/29 (copyright and related rights in the information society)
Council Directive 2004/48 (enforcement of 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)
Directive 2009/24 (legal protection of computer programs)
Directive 2012/28 (certain permitted uses of orphan works)
Directive 2014/26 (collective management of copyright and related rights)
Directive (EU) 2019/789 (rules on exercise of copyright and related rights)
Directive (EU) 2019/790 (copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market, amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC
Regulation (EC) 6/2002 (community designs)
Council Regulation 6/2002 (community designs) (as modified)
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)
PATENTS
UK
Patents Act 1977
EU European Patent Convention (1973)
Protocol on the Interpretation of Article 69 of The European Patent Convention
Directive 98/44 (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)
TRADE MARKS, GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES AND UNFAIR COMPETITION
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
EU
Directive 2015/2436 (trade marks)
Directive 2016/943 (trade secrets)
Regulation (EU) 608/2013 (intellectual property rights)
Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 (European trade mark)
International
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1891)
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement (1989)
Paris Union and WIPO Joint Recommendation Concerning Provisions on the Protection of Well-Known Marks (1999)
Paris Union and WIPO Joint Recommendation 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, 11th edn (2019)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ON THE INTERNET
UK
Digital Economy Act 2010
Dispute Resolution Service Policy (2016)
Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002
International
Rules for the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (2013)
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (1999)
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY LEGISLATION, AGREEMENTS AND TREATIES
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883)
Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) (2017)
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