Core Statutes on Intellectual Property

COPYRIGHT, DESIGNS AND RELATED RIGHTS UK Statutes Registered Designs Act 1949 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Statutory instruments 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 (legal protection of computer programs) 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 rights) Council Directive 2004/48 (enforcement of intellectual property rights) Council Directive 2006/115 (rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright) Council Directive 2006/116 (term of protection of copyright and certain related rights) Council Regulation 6/2002 (community designs) International Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 1886 WIPO Copyright Treaty 1996 PATENTS UK Statute Patents Act 1977 EU Council Regulations 1768/92 (supplementary protection certificates) European Patent Convention 2000 Protocol on the Interpretation of Article 69 of the European Patent Convention TRADE MARKS, GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES AND UNFAIR COMPETITION UK Statutes Trade Marks Act 1994 Statutory instruments Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (2008/1277) EU Council Directive 2008/95 (trade marks) Council Regulation 510/2006 (geographical indications and designations of origins) Council Regulation 207/2009 (Community Trade Mark) 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 International Classification of Goods and Services under the Nice Agreement, 9th Edition. 2006 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ON THE INTERNET UK Dispute Resolution Service Policy 2008 Dispute Resolution Service Procedure 2008 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 Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) 1994